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best treatment for bulimia nervosa
best treatment for bulimia nervosa Considerable evidence supports the eff ectiveness of CBT for bulimia and indicates good maintenance of symptom reduction at 6-month and 1-year followups (Wilson, Fairburn, & Agras, 1997). Although interpersonal therapy has also produced good results, improvement occurs more slowly, and fewer outcome studies have been conducted (American Psychiatric Association, 2000). […]
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types of treatment for eating disorders
types of treatment for eating disorders The Team Approach for eating disorders Eating disorders are multidimensional syndromes that oft en require treatment from multiple disciplines: psychology, medicine, nutrition, and psychiatry. Practitioners need to communicate regularly with one another to pool their assessments and impressions of clients and to make united decisions about type and duration […]
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eating disorder treatment facilities
eating disorder treatment facilities Since students may not identify eating problems when they initially present at the counseling service, all intake interviews should include a question or two about possible eating issues: “Our society today is so diet conscious. Do you ever go on diets, or worry about your weight?” Most women in our culture […]
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counseling offenders handouts
counseling offenders handouts In a national survey, college men acknowledged carrying out forced intercourse at a rate of 5–15% and sexual aggression at a rate of 15–25%; 84% of those whose behavior met the legal defi nition of rape did not consider their actions to be illegal (Koss et al., 1987). Most perpetrators can be […]
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intervention strategies of sexual victimization
Recommended intervention strategies incorporate feminist and trauma therapy as applied to sexual victimization (e.g., Brown, 2003; Herman, 1992; Walker, 1994). Feminist models externalize the trauma, viewing sexual victimization within the context of sexism and other forms of oppression, and emphasize shared power in the therapy relationship. Herman (1992) characterizes psychological trauma as disempowerment and disconnection […]
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Reparative and Conversion Therapy
Reparative and Conversion Therapy If the above interventions fail to improve self-acceptance, caring therapists may be tempted to consider students’ requests for changing their sexual orientation. Before undertaking this eff ort or referring clients to a so-called reparative therapist, it is crucial to recognize that there is no empirical evidence published in peer-reviewed journals in […]
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Who Is Doing What to Whom?
Despite a seemingly pervasive sexualized youth subculture (witness MTV), there actually has been a gradual decrease in adolescent heterosexual intercourse and pregnancies over the past decade that partly refl ects an increase in noncoital sexual activities. Th ese days both females (85%) and males (73%) are more likely to embrace relativistic beliefs that sexual behavior […]
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social concerns in health care and nursing
social concerns in health care and nursing Whether clients present with sexual concerns or these concerns arise later in treatment, it is important for therapists to appreciate contemporary sexual lexicons. Students oft en bifurcate their experiences as “sex” and “not sex”—even though they may disagree about what constitutes “sex” (Reinisch & Sanders, 1999). Whereas […]
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Intensive Outpatient Treatment and Inpatient Rehabilitation
Intensive Outpatient Treatment and Inpatient Rehabilitation If the various on-campus treatment alternatives don’t address a student’s diffi culties, the next options are IOPs and inpatient rehabilitation programs. Inpatient rehabilitation usually entails a 4- to 6-week stay at an alcoholism or drug addiction facility and includes concentrated individual and group treatment, family therapy, AA attendance, and […]
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group therapy activities for substance abuse
group therapy activities for substance abuse Group therapy, alone or in combination with individual psychotherapy, is a traditional mainstay of substance abuse services. In our experience, group therapy provides a mechanism for addressing the unfortunately easy campus acceptance of alcohol abuse as well as the widespread denial and minimization of substance abuse. When individual psychotherapy […]
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