Articles Tagged "health"

On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court decided on Dobbs v. Jackson’s Women’s Health Organization, overturning 50 years of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, which previously protected the right to healthcare privacy and abortion. States now have the right to set their own abortion laws, which vary enormously between states. For example, under California […]

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Jan 3, 2021

At the time this post will be published, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), over 340,000 United States (US) citizens will have died from Covid-19. The psychological toll is incalculable. Thousands more have had traumatizing near-death experiences, including enduring medically-induced coma for the purpose of lung ventilation (Zimmerman et al., 2020). Medical trauma […]

Guest Editors: Trisha L. Raque-Bogdan, PhD and Amanda M. Mitchell, PhD Submission Deadline: December 31, 2020 Psychotherapy invites you to contribute research or clinical manuscripts for a special issue on addressing health in psychotherapy.  We particularly encourage papers with an emphasis on social justice, advocacy, equity, and/or anti-racism as they relate to psychotherapy and health.  The intersection of clients’ mental and physical health concerns is receiving increasing attention by psychotherapists across settings including private practice, integrated primary care settings, academic medical centers, and community mental health. […]

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At a time where issues of consent are being publicly discussed in the media and pop culture, supporting youths’ sexual health and well-being should be a priority. Yet, the primary means Americans use to educate youth about sexual health relies on fear-based tactics that highlight potential negative outcomes rather than health. In this article, we […]