How to Identify Abuse Cases in Your Clinic

The newly published International Guidelines for Algorithmic Treatment (INTEGRATE) represent an international effort to standardize schizophrenia care. How do they differ from typical practice? Learn more in our October cover story by Michael Asbach and Autumn Roque, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC: https://lnkd.in/gtt8dv_N

In my clinical work with survivors of narcissistic abuse, I consistently see self-doubt show up as one of the most urgent treatment goals. Gaslighting undermines our ability to trust our own realities. Over time, this leads survivors to question themselves so deeply that they even begin to gaslight themselves. Addressing self-doubt isn’t just about building confidence—it’s about restoring autonomy, rebuilding trust in self, and creating a foundation for recovery. I’ve found EMDR to be a particularly effective approach in this work. To my colleagues: how do you see self-doubt show up in your clinical work, and what strategies have you found effective? #EMDR #TraumaInformedCare #NarcissisticAbuse #TraumaTherapy #Gaslighting

Collaboration is the key to building a system where every Pennsylvanian impacted by substance use can thrive. 🤝 At the Pennsylvania Association of Addiction Professionals Conference, Secretary Dr. Latika D. Davis-Jones shared how we’re investing in recovery hubs and integrated care, strengthening crisis services, and reducing stigma. These initiatives reflect the Shapiro Administration’s commitment to an evidence-based, person-centered behavioral health system that supports the helpers and healers turning policy into practice. Because policy alone doesn’t save lives — clinicians, counselors, and professionals do. 🛟 📷 From left: Dr. Ken Martz, Secretary Dr. Davis-Jones, Senator Frank Farry

The work presented by Michelle P. Brown, Brian Allen and other researchers navigates caregiver trauma correlations to children completing TF-CPT. Specifically, we gain a deep focus on whether youth regulation issues or caregiver trauma leads to more dropouts. Check out this research for more details: https://lnkd.in/eMKD-9Gp

This week marks a milestone moment in the development of neuro-inclusive perpetrator responses. Respect is honoured to be partnering with Dr Nicole Renehan, Neurodiverse Connection, Community Justice Scotland and Probation North East to develop a guide for working with neurodivergent clients through our Make a Change programme. Read on below 👇

AAPi Vice President, Dr Katrina Norris's opinion piece was featured in the Herald Sun, highlighting the harmful impacts of Victoria’s recent WorkCover reforms, which have made it significantly harder for workers, particularly frontline professionals like police, paramedics, and firefighters, to access compensation and support for psychological injuries such as PTSD. Read the article here: https://ow.ly/F7B150X1foN

If you’re a victim or survivor and are considering speaking to the media about your story, you might feel unsure about where to start or what steps to take. This is a big decision, and it’s important that you feel you and your story are being treated safely, respectfully and with care.   We worked with the News & Media Research Centre - Faculty of Arts and Design - University of Canberra to create guidance to support and empower you to engage with media professionals by providing practical advice and tips about: ✅ what media involvement might look like ✅ how to prepare ✅ what informed consent means ✅ setting boundaries to help prioritise your safety and wellbeing.   The guidance was created in consultation with victims and survivors, service providers and media professionals to ensure it is effective, accurate and trauma informed. Information for family and friends is also included.   This guidance for victims and survivors sits alongside the companion created for media professionals. Reading the guides together can give you a better idea of what good practice for media looks like.   Remember, it’s your story and you can decide what to share, when and how.   Visit our website to download the full guides and Easy Read versions: https://lnkd.in/d5r_5pYV

VICTIM-SURVIVOR MEDIA GUIDE This is a great guide for those considering speaking to the media or being approached to speak. Informed by lived experience. Centre for Women's Safety and Wellbeing; Alison Evans; Jessica Murray; Tori Cooke; Western Australian Council of Social Service (WACOSS); Louise Giolitto; Women's Legal Service WA; Jennie Gray; Craig Hughes-Cashmore; Tanya Lee OAM; Karen Righton #victimsurvivor #media #livedexperience

In light of the traffic death of Balin Miller, the next frontier for trauma care is already here — and it’s live-streamed. More and more, people are exposed in real time to catastrophic safety errors and accidental deaths — not as first responders, but as bystanders on TikTok, Instagram, or livestream feeds. Traditional trauma models were built for direct victims or those physically present; they rarely address the sudden, unfiltered witnessing of fatal mistakes by millions online. Psychological clinicians need new frameworks and tools: rapid assessment for acute stress responses triggered by viral videos, scalable interventions that reach people outside formal therapy, and ways to help communities process collective shock when the algorithm drops tragedy into their feeds. Without proactive work, we risk leaving a generation to silently absorb unprocessed secondary trauma at internet speed.

Texas made history with HB 1802, which launched the nation’s first state-funded psilocybin clinical trial for veterans with PTSD at Baylor College of Medicine, and again with SB 2308, which created the nation’s first state-funded ibogaine research program. But that was just the beginning. As Texas leads, the Nation follows, and our work continues through education, advancing research, leading community outreach, and shaping legislation with Texas lawmakers to expand safe, evidence-based access to promising psychedelic-assisted therapies. Follow our page Texans for Greater Mental Health to stay informed on the latest in psychedelic research and policy in Texas & beyond. Learn more about our mission and how to get involved: https://www.t4gmh.com/