Compassion focused therapy for eating disorders: A qualitative review and recommendations for further applications
ConclusionsFinally, the article will explore recent and potential future developments in CFT‐E, and recommendations for the use of CFT‐E in clinical practice, including its application for those who present with other eating and weight concerns (such as being overweight or obese), and various modes of inpatient and community‐based delivery. (Source: Clinical Psychologist)
Source: Clinical Psychologist - July 5, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Stanley R. Steindl, Kiera Buchanan, Kenneth Goss, Steven Allan Tags: Special Issue Article Source Type: research

Compassion in Clinical Practice: Current Applications and New Directions
(Source: Clinical Psychologist)
Source: Clinical Psychologist - July 5, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Amy Louise Finlay ‐Jones Tags: Editorial Source Type: research

Issue Information ‐ TOC
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Source: Clinical Psychologist - July 5, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Issue Information Source Type: research

The competencies movement: Origins, limitations, and future directions
ConclusionsAlthough the competency movement is taking firm hold in an Australian context, the review of the literature highlights potential difficulties associated with uncritical acceptance of the approach and discuss directions for future development. Irrespective of the directions ultimately taken, the education, training and supervision of professional psychologists must be based in the availability of psychometrically sound and ecologically valid competence assessment tools. (Source: Clinical Psychologist)
Source: Clinical Psychologist - July 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Leanne Humphreys, Rocco Crino, Ian Wilson Tags: Review Article Source Type: research

Culturally informed case conceptualisation: Developing a clinical psychology approach to treatment planning for non ‐Indigenous psychologists working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients
ConclusionsDeveloping and enhancing culturally responsive practice is a practical way in which clinical psychologists can meaningfully participate in “active reconciliation” within a clinical psychology encounter. (Source: Clinical Psychologist)
Source: Clinical Psychologist - July 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Meegan Kilcullen, Andrew Day Tags: Review Article Source Type: research

External Shame as a Mediator between Paranoia and Social Safeness in Psychosis
ConclusionsThese findings suggest that feelings of being inferior and subordinate in the eyes of others increases vulnerability to difficulties in social connectedness and safeness. Treatment for paranoid ideation could benefit from integrating strategies to help patients deal with shame. (Source: Clinical Psychologist)
Source: Clinical Psychologist - July 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Paula Castilho, Ana Margarida Pinto, Ricardo Viegas, S érgio Carvalho, Nuno Madeira, Maria João Martins Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Delusion ‐like beliefs in anorexia nervosa: An interpretative phenomenological analysis
ConclusionsThe current findings suggest that anorectic cognitions can take a delusional quality and thus may not be overvalued ideas only. (Source: Clinical Psychologist)
Source: Clinical Psychologist - July 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jessica E O'Connell, Sarah Bendall, Elisabeth Morley, Chia Huang, Isabel Krug Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

The impact of parental hoarding on the lives of children: Interviews with adult offspring of parents with hoarding disorder
ConclusionsThe research demonstrated the significant impacts of parental hoarding on their offspring, both individually and on a relational level. The outcomes of this research provide clinical implications for working with this population, as well as suggestions for future research. (Source: Clinical Psychologist)
Source: Clinical Psychologist - July 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Clare S. Rees, Shanelle Valentine, Rebecca A. Anderson Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Alexithymia in parents and adolescents with generalised anxiety disorder
ConclusionsOur findings show an association between GAD and alexithymia in adolescents. A significant presence of alexithymic traits in the mothers of the patients with GAD was shown. An intergenerational transmission of alexithymia could be supposed but this cannot be a linear mechanism. The assessment of alexithymia in adolescents with psychological disorders, and in their parents, could be useful to plan a more targeted therapeutic approach. (Source: Clinical Psychologist)
Source: Clinical Psychologist - July 1, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Maria Francesca Paniccia, Santino Gaudio, Alessia Puddu, Michela Di Trani, Antonios Dakanalis, Simonetta Gentile, Vincenzo Di Ciommo Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Predicting outcomes for anxious children receiving group cognitive ‐behavioural therapy: Does the type of anxiety diagnosis make a difference?
Clinical Psychologist, EarlyView. (Source: Clinical Psychologist)
Source: Clinical Psychologist - June 19, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

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Source: Clinical Psychologist - June 19, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

The Non ‐Suicidal Self‐Injury Expectancy Questionnaire: Factor structure and initial validation
Clinical Psychologist, EarlyView. (Source: Clinical Psychologist)
Source: Clinical Psychologist - May 31, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

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Source: Clinical Psychologist - May 31, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Pilot study of acceptance and commitment therapy for irritable bowel syndrome: A preliminary analysis of treatment outcomes and processes of change
Clinical Psychologist, EarlyView. (Source: Clinical Psychologist)
Source: Clinical Psychologist - April 11, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

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Clinical Psychologist, Ahead of Print. (Source: Clinical Psychologist)
Source: Clinical Psychologist - April 11, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research