Psych Talk

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, so for today's episode of Psych Talk I address many of the current trends in mental health. First, I summarize findings of Mental Health America's "The State of Mental Health In America" survey that looks at rates of mental health and substance abuse disorders in the United States, as well as topics related to access to care. Next, I discuss various trends we have seen in mental health over the past few years including employee burnout, increasing access to mental health care, the use of technology in mental health care, and reducing stigma. Third, I go over the American Psychological Association's 11 Emerging Trends for 2023, which addresses what is ahead of psychologists and the field. Some of the emerging trends covered include getting psychological science out to a wider audience, combating misinformation, becoming more inclusive in research, and focusing on youth mental health and suicide prevention. Although these trends are specifically for psychologists, they can be applied to other mental health professionals as well.

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The State of Mental Health In America

American Psychological Association’s 11 Emerging Trends for 2023

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In today's episode of Psych Talk, I discuss the symptom overlap in mental health diagnoses as classified by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. As many people are aware, there are various symptoms of mental health disorders that are found across multiple diagnoses, which can complicate getting the correct diagnosis or result in individuals receiving multiple diagnoses based on a few symptoms. A few weeks ago, there was a paper, Elemental Psychopathology: Distilling constituent symptoms and patterns of repetition in the diagnostic criteria of the DSM-5, going around Twitter that researched the overlap in symptoms across mental health diagnoses. In this episode, I break down the methods and findings of the research paper and discuss implications of such, including how this impacts diagnosing, both by a mental health professional and self-diagnosis, as well as research implications. Further, I discussed proposed alternative classification systems to the DSM including RDoc, Network Analysis, and HiTOP.

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Elemental Psychopathology: Distilling constituent symptoms and patterns of repetition in the diagnostic criteria of the DSM-5

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In today's episode of Psych Talk, I speak with Jalon Johnson, a podcast host and human who is using his voice and platform to share about his healing experience. The episode opens with Jalon reading a piece of his writing about his healing journey. We discuss his experiences with mental health and therapy growing up, his experiences as a black man in relation to the discussion of mental health and therapy, and what ultimately led him to seek therapy. Jalon talks about his experience in Internal Family Systems therapy and the healing that has come from it. Jalon shares his journey getting to know the parts of himself he was never able to express before and what he has learned from his mental health and healing journey so far. Further, Jalon offers words of advice and encouragement for anyone who is considering starting their healing journey.
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IG: @londonspop
Podcast IG: @notyourordinaryparts
Not Your Ordinary Parts Podcast
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Episode 132 | Internal Family Systems with Rachel Forbes, LCSW
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On today's episode of Psych Talk I chat with Rachel Forbes, LCSW about Internal Family Systems (IFS). Internal Family Systems is an evidence-based psychotherapy intervention that focuses on getting to know parts of ourselves so that our whole self can be come integrated and heal. Rachel describes how she first became introduced to IFS and how it impacted her own healing journey. She then goes on to describe the various parts of IFS - the exiles, protectors, and the Self - and gives listeners examples of such. Rachel discusses the various presenting problems IFS can be used for and some of the outcomes she has seen in her clients. As an American transracial and transcultural adoptee, Rachel also works with adoptees using this model and we discuss how IFS can be particularly beneficial for adoptees. At the end of our discussion Rachel informs listeners on how to seek out an IFS therapist if interested. 

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IG: @rachelforbes.lcsw
Facebook: Rachel Forbes, LCSW
Website: www.forbespsychotherapy.com

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IFS-Intitute.com
Derek Scott YouTube

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April is Stress Awareness Month and in today's episode of Psych Talk I have the honor of speaking with Dr. Rachel Goldman, licensed psychologist about stress management and this idea of "good enough". Rachel first defines for listeners what stress is and the range of stressors that individuals may face. We then discuss specific strategies individuals can use to manage and cope with their stress. We discuss how stress and overwhelm often leave us feeling not "good enough" and the relation and differences between "good enough" and perfectionism. Dr. Rachel describes some CBT strategies that can be used to help shift people's mindset from needing to be perfect to accepting that "good enough" is truly good enough, as well as the benefits of making this shift.

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IG: @DrRachelNYC
Website: www.drrachelnyc.com

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On March 9, 2023 a BBC News Article came out entitled “Mental health crisis from COVID pandemic was minimal - study”. A day later on March 10, 2023 a Washington Post article entitled “Your therapist is on TikTok. Will your therapy session end up there too?” was published. Both these articles included some accurate information, but also did not provide the full picture, leading to false interpretations and the spread of misinformation. In today's episode of Psych Talk I discuss the media and mental health misinformation. I pull from two recently published articles - one based on scientific research, the other an editorial about therapists on social media - and discuss these articles and my concerns with them; particularly how they contribute to minsinformation about mental health. I discuss the potential impacts of both of these articles, as well as end the episode with discussing ways that we can be more discerning consumers of media content about social media. 

Mentioned in this Episode:
BBC News Article
The BMJ Article
Washington Post Article
Therapists Out of Office Podcast

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In today's episode of Psych Talk, I talk all about licensed mental health professional ethics on social media. Over the past three years we have seen a significant increase in licensed professionals gaining a presence on social media; however, ethics codes surrounding social media have not necessarily caught up. I discuss the current ethical guidelines for social media for counselors, marriage and family therapists, social workers, and psychologists, while highlighting the importance of always follow our ethics code, whether it specifies social media or not. I discuss the difference between and ethical violation and something that borders ethical concerns but does not necessarily violate ethics, as well as reminders for mental health professionals, as well as consumers of mental health content when engaging on social media. Further, I discuss the steps to take when you believe an ethical violation has been committed.

Mentioned in this Episode:
ACA Code of Ethics
AAMFT Blog Post
NASW Technology Standards
APA Social Media Guidelines

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In today's episode of Psych Talk, I chat with Dr. Kate Kaplan, PsyD about self-compassion, mindfulness, and high sensitivity in motherhood. Kate discusses what self-compassion and mindfulness are and why they are important for mothers to use.  Kate also discusses some mindfulness and self-compassion strategies that individuals can implement into their busy lives. Additionally, we discuss high sensitivity and challenges that highly sensitive people face. We discuss how highly sensitive people tend to have more anxiety and be more self-critical and how self-compassion and mindfulness can help with anxiety and self-critical thoughts. Even if you are not a mother, the topics discussed in this episode can apply to anyone that is highly sensitive or struggles with anxiety and self-critical thinking.

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IG: @drkatekaplan
Website: drkatekaplan.com

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In today's episode of Psych Talk, I chat with Jacquelyn Tenaglia, LMHC all about mental health misinformation on social media. Jacquelyn is the "No BS Therapist" on social media where she uses her platform to call out mental health misinformation that she sees. Jacquelyn discusses her journey on social media as a consumer as well as what inspired her to create content herself. We cover a variety of areas that commonly include misinformation including trauma, ADHD, and pop psychology. We discuss the oversimplification and black and white nature of social media posts and why they are so attractive to consumers. We discussed the increase in self-diagnosis of mental health conditions based off social media content and how that can be both helpful and harmful. We also discuss how most content on social media is for a specific group of individuals and how to be a discerning consumer of mental health information on social media.

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IG: @no.bs.therapist
Twitter: @TweetATherapist

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Today is the first day of Eating Disorder Awareness Week, a week dedicated to educate the public about the realities of eating disorders and provide hope, support, and visibility to individuals and families affected by eating disorders. In today's episode of Psych Talk, I discuss orthorexia. Orthorexia is not a formal eating disorder but awareness of it has been on the rise in recent years and refers to an unhealthy obsession with being healthy. I discuss the signs and symptoms of orthorexia, potential health consequences of such, and treatment options. Additionally, as this is not a formally recognized eating disorder, I discuss the difficulty with identifying prevalence rates, as well as if orthorexia is a stand alone disorder or a subtype of another disorder.

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AAP Guidelines

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