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Investigating transdiagnostic factors across mental disorders is of high importance as transdiagnostic factors can be targeted for both diagnosis and treatment in a diagnostically mixed sample. Rumination is one such potential transdiagnostic factor...

Psychological science has advanced knowledge on sexual minority (e.g., gay, bisexual) men’s health, finding that:
Sexual minority men experience higher rates of depression, anxiety, substance use disorders, and HIV acquisitionthan heterosexual men
Sexual minority men’s disproportionate exposure to stigma-related experiences, such as childhood bullying, family rejection, and institutional discrimination, largely explains these disparities...

It may come as no surprise to patients and therapists to hear that the therapist matters when it comes to the quality of psychotherapy. This contrasts with the perspective of health systems that often view clinicians as interchangeable; or, to researchers...

Before you continue reading this blog, take a moment and reflect for one moment: what do you, as a clinical psychologist, use as a criterion for recovery or therapy success? Do you mainly focus on recovery from symptoms? Or do you use broader criteria...