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	<title>Blogging on Good Therapy &#187; Multicultural Concerns</title>
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		<title>Impulsivity in African American Girls With Bulimia</title>
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		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/impulsivity-african-american-girls-bulimia-0209123/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Child & Adolescent Issues]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[New research conducted over 9 years and involving African American girls shows that impulsivity and lack of behavioral control contribute to disordered eating, specifically bulimia. Oppositional behavior was not found to be a predictor of bulimia, as was previously thought.]]></description>
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		<title>Seemingly Harmless Discrimination Has Harmful Psychological Effects</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:58:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent study involving Latino participants showed that perceptions of frequent low-level discrimination and infrequent extreme discrimination are more harmful in terms of producing anxiety and depression than less frequent high-level discrimination.]]></description>
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		<title>A Secret (and FUN!) Guide to Multicultural Competence (Part 1)</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/guide-to-multicultural-competence-0203125/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/guide-to-multicultural-competence-0203125/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WeiChienLee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are a few simple, but thought-provoking principles that can be used to help people increase their multicultural competence. By reflecting on where and how our theories and interventions were developed, we can begin to understand how they don't fit all groups and cultures.]]></description>
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		<title>Age Matters in the Client-Therapist Relationship</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/age-matters-in-the-client-therapist-relationship/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/age-matters-in-the-client-therapist-relationship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=11476</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A strong therapeutic bond is imperative in order to achieve a successful outcome in psychotherapy. This bond must begin with the initial intake session. Research indicates that clients who feel disconnected from the clinician due to cultural, ethnic, or even religious differences, are more likely to terminate treatment as early as the first session. To [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Attending 4-Year College Influences Ethnic Identity</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/college-influences-ethnic-identity-0123121/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/college-influences-ethnic-identity-0123121/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:58:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The transition from high school to college is a major milestone that evokes many emotions for teens. For adolescents with multicultural ethnic identities, this time represents a period in which they can explore their ethnicity more freely. However, a new study led by Kim M. Tsai of the Department of Psychology at the University of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Expressive Writing Crosses Cultural Lines in Breast Cancer Treatment</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/expressive-writing-crosses-cultural-lines-in-breast-cancer-0118121/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/expressive-writing-crosses-cultural-lines-in-breast-cancer-0118121/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Asian-American women are just as likely to develop breast cancer as European-American women but are far more likely to die as a result. Women of Asian descent also struggle with mental health issues because of their cancer but are not as likely to find culturally and socially assimilated mental health professionals as their non-Asian counterparts. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Does Race Affect Working Alliance?</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/does-race-affect-working-alliance-0111122/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/does-race-affect-working-alliance-0111122/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Working Alliance (WA) describes the relationship between a client and therapist and the underlying bond formed during the therapeutic process.  The majority of researchers believe that a strong WA is essential to a positive treatment outcome. Ethnic and racial differences between clients and therapists can impair the working alliance and therefore influence the outcome as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Family Matters to Asian Americans Contemplating Suicide</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/family-affect-asian-americans-contemplating-suicide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/family-affect-asian-americans-contemplating-suicide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=11210</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Asian Americans face different social stressors than their American counterparts. Some of the factors that can cause particular sensitivity include discrimination, nativity and family conflict. Yusuke Kuroki and Jacqueline L. Tilley of the Department of Psychology at the University of Southern California evaluated Asian Americans at risk for suicide to determine which cultural and social [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Income and Education Predict African-American Couples’ Stability</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/income-and-education-predict-african-american-couples-stability-1223112/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/income-and-education-predict-african-american-couples-stability-1223112/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 23:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Multicultural Concerns]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=11107</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Intimate relationships provide emotional support and companionship that can result in many positive psychological health benefits. But often, marriage can be a source of stress. For African-American couples, the success of their relationships can be significantly influenced by specific factors, including income and education. In a recent study, Carolyn E. Cutrona of the Department of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Race-based Stress Scale Helps Identify Discrimination Effects</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/race-based-stress-scale-identifies-discrimination-effects-1212113/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/race-based-stress-scale-identifies-discrimination-effects-1212113/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 03:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=11033</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Racial discrimination and racism can have serious negative psychological effects. Many studies have been conducted examining the relationship between racism and stress, racism and anxiety and racism and depression. However, until now, there has been no tool available to measure all of the mental health consequences of racial discrimination. In an effort to bridge this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Birthplace Influences Outcome of Alcohol Treatment for Hispanic Adolescents</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/birthplace-affects-alcohol-treatment-outcome-hispanic-adolescents-1213111/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/birthplace-affects-alcohol-treatment-outcome-hispanic-adolescents-1213111/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=11008</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Alcohol and drug use are widespread among American adolescents, but even more prevalent among Hispanic youth in the United States. “Familias Unidas is a Hispanic-specific, family based, substance use (including alcohol and drugs) preventive intervention,” said David Cordova of the Center for Family Studies at the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at the Miller [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are We Racially Colorblind When We Dream?</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/race-colorblind-dreams-125112/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/race-colorblind-dreams-125112/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dream Analysis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dreams have long been the subject of psychology. “Studies of dream content have often relied on diaries collected as part of a therapeutic context,” said Steven J. Hoekstra of the Department of Psychology at Kansas Wesleyan University and lead author of a new study. “This study wanted to explore the racial dimension of dreams, particularly [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ethnically Diverse Friendships May Reduce Peer Victimization in Children</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/ethnically-diverse-friendships-benefitschildren/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/ethnically-diverse-friendships-benefitschildren/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 03:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=10219</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[: Building friendships with children across ethnic lines can broaden a child’s experiences and increase racial and ethnic tolerance. But a new study suggests that developing these types of relationships, and any friendships, can actually minimize peer victimization in adolescents. “As such, it has been widely documented that children with friendships are less likely to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Multiculturalism in the Kitchen</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/multicultural-kitchen-diversity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/multicultural-kitchen-diversity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WeiChienLee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cultural & Social Issues]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why is being multiculturally-minded vital for improving our clients’ well-being? The answer, surprisingly, can be found in our kitchens. Kitchens? People from diverse backgrounds often laugh, nod, smile, and clap when they hear me stating, “for bicultural or multicultural individuals and families, the standard-sized kitchen is never big enough… these kitchens are not designed for [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Remembering September 11</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/remembering-september-11/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/remembering-september-11/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LynnSomerstein</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=10033</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was sitting in my New York City office on 84th Street when the phone began ringing over and over. Clearly someone was trying to get in touch with me, but I generally don’t answer the phone during sessions, and we only had about 15 minutes to go anyway. When the session was over I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>September 11th, 2011 – We Will Never Forget</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/september-11th-we-will-never-forget/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/september-11th-we-will-never-forget/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 19:22:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JenWilson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=10028</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A poll taken just this week reveals that 58% of Americans fear a terrorist attack. Ten years after the Dealey Plaza moment of my generation, people are still unnerved. We can no longer carry nail files, letter openers, matches, lighters, or even water bottles onto planes. We must raise our arms, take off our shoes, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Research Reveals Ethnic Trends in Depression in Older Americans</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/research-reveals-ethnic-trends-depression-older-americans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/research-reveals-ethnic-trends-depression-older-americans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Depression affects people of all ages. But until recently, there has been no clinical evidence linking symptomology in later life to ethnicity. Researchers at the University of Michigan, the Oregon Health &#38; Science University and VA Medical Center in Portland, Oregon, collaborated on a study to determine exactly how race influences depressive symptoms in older [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Social and Sexual Factors Influence the Effects of Bullying</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/social-sexual-factors-influence-bullying/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/social-sexual-factors-influence-bullying/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 22:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Craig D. DiGiovanni of Boston College, and Brian W. Koenig with K12 Associates in Middleton, Wisconsin, realize the negative social and psychological impact bullying has on adolescents. In a recent study, the team assessed over 15,000 adolescents to determine what factors influenced the effects of bullying. “Students who face bullying report multiple academic and mental [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Latina Women at Increased Risk for PTSD during and after Pregnancy?</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/latina-women-ptsd-post-partum/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/latina-women-ptsd-post-partum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many women experience post-traumatic stress during and after pregnancy. But a new study discovered that in low-income Latina women, the presence of psychological problems can increase the risk for PTSD during pregnancy and postpartum. “PTSD symptoms during pregnancy and postpartum periods are associated with adverse perinatal risk behaviors, psychiatric comorbidity, and other adverse maternal and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Self-Esteem Equal for Teen Girls and Teen Boys</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/self-esteem-equal-teen-girls-boys/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/self-esteem-equal-teen-girls-boys/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=9416</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to a new study conducted by researchers at the University of Basel in Switzerland, self-esteem levels for adolescent girls and boys increase equally, leveling off in adulthood. The study also revealed that Hispanics had a decreased level of self-esteem during adolescence, but showed the highest increase in self-esteem into adulthood. By age 30, Hispanics [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sense of Control Over Life Decreases Depression in Some African American Men</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/control-over-life-decreases-depression-african-american-men/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/control-over-life-decreases-depression-african-american-men/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 08:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New research suggests that African American men can decrease depressive symptoms by increasing their “perceived mastery.” The concept of “perceived mastery” is defined as having a sense of control of one’s own life circumstances. Achieving perceived mastery is qualified with feelings of being able to accomplish anything, whereas feeling pushed around leaves someone with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Inner Voices of Prejudice and Discrimination</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/internalized-oppression-inner-voice/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/internalized-oppression-inner-voice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 01:08:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DamonConstantinides</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8471</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For some people, the answer to the question of, “What does prejudice and discrimination have to with mental health?” is clear, and for others it is not. After all, prejudice and discrimination happen to people from the outside and mental health focuses primarily on what is happening for people on the inside, right? However, as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do People Make Racially Biased Decisions without Knowing It?</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/business-hiring-race/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/business-hiring-race/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A GoodTherapy.org News Summary Do we make decisions based on race? Although most people would answer no to this question, a new study suggests that we may actually be doing just that unconsciously. Psychologists at the New York University laboratory of Professor Elizabeth Phelps conducted a trial to determine if people made decisions based on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feeling of Belonging to Your Race Boosts Happiness</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/racial-identity-happiness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/racial-identity-happiness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 08:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a recent study, people who feel a strong link to their race are happier than those who don’t. The National Institute of Mental Health has funded research that shows the happiest people were those who could identify fully with their race. Stevie C.Y. Yap, doctoral candidate in psychology at the Michigan State University, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Self-Esteem Directly Impacts Attitude Toward Others</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/self-esteem-attitude-toward-others/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/self-esteem-attitude-toward-others/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 17:55:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8109</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In two new studies published in the journal Psychological Science, researchers have linked how we see and feel about ourselves with how we then perceive and treat others. In one study, women who were under threat of social exclusion more actively pursued excluding others as a way to gain power. In another, people with low [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grappling with Depression</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/peer-support-addiction-depression/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/peer-support-addiction-depression/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 21:18:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8105</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A GoodTherapy.org News Summary From how we screen for depression and who can treat depression to how it affects college students and how grief and depression overlap, news about depression has been a common topic of published research in the past couple weeks, and it will surely continue to be so. Depression is one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Need For Culturally Responsive Mental Health Outreach</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/multicultural-mental-health-outreach/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/multicultural-mental-health-outreach/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 22:16:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8062</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A GoodTherapy.org News Summary Higher mental health problems among certain cultural or ethnic groups (almost always minorities) is tragically common. Most recently, a study by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) finds that Asian American teen girls have a higher rate of depression than any other group based on race, gender, or ethnicity. If [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Do We Have to Do This Over and Over? Exploring the Roots of Prejudice</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/exploring-roots-prejudice/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/exploring-roots-prejudice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 01:46:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>judithbarr</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=7901</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Whether we know it or not . . . whether we want to know it or not . . . we all have currents of prejudice within our psyches. Although many think of their prejudices as simply “the truth,” others realize that there are some major roots to our prejudice . . . roots that need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Despite Increasing Awareness, Youth&#8217;s Access to Mental Health Care is Worryingly Low</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/teen-access-mental-health-treatment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/teen-access-mental-health-treatment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 16:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=7770</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A GoodTherapy.org News Summary Though mental health is finally starting to get some of the recognition it deserves, awareness and action are still not in step. This is according to a major survey of over 10,000 13-18 year olds, which was funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). We know from prior research [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holiday Diversity: A Valuable Perspective</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/holiday-diversity-multicultural-parenting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/holiday-diversity-multicultural-parenting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2010 18:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=7641</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Though Christmas is more visibly prevalent, it’s not the only holiday celebrated in the U.S. during December. Far from it. As Americans increasingly identify themselves as members of a diverse, multicultural nation, it’ll be important for kids to be familiar with holidays beyond their own, rights Marie Hartwell-Walker, Ed.D. She provides an excellent primer of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Power of Empowerment</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/empowerment-racism-sexism-workplace-psychology/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/empowerment-racism-sexism-workplace-psychology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A GoodTherapy.org News Summary In the past week, two different published studies have shed light on the psychological relationship between biased environments and how people respond to that bias. First, a Georgia State University study on racism that was published in the journal Psychological Science. Participants in a popular diversity training program had responded positively [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eating Disorders and Kids: Statistics Show How Little We Know</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/youth-eating-disorders-obesity-obsession-therapy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/youth-eating-disorders-obesity-obsession-therapy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A GoodTherapy.org News Summary When you picture a young person with an eating disorder, who do you picture? “Caucasian, well-off females” are a common presumption, according to the authors of a new report in the American Academy of Pediatrics’ journal, Pediatrics. People of color, boys, and kids of younger and younger ages are also affected, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Culturally-Tuned Depression Treatment is More Successful</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/culturally-sensitive-psychotherapy-immigrants-depression/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/culturally-sensitive-psychotherapy-immigrants-depression/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A GoodTherapy.org News Summary Tailoring therapy and mental health intervention to the cultural needs of specific populations has proven effective in a recent study funded by the National Institute for Mental Health. The study took place at a community health center in Boston’s Chinatown and focused on reaching Chinese immigrants suffering from depression. Depression and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preventing Suicide by Providing Information, Resources Nationwide</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/suicide-prevention-at-risk-youth-psychotherapy-samhsa-grant/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/suicide-prevention-at-risk-youth-psychotherapy-samhsa-grant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 22:55:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To combat suicide nationwide, the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) recently awarded a $22.4 million grant to the Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC), which provides “state-of-the-art suicide prevention expertise to states, tribes, and communities” nationwide. The SAMHSA funds will be used to address suicide prevention in specific at-risk populations, including LGBT [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Therapy and Antidepressants are Less Effective for the Working Class</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/psychotherapy-antidepressants-less-effective-working-class/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/psychotherapy-antidepressants-less-effective-working-class/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2010 08:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Depression]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Depression impacts the daily lives of people at all ages, income levels, and other demographics. But does treatment (whether therapy or antidepressants) help people the same across these spectrums? Unfortunately, the answer is “no,” according to work done by Lydia Falconnier, an assistant professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Falconnier compared NIMH data [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Your Neighborhood Making You Depressed?</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/neighborhood-depression-racism-community/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/neighborhood-depression-racism-community/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 08:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=7248</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s not just the thoughts and feelings we experience internally that are involved in depression. A study from Iowa State University suggests that living in certain neighborhoods makes depression far more likely. Crime and poverty are two environmental stressors that can make someone more depressed, but they’re not the most influential. For people of color, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mental Health Problems are More Frequent in Cities</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/psychological-health-cities-ethnic-neighborhoods/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/psychological-health-cities-ethnic-neighborhoods/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2010 21:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Multicultural Concerns]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new study out of Sweden finds that serious mental health problems are far more likely to occur when people live in cities, rather than in rural areas. This correlation has already been documented, but the new study looks at specific factors at play in an attempt to explain the exact nature of this relationship. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stereotyping Has Long-Term Psychological Repercussions</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/stereotype-mental-health-prejudice-psychology/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/stereotype-mental-health-prejudice-psychology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 08:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=7019</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new study looks at how being stereotyped influences people’s mental health and behavior, even after leaving the negative environment. In the study, people were given a task to perform, and half received subtly-stereotyped instructions that indicated they would do poorly because of their gender, ethnicity, religion, age, or other factor. Afterward, they participated in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Racism Shapes Views On Depression Care for African-American Women</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/depression-african-american-women/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/depression-african-american-women/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Depression]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a NIMH-funded study recently published in the American Journal of Public Health, new information shows that African-American’s women’s views toward depression and depression care is strongly and consistently influenced by racism. The study held focus groups of African-American-identifying women with significant depressive symptoms and at least one experience of intimate partner violence. The women [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Two-Faith Marriage</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/interfaith-marriage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/interfaith-marriage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 22:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LynneSilvaBreen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Multicultural Concerns]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=6634</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For thousands of years, people have expected their children to marry within their family faith and culture. Family life, in its largest sense, is easier this way. Marriage partners are easier to find among shared communities like synagogues, mosques, parochial schools or parishes; families know more about each other and often form smoother in-law relationships. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Student Challenges Researchers to Incorporate Multiculturalism into Work</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/psychology-multiculturalism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/psychology-multiculturalism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 00:09:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Multicultural Concerns]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=6572</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Though research in psychology in the United States often attempts to make critical and even broad statements about people&#8217;s lives and behaviors, the vast majority of such research is conducted with American participants and data samples that may exclude a generous portion of the world&#8217;s population. This issue has been recently highlighted in the dissertation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Issue of Race-Based Mis-diagnosis Still Troubling in US</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/race-discrimination-therapy-mis-diagnosis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/race-discrimination-therapy-mis-diagnosis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Multicultural Concerns]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Schizophrenia]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=6001</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A GoodTherapy.org News Summary Mental health as a professional and academic field has been riddled with controversial issues in human nature, gender differences, income disparities, and other major social divides throughout its history in the United States, though most modern practitioners and advocates can be pleased with the progress that has taken place in these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study Finds Links between Race, Quality of Mental Health Treatment</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/study-finds-links-between-race-quality-of-mental-health-treatment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/study-finds-links-between-race-quality-of-mental-health-treatment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Multicultural Concerns]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=5876</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many factors may be involved in the quality of care with which mental health clients are served, but a principle aim within the mental health community is that race should not be a determinant. Unfortunately, race has been connected to the quality of care in a recent study performed at George Mason University. The researchers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Los Angeles Center Helps Asian-Americans with Mental Health Needs</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/los-angeles-center-helps-asian-americans-with-mental-health-needs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/los-angeles-center-helps-asian-americans-with-mental-health-needs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=5822</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While obtaining mental health services able to truly make a long-term difference in personal well-being and prosperity is a challenge for many people in the United States, low-income minorities are often faced with especially difficult pathways to care. Whether because of language and cultural barriers or discriminatory treatment, many Asian Americans find themselves unable to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Internal Family Systems and Multicultural Couple Relationships</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/internal-family-systems-and-multicultural-couple-relationships/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/internal-family-systems-and-multicultural-couple-relationships/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:19:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MonaBarbera</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are in a multicultural marriage, you know how hard communication can be. Whether it’s about: • in-laws &#8211; how much influence and involvement they have • privacy &#8211; how many people are in your house on a daily basis or at special gatherings • women’s roles • conflict &#8211; hidden or overt ways [...]]]></description>
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