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    Reframing How Providers Advocate for Adolescent Well-Being in Body Image, Eating, and Weight - 7 month(s) ago

    Adolescence is a critical developmental period when youth are vulnerable to messages that promote unrealistic body shapes and a culture of weight-based stigma. Adolescents’ vulnerability is reflected in high prevalence of body dissatisfaction among adolescents of all genders,1-3 which can lead to negative mental health consequences including disordered eating and depression.4,5 Importantly, body concerns are compounded among adolescents with higher weights who are more likely to experience weight-based victimization and internalize weight-based stigma compared with adolescents with lower weights.6,7 Health care providers have an opportunity to advocate for well-being of adolescent patients by providing nonstigmatizing messages regarding body image, eating, and weight. While body image prevention programs emphasize the need to promote positive body image and awareness of weight-based victimization, clinical guidelines instead focus on preventing or treating conditions (ie, obesity or ea

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      #JAACAP #ClinicalPerspectives provides guidelines to help clinicians advocate for adolescents’ #wellbeing regarding their #bodyimage, eating, and weight across 4 settings: 1) clinic, 2) social media, 3) adolescents’ homes, and (4) school. https://t.co/O11gbAETNN https://t.co/4wXMo6BtRO

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    Using Analogies to Help Adolescents Unlearn Self-Blame - 1 year(s) ago

    One of the changes included in DSM-5 to the diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was the inclusion of negative cognitions and emotions related to the trauma, including distorted self-blame for the trauma.1 Studies show that many young people experience self-blame after experiencing various types of trauma,2-4 that self-blame from trauma is a key mediating factor in internalizing…

    Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
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      #JAACAP #ClinicalPerspectives explores how the use of culturally relevant and context-specific analogies may help adolescents with #posttraumaticstressdisorder unlearn #selfblame related to their #trauma. https://t.co/TE228i9fUx #PTSD https://t.co/4g1fOmcRMz

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    Beyond Diagnosis: Formulation–Storytelling and Maps - 1 year(s) ago

    In this Clinical Perspective, we argue that, at least for some patients, formulation, rather than diagnosis, should be the cornerstone in clinical practice in child and adolescent psychiatry. As opposed to a rigid, tick-the-box approach to formulation, we advocate for a conceptualization of formulation that moves the practice of (child and adolescent) psychiatry into the realm of storytelling and…

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      #JAACAP #ClinicalPerspectives highlights the relevance of formulations beyond diagnosis, suggesting the use of role-playing and narrative art forms to develop skills in making narrative formulations. https://t.co/5NSH3lE0a8 @CorteseSamuele https://t.co/m80RkYMoqT

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    Helping Young People in Out-of-Home Care: Basic Elements - 1 year(s) ago

    Children and adolescents (young people) who experience maltreatment early in life and are subsequently placed in out-of-home care (OOHC) are specifically at risk for poor mental health outcomes.1 Although rates vary by survey and location, up to half of these young people have clinical-level mental health difficulties, and another 20% to 25% have difficulties approaching clinical significance.2…

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      #JAACAP #ClinicalPerspectives: 6 clinical practice recommendations to maximize engagement and improve outcomes for young people in #outofhomecare. @SWSLHD https://t.co/4Z7CToiG5z https://t.co/ecnNPKD5WB

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    The Physical, Mental, and Emotional Harm of Female Genital Mutilation - 3 year(s) ago

    Although female genital mutilation (FGM) is sometimes regarded as an archaic ritual that was once practiced thousands of miles away, millions of girls around the globe and in the United States remain at risk. The World Health Organization has defined FGM as injury of, including the partial or total removal of, the female genitalia or organs for non-medical reasons. Much attention has been paid to…

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      #JAACAP #ClinicalPerspectives looks at the painful, long-term effects of female genital mutilation, such as increased risks for #PTSD, #depression, #anxiety, and #suicidal thoughts. See clear ways clinicians can better understand and help those affected: https://t.co/vfZmlVcT2W https://t.co/JvB7GnWLM9

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