Evidence-based psychological practices in clinical psychologists from the Dominican Republic by Carlos Hernández, Alexis Lorenzo Ruiz

“…<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> Descriptive cross-sectional research, for which a probabilistic sample of 235 clinical psychologists working in private practice and in state hospitals was selected. …”
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Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial of Brief Psychotherapy versus Usual Treatment for Common Mental Disorders in Adults by Marco A. Luengo-Castro, Javier Fernández-Méndez, José M. García-Montes, Pedro J. Caunedo-Riesco, Juan M. García-Haro, Begoña Braña-Menéndez, Dolores González-Díaz, Andrés Cabero-Álvarez, Marcelino Cuesta-Izquierdo

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Examination of The Mental Health Componet of Quality of Life of Hemodialysis Patients and Its Relationship to Perceived Expressed Emotion, Coping Self Efficacy, Optimism, Self E... by Özden YALÇINKAYA ALKAR, A. Nuray KARANCI

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The Anatomy of a Weight Recidivism and Revision Bariatric Surgical Clinic by C. J. de Gara, S. Karmali

“…As for primary surgery, the role of the obesity expert clinical psychologist was a key component to achieving successful revision outcomes. …”
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OUTCOME OF DEVELOPMENTAL THERAPY IN CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY CHILDREN: A PROSPECTIVE COHORT by Erum Afzal, Tanveer Ahmad, Muhammad Khalid Iqbal, Kausar Aftab, Rubeena Muein

“…All children were assessed by using PEEP and GMFM (Gross Motor Function Measure) twice 6 months apart. A trained clinical psychologist administered PEEP to all the children. …”
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Tablet-based self assessment memory scale-revised (SAMS-R) evaluates memory functions for older adults by Hisatomo Kowa, Ryoko Kumagai, Yutaro Oki, Miki Imamura, Yuka Suzuki

“…The ROC curve analysis was conducted to evaluate the detectability to determine whether if the WMS-R LM II score is above or below 10, showing that the AUC was greater than 0.9.ConclusionSAMS-R, which can be performed on a tablet literally by himself/herself independently, shows a high correlation with the WMS-R Logical Memory II score, and has the advantage of being performed in a short time without the need for a clinical psychologist or other personnel.…”
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The Efficacy of Conversational AI in Rectifying the Theory-of-Mind and Autonomy Biases: Comparative Analysis by Marcin Rządeczka, Anna Sterna, Julia Stolińska, Paulina Kaczyńska, Marcin Moskalewicz

“…To enhance reliability, responses underwent a double review process by 2 cognitive scientists, followed by a secondary review by a clinical psychologist specializing in cognitive behavioral therapy, ensuring a robust assessment across interdisciplinary perspectives. …”
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Impact of leukemia subtype and demographics on patient quality of life in 76 countries: a cross-sectional study by Sam Salek, Samantha Nier, Zack Pemberton-Whiteley, Tatyana Ionova, Giuseppe Ianni, Giovanni Tripepi, Nick York, Nicole Schroeter, Kathryn Huntley, Michael Rynne, Denis Costello, Lidija Pecova, Esther Natalie Oliva

“…Patients need access to support services, such as the availability of a clinical psychologist as part of the hematology team, to provide support with the emotional aspects of a leukemia diagnosis, especially for patients with acute leukemia subtypes reporting the lowest mean QoL scores.…”
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Validity, reliability and clinical utility of ASSIST-Y in assessing risk of substance-related harm and dependence in Spanish male adolescents by Núria Ibáñez-Martínez, Matthew William Richard Stevens, Núria Civit-Bel, Noemí Moreno-Ferrer, Sandra Lopez-Ferré, Ana Olivares-Casado, Juame Claramunt-Mendoza, Chris Holmwood, Robert Ali

“…Participants were administered a battery of standardized substance-use screening tools by a clinical psychologist, and underwent a diagnostic interview assessing DSM-IV-TR substance abuse and dependence by an addiction medicine specialist. …”
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Comparative role of affective–Cognitive behavior therapy and jacobson's progressive muscular relaxation in managing pain among patients with fibromyalgia by M T Lakshmi Saranya, R Sreehari, C B Mithun, P I Sangeetha

“…Method: Patients receiving ACBT and JPMR were allocated to two groups by licensed clinical psychologists until each group had a sample of 10 each. …”
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The Role of Psychology Towards Sustainable Development Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing in South Africa by Ntombophelo Sithole-Tetani

“…Furthermore, In South Africa, the barriers to the seamless integration of psychology into health systems are attributed to a lack of infrastructure, limited resources, and available services, human resources (clinical psychologists), effective training, and existing policies, which need to be addressed by the South African government.…”
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Exploring motivation, goals, facilitators, and barriers to adopt health behaviors at retirement age: a focus group study by Paula Collazo-Castiñeira, Rocío Rodríguez-Rey, Gisela I. Delfino, Alfonso J. Cruz-Jentoft, Eva Topinková, Peter J. M. Weijs, Josje D. Schoufour, Macarena Sánchez-Izquierdo

“…Abstract Background This study qualitatively investigates retirement-age adults' perspectives on engaging in health behaviors such as physical activity or a healthy diet, distinguishing facilitators, barriers, goals, and motivations (the two later in line with Self-Determination Theory). Methods Two clinical psychologists conducted four focus groups with Spanish adults around retirement age. …”
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Social anxiety among students of socio-humanitarian areas of professional training by N. A. Tsvetkova

“…Obtained results application score: higher school psychology; applied and practical social psychology; social protection system psychologists, clinical psychologists, medical psychologists, and psychiatrists. …”
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Quality of life, work motivation, burn-out and stress perceptions benefits of a stress management program by autogenic training for emergency room staff: A pilot study by Pasquale Caponnetto, Rosanna Magro, Lucio Inguscio, Maria Concetta Cannella

“…This program were prepared based on existing research and studies, and were conducted by clinical psychologists. We found that the mean value in pre-test is significantly different from mean value in post-test for: Perceived Stress Scale PPS (t=7.72 with 27 df and P<0.001); Euro Quality for life (t=-14,13 with 27 df and P<0.001); Work motivation assessed by Visual Analogue scale VAS (t=-4.52 with 27 df and P<0.001). …”
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A Qualitative Study on the Pathways to Evidence-Based Antenatal Care in Periurban Ghana by Jones Asafo Akowuah, Peter Agyei-Baffour, Benedict Osei Asibey

“…It is further recommended that antenatal care services should be reoriented and clinical psychologists should be placed at all health centres to empower health staff on the best attitude towards clients. …”
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