Phone (212) 854-7426 Website Medical Services (Morningside) [3] Read more [2] Counseling and Psychological Services (CPS) (Morningside) [4] on-campus CPS supports the psychological and emotional well-being of the Morningside campus community by providing counseling, consultations, and crisis interventions ? all of which adhere to strict standards of confidentiality. Drop-In Counseling Offices o...

Phone (212) 854-7426 Website Medical Services (Morningside) [3] Read more [2] Counseling and Psychological Services (CPS) (Morningside) [4] on-campus CPS supports the psychological and emotional well-being of the Morningside campus community by providing counseling, consultations, and crisis interventions ? all of which adhere to strict standards of confidentiality. Drop-In Counseling Offices o...

Phone (212) 854-7426 Website Medical Services (Morningside) [3] Read more [2] Counseling and Psychological Services (CPS) (Morningside) [4] on-campus CPS supports the psychological and emotional well-being of the Morningside campus community by providing counseling, consultations, and crisis interventions ? all of which adhere to strict standards of confidentiality. Drop-In Counseling Offices o...

Phone (212) 854-7426 Website Medical Services (Morningside) [3] Read more [2] Counseling and Psychological Services (CPS) (Morningside) [4] on-campus CPS supports the psychological and emotional well-being of the Morningside campus community by providing counseling, consultations, and crisis interventions ? all of which adhere to strict standards of confidentiality. Drop-In Counseling Offices o...

Suicide prevention is an important public health issue. 1 In Singapore where the suicide rate has been relatively stable at 9.8 to13 per 100,000 over the last 5 decades, roughly 350 to 400 people kill themselves each year. 2 The impetus to suicide is infl uenced by a combination of factors including the individual's personality traits and coping mechanisms, concurrent life events and stressors,...

This is an account of a long-range action research project to determine indications for and effects of a comprehensive psychotherapeutic approach, including various treatment modalities, in the treatment of schizophrenics. Four diagnostic groups were established among the 100 patients. In the course of data analysis, the group of typical schizophrenics (56 percent) was contrasted to or compared...

OBJECTIVE This article highlights the mental health consequences of a domestic terrorist incident involving chemical or biological weapons. METHOD The author reviews the literature on the neuropsychiatric effects of selected chemical and biological weapon agents, on the psychological sequelae of mass disasters, and on approaches to crisis intervention. RESULTS Disturbances of behavior, affe...

This article reviews the interpersonal-psychological theory of attempted and completed suicide and describes its applications in suicide risk assessment, crisis intervention, and skills-based psychotherapies. Three components are necessary, but not sufficient, for an individual to die by suicide: (1) the acquired capability to enact lethal self-injury, (2) a sense that one is a burden on others...

This review aimed to compare two concepts in the psychiatric literature: crisis and adjustment disorder. The two concepts stem from different theoretical perspectives, rely upon different (though relatively loose) bodies of data, and may serve different purposes. The concept of crisis originated from an approach that could be considered psychodynamic, humanistic, and community oriented. Treatme...

Adoption of evidence-based practice (EBP) is an increasingly advocated yet formidable challenge. Much work on EBP has implied simplistic solutions: if researchers would produce practice-relevant evidence-based approaches, practitioners would find, adopt, and use them. Blaming researchers for problems in supply, and practitioners for resistance in adoption, will only thwart progress at improving...