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Family violence after COVID: Understanding coercive relationships
We must think systemically about interpersonal dynamics. This is our lane. This should not be controversial.
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Me, my spouse, and COVID
Even though households with children reported more conflict during the pandemic than before it began, they also reported more cohesion.
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The mother’s double jeopardy
Whatever type of parenting a woman chooses, you can be sure that she, not the father, will be held accountable.
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The context of our lives
The science of empathy and social behaviors shows us that our need for interpersonal connection is hardwired.
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Family-oriented care in adult psychiatric residency
A family systems orientation is distinguished by its view of the family as a transactional system.
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Old wives’ tales, traditional medicine, and science
Every village must contend with finding the balance between traditional medical knowledge and the discoveries of science, said Dr. Alison M. Heru...
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Grandmothers, the Friendship Bench, and wisdom
The method has been empirically vetted and expanded to countries beyond, including the United States, said Dr. Alison M. Heru.
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Family psychoeducation is critical in care of children with disabilities
“There is a real change happening,” said Dr. Margaret G. Klitzke. “But the place where it becomes really magical is in working with the families...
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Helping interracial couples navigate racism
Frame issues around race as ones that couples are able to solve in family therapy, says Dr. Alison M. Heru.
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Raising psychiatry up ‘from depths of the asylums’
Dr. Brendan Kelly and Dr. Muiris Houston have given us this rich profile of one of her lifelong heroes, said Dr. Alison M. Heru.
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Colorism can lead to intrafamily conflict
Dr. Alison M. Heru offers guidance aimed at helping psychiatrists deescalate conflict tied to racism within families.
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Helping families understand internalized racism
Several questions can help psychiatrists elicit internalized racism in patients of color, according to Dr. Alison M. Heru.
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Steven, Linda, and predictive processing
Predictive processing moves psychiatry away from psychodynamic explanations of behavior to explanations that are brain based, said Dr. Alison M....
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John Bowlby and Heinz Kohut, meet Karl Friston
When thinking about relationships, predictive processing makes clinical sense, says Dr. Alison M. Heru.
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Helping patients find balance between self and other
Psychiatry still has a long way to go before clinical practice incorporates the importance of assessment and development of healthy relationships...