Practice Briefs

The National Center for Health Statistics reported data from the 2006-2010 National Survey of Family Growth indicating approximately 50% of first marriages end in divorce. Divorce rates were influenced by several factors including...

Enuresis, also colloquially called bedwetting, is diagnosed when individuals inappropriately eliminate urine although they have the developmental capacity to otherwise use a toilet or comparable facility.

Erectile dysfunction (ED) occurs when a man is repeatedly unable to achieve and maintain an erection firm enough for sexual intercourse (Miller, 2000; Rhoden, Teloken, Sogari, & Vargas Souto, 2002; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2009).

Excoriation disorder (colloquially referred to as skin-picking disorder) is a diagnosis newly added to fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental and Emotional Disorders (DSM-5; APA, 2013).

Caregivers of individuals with disabilities or health conditions are broadly defined as individuals who provide a variety of tasks, services, and support for those whose disabilities or health conditions hinder personal functioning.

Gambling disorder, which is sometimes referred to as pathological gambling or disordered gambling (Hodgins, Stea, & Grant, 2011; Slutske, Zhu, Meier, & Martin, 2011; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration [SAMHSA], 2014)...

Gender dysphoria refers to a marked incongruence between one’s gender identity and assigned sex at birth with the dissatisfaction occurring for at least six consecutive months.

GAD is one of 11 major diagnosable anxiety disorders included in the DSM-IV-TR categorically-based system of classifying mental disorders (APA, 2000).

Grief can be defined as the “emotion, generated by an experience of loss and characterized by sorrow and/or distress and the personal and interpersonal experience of loss” (Humphrey, 2009, p.5).

Historically, sexual health has been primarily considered with respect to physiological well-being and from the aspect of adverse health outcomes (e.g., HIV/AIDs, sexual abuse; Anderson, 2013; Burnes, Singh, & Witherspoon, 2017).