Practice Briefs

Diagnostic criteria for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) include the following: the presence of obsessions and/or compulsions, recognition of the irrationality of the obsessions and compulsions, and marked distress...

Opioid use disorder is a diagnosis listed in the chapter Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental and Emotional Disorders (DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2013).

Panic disorder is characterized in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5; American Psychological Association [APA], 2013) by persistent, yet unexpected panic attacks (Criterion A).

“an important and effective intervention for supporting and strengthening families as they cope with changing circumstances in a changing world as well as deal with issues such as socio-economic risks, health crises, and delinquency”

The key defining feature of perfectionism is holding high personal expectations for performance and behavior (Stoeber & Otto, 2006). Perfectionism is generally viewed as having both an adaptive and maladaptive form

Peripartum and postpartum anxiety (PPA) is not currently a standalone diagnosis in the DSM-5 (American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2013). Common manifestations of PPA can include symptoms such as excessive worry related to one’s child...

During pregnancy, depression can occur prenatally (anytime from conception to birth), during peripartum (the last month of gestation to first few months of delivery), or postpartum (from delivery, up to a year after birth).

Play therapy is considered a counseling modality in which therapists use play as the primary language of the therapeutic relationship.

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is “…a delayed or protracted response to a stressful event or situation (of either brief or long duration) of an exceptionally threatening or catastrophic nature...

Over 40% of women report that their labor was traumatic; however, a small percentage experience trauma that leads to the development of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms following the labor and delivery experience.