Posted on 11/01/2020 by Nicole Weiss
In March 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic was beginning to take hold across the United States, the National Institute for Human Resilience (NIHR) created GRIT – Greater Resilience Intervention Teams. The purpose of GRIT is to train volunteers in the community to promote wellness and resilience support to fellow community members – friends, family, coworkers, and acquaintances – in the wake of the stress caused by COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and future disasters.
Posted on 10/20/2020 by Marianne Girard, M.A., Martine Hébert, Ph.D., Natacha Godbout, Ph.D., Mireille Cyr, Ph.D., Jean-Yves Frappier, Ph.D.
Child sexual abuse is linked with deleterious consequences on adolescent girls’ mental health including suicidal ideation, or suicidal thoughts. Our study examined affect dysregulation as a mechanism uniting depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation in a sample of 119 sexually abused adolescent girls.
Posted on 10/05/2020 by Courtney Worley, Ph.D., Syed Aajmain, Stefanie T. LoSavio, Ph.D.
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted daily life, and now may not seem like the ideal time to embark on training. However, ongoing training is essential to ensure adequate availability of evidence-based treatments. This article highlights elements of a program that proved durable as an example of how teams may continue to provide clinician training during this unprecedented time.