"Can therapists accept payment from clients who earn money illegally?" by Ofer Zur, PhD Can therapists be paid for therapy by clients who make their living by selling illegal drugs, illegal prostitution, or other illegal activities? Legally and ethically speaking,...

"Brief Interventions and Brief Therapies for Substance Abuse" - new publication by SAMHSA - 44 page publication you can either download electronically or order (free, no postage/handling) from SAMHSA.  Go to:  http://store.samhsa.gov/product/SMA15-4136

National Depression Screening Day was October 8 RESOURCES South Carolina Department of Mental Health - Telephone numbers Practical online mental health info - links for mental health professionals, psychiatry residents, graduate students, mental health clients, and...

We Have to Talk: A Step-By-Step Checklist for Difficult Conversations   by Judy Ringer  www.judyringer.com    There are dozens of books on the topic of difficult, crucial, challenging, important (you get the idea) kinds of conversations. Those times when you know...

If you're like me, you were trained to think of therapeutic neutrality as the gold standard-in both individual and couples work. But renowned couples therapist, Terry Real, says that's not always true-especially in the case of contentious couples on the brink of...

South Carolina ranks third-worst in the nation for household financial security and nearly half of South Carolina residents are living on the edge of financial disaster, according to a January 2013 report produced by the Corporation for Enterprise Development....

Kathy Stringer shared this super-easy resource (website) to help with the transition between DSM-IV/ICD-9 and DSM-5/ICD-10 codes.    http://www.icd10data.com/ICD10CM/Codes

Understanding The DSM-5 Single-Axis (vs. Multi-Axial) Coding System: With the introduction of the DSM-5 the multiaxial system of coding diagnostics was removed. In most cases clinicians have stopped using the multiaxial system in favor of the new single-axis coding...

ICD-10-CM arrives this Thursday ICD-10-CM Transition Resources View our pre-recorded ICD-10 Webinar (25 min.) ICD-10 and DSM-5 Resources Expanded You Asked, We Answered Q&A from our ICD-10 Webinar series

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