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Resources and Guidelines
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PsiAN Advocates for 90837 and Against Audits
PsiAN members have been reporting burdensome audits, which negatively affect clinicians and patients and seem to be lacking both in clinical rationale as well as the educational component that the audits purport to offer.
A Response to the Wall Street Journal
PsiAN Co-Founder and Chair, Linda Michaels Responds to Wall Street Journal about the article, “Stop Constantly Asking Kids How They Feel,” which was written by Abigail Schrier about her new book, Bad Therapy: Why Kids Aren't Growing Up.
The Efficacy of Treatment
Publications and Articles Regarding the Efficacy of Treatment. Are psychodynamic and psychoanalytic therapies effective?
Guidelines for Treatment of Children
Information Regarding the Treatment of Children, and Children’s Mental Health.
Launching the “Art of Listening” Podcast
Psychologist and psychoanalyst Eileen Dunn has created a new podcast, The Art of Listening, where she interviews expert listeners and gets to the heart of relationships and depth therapy. Her first guest is Linda Michaels. Eileen created this podcast in the effort to support the mission of PsiAN.
Resources for Evidence-Based Treatment
Resources and Guidelines Regarding Evidence-Based Treatment.
PsiAN Comments on Parity Rules
With the help of the Kennedy Forum, PsiAN prepared and submitted comments to the federal government in support of revising rules for the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA).
List of Random Controlled Trials (RTCs)
A comprehensive compilation of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) involving psychodynamic treatments and interventions. By, Peter Lilliengren of Stockholm University.
Cost Effectiveness of Treatment
The Cost Effectiveness of Treatment and What Psychotherapy Costs.
Petition to CareDash/BetterHelp/Talkspace Followup
In a story on Talkspace, featuring PsiAN, the journalist outlines the many shortcuts and problems with Talkspace's business model, and how it leads to the "platformization" of mental healthcare, enriching only investors' pockets.
PsiAN Issues Comments to FTC
PsiAN issues comments to the Federal Trade Commission on BetterHelp, regarding BetterHelp sharing customer data internally, with Facebook, and others for advertising purposes.
A List of Mental Health Data Bases and Libraries
A List of Mental Health Data Bases and Libraries.
Honoring and Remembering Erika Schmidt
Linda Michaels pays tribute to Erika Schmidt and her impact and contributions to psychoanalysis, PsiAN, and the well-being of children. Erika was a part of PsiAN from our beginnings, and most recently served as our Vice Chair.
PsiAN Stands with Kaiser Permanente
In August of 2022, thousands of mental healthcare workers at Kaiser Permanente went on strike. They are protesting ongoing and persistent problems in providing mental healthcare, staffing shortages, excessive workloads, and harmful restrictions on patient care. We support their efforts.
John Oliver Takes on Mental Health
The hit HBO show, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, took on the complex issues of mental healthcare. Oliver’s producers interviewed our Chair and Co-Founder, Linda Michaels, and Advisors.
Why Choose Dynamic Psychotherapy?
Dr. Reidbord is a San Francisco psychiatrist discusses a less intense derivative called dynamic psychotherapy, and how it decreases sessions to once or twice a week and does away with the analytic couch.