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This article is from Volume 5, Issue 3 of Forensic Scholars Today, a quarterly publication featuring topics from the world of forensic mental health. Click to view or save a PDF of this article.

Burnout is a serious condition that can affect mental health and human service providers with an uncanny vengeance.… Read More

This article is from Volume 5, Issue 3 of Forensic Scholars Today, a quarterly publication featuring topics from the world of forensic mental health. Click to view or save a PDF of this article.

Professionals working in correctional and jail settings interact with a diverse population, and it is not uncommon for offenders to present a variety of language difficulties.… Read More

Intermittent fasting has exploded as a weight-loss trend. It’s become widely adopted by both celebrities and everyday dieters, and now it’s starting to garner attention in the academic world. Because of this attention, it’s important to unpack what intermittent fasting for athletes might entail.… Read More

Managers need to know how to handle conflict in the workplace. One study found that 85% of employees deal with conflict in their working lives, and it costs U.S. companies an estimated $359 billion annually.

Part of dealing with and resolving conflict as a manager is to recognize common workplace conflicts.… Read More

Knowing how to respond to organizational conflict as a manager is an overlooked and underdeveloped skill. Given the pervasiveness of conflict in workplaces, though, it’s hardly optional.

The phases of organizational conflict offer an important perspective. For instance, if you’re able to notice the signs of an escalating, negative conflict, you can step in before things get out of hand.… Read More

By Jerrod Brown, Ph.D. and Erik Asp, Ph.D.

Confabulation occurs when a person incorporates inaccurate information into a memory of an event or misremembers a real memory out of correct temporal order or appropriate context (Pezdek, 2008). The hallmark of confabulation is belief in the fabricated memory; individuals provide information that is false without intending to lie.… Read More

By Anthony J. Hill, Ph.D., and Crystal Regina Hettinger, B.A.

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Postpartum Depression (PPD) is a pervasive public health concern. Furthermore, PPD disproportionately affects African American women than other groups. Financial stress is a key predictor for developing PPD. Financial stress is mostly associated with poverty in the literature.… Read More

By Jeremiah Schimp, Ph.D., CPRP

“Burnout” is a commonly used term in the workplace, especially in the mental health field. When we are overworked, stressed, fatigued, or worn out by our work, we often say that we are “burned out.” Burnout allows us to define what we are feeling in a palpable way.… Read More

By Roger P. Watts, Ph.D., Master Addictions Counselor

Chemical dependency is a disease that “runs in families.” Children of people with alcoholism or other drug addictions are biologically and socially pre-disposed to having the disease, but more importantly, every member of the family is affected by addiction.… Read More

By Jerrod Brown, Ph.D., Don Porth, B.S., & Kathi Osmonson, M.S.

Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has estimated prevalence rates of 2.5% in adults and 5.3% in children (Polanczyk, de Lima, Horta, Biederman, & Rohde, 2010; Simon, Czobor, Balint, Meszaros, & Bitter, 2009; Young et al., 2018).… Read More