"Each week feels like a mountain": The impact of COVID-19 on mental health providers' wellbeing and clinical work.

The SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic has placed a tremendous strain on healthcare providers. Although there is a burgeoning body of literature on how COVID-19 has impacted frontline healthcare workers (i.e.

Marital quality and depression as mediators linking childhood maltreatment to adult physical health.

Background: Childhood maltreatment is known to influence adult physical health among midlife adults. Evidence suggests that depressive symptoms mediate the association. However, research has discounted the role of marital quality in understanding health outcomes among adults maltreated in childhood.

The hole in my heart is closing: Indigenous relative reunification identity verification.

Objective: The current study explored the experience of reunification as place identity verification for Indigenous individuals who were fostered/adopted as youth.

Background: Research on reunification tends to focus on disproportionality in child welfare and the factors associated with reunification. Few studies focus on experiences of reunification among Indigenous individuals including their perceptions and comprehensions about the reunification experience.

Criticism, Compassion, and Conspiracy Theories: A Thematic Analysis of What Twitter Users Are Saying About COVID-19 in Correctional Settings.

We examined Twitter data using thematic analysis to understand public perceptions of the impact of COVID-19 on incarcerated people and reactions to including incarcerated populations in the early phases of the vaccine rollout. Our findings from  = 513 Tweets yielded six themes: Twitter as usual, Advocacy, Deserve to suffer, Vaccine priority debate, Inadequate response, and Misinformation. Stigma-laden statements cut across themes, highlighting the role pathologizing beliefs play in forming opinions about incarcerated people in public health crises.

Against the Odds: A Structural Equation Analysis of Family Resilience Processes during Paternal Incarceration.

On any given day, approximately 2.1 million children in Europe have an incarcerated parent. Although research indicates that material hardship is associated with parental incarceration, and particularly paternal incarceration, little is known about family processes that may mitigate the harmful effects of such hardship on children with an incarcerated parent.

The transition to teletherapy in marriage and family therapy training settings during COVID-19: What do the data tell us?

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, little is known about how university training programs transitioned to teletherapy. This study describes the transition of two university marriage and family therapy (i.e.

From Private Practice to Academia: Integrating social and political advocacy into every MFT Identity.

While advocacy was essential to establishing the field of marriage and family therapy, at present a social and political advocacy skill set is lacking for the typical marriage and family therapist (MFT). This article reviews the importance of being active in social and political advocacy and highlights the attributes of MFTs' professional identity that uniquely position us for success in these areas. Other mental health fields' pedagogical approaches to training and education are explored, and recommendations are made for how MFTs can begin to increase their competency in advocacy.