Psychology trainee and supervisor perspectives of multicultural supervision.

The development and dissemination of multicultural competence in the field of clinical psychology is garnering increased attention. Providing multicultural supervision enhances multicultural competence and benefits the supervisor, supervisee, and client. However, there is little research on how multicultural supervision is provided and how it could be improved.

Measurement-Based Care for Psychotic Disorders in the Veterans Health Administration: Current Practices and Future Directions.

Measurement-based care (MBC) improves patient outcomes. However, there has been minimal focus on MBC for psychotic disorders. This study examines the use of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) to characterize their use among Veterans with psychotic disorders and to inform candidate measures for psychosis-related MBC.

Public servant, silent servant: A call to action for advocacy training in public service settings.

Views on what is important in training for psychologists are evolving, reflecting a broadening understanding of the role psychologists can and should play in societal change. Since the development of the scientist-practitioner model after World War II, arguments around training have focused on the appropriate balance between training in the practice of psychology versus training in research related to psychology. Recent calls reflect more radical change to include an advocacy emphasis within the formal coursework of psychology doctoral programs, well articulated by Mallinckrodt, Miles, and Levy (2014) as the tripartite model of Scientist-Practitioner-Advocate.

The association of recovery orientation and stigmatizing beliefs.

Background: Although mental health advocates and providers have promoted both recovery-oriented care and the de-stigmatization of mental illness, no studies have examined the interrelation of these two specific constructs.

Aims: This study aimed to evaluate this association, with the hypothesis that stronger perception of programmatic recovery orientation would be associated with less stigmatizing beliefs towards mental illness.

Method: Veterans (N = 122) and mental health clinicians (N = 98) at a large Veterans Affairs Medical Center completed an assessment of recovery orientation and a measure of beliefs about mental illness.