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President: Gary Gintner, PhD, LPC, NCC
Executive Director
& CEO: W. Mark Hamilton, PhD
AMERICAN MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS ASSOCIATION
801 North Fairfax St., Suite 304
Alexandria, VA 22314
800-326-2642 or
703-548-6002
Fax 703-548-4775
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Your
Association-AMHCA
Boost Your Knowledge
with a Pre-Conference Workshop in San
Diego
This year, AMHCA offers three pre-conference workshops-on ethics and risk
management, building a successful private practice, and debriefing versus
psychological first aid. All will be offered concurrently, on Thursday, July
17, from 1:30-5:30 p.m.
> Click
here to download the entire Annual Conference program with details on the
pre-conference workshops.
> Click
here to register for the conference.
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Bay and city skyline.
May Is Mental Health Month
Join the activities taking place all over the country next month in support
of the mental health counseling profession. AMHCA's Foundation, AMHCF, kicks
off the month on March 3 with a March for Mental Health. May 7 is the first
annual Mental Health Awareness Day. National Mental Health Counseling Week is
May 5-11. To get in on the activities, contact your state chapter, or contact
AMHCA at 800-326-2642.
> Access
list of chapters
Your
Profession
 Antidepressants
Get More Than Their Fair Share of Credit
Use of antidepressants by middle-aged and elderly people accounts for likely
only 10 percent of the recent fall in suicide rates among that group,
according to a study of 2 million Danes age 50 and over that is being
published in the May issue of the Journal of Epidemiology and Community
Health.
> Read
more
Too Many Choices
People faced with numerous choices, whether good or bad, find it difficult to
stay focused enough to complete projects, handle daily tasks, or even take their
medicine, according to an article published in this month's Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology. Researchers found that even if people
are having fun making decisions, their cognitive functions are still being
depleted with every choice they make.
> Click
here for summary of article findings.
> Click
here for full text of the article.
Beck Institute Dispels Three Misunderstandings
about Cognitive Therapy
Myth: Cognitive Therapy is all about changing your thinking, and does
not involve behavioral change. Myth: Cognitive Therapy only deals with
surface layer problems, and it doesn't do much to change the root of people's
problems. Myth: All Cognitive Therapists do the same kind of therapy,
so if I have already tried a cognitive therapist and it didn't help, that
means the treatment itself doesn't help.
> Read
more
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Affect Public Policy
AMHCA members who
are politically savvy
about the impact on their
profession of Washington
policymakers' actions
get their info from
AMHCA's E-News from
Washington.
The latest
bulletins from Beth
Powell, AMHCA's
director of public policy
and professional issues,
include the titles below:
April 11, 2008:
DoD Program Seeks
Mental Health Counselors
to Work with
Military Families
April 4, 2008:
Urge Congress to Act
This Year to Pass Strong
Parity Legislation
March 28, 2008:
SAMHSA and Ad Council
Debut Anti-Stigma
Campaign on
College Campuses
March 21, 2008:
U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch
to Serve as Honorary Chair
of Mental Health
Counseling Week
To sign up for E-News
from Washington
bulletins, e-mail
Beth Powell at
bpowell@amhca.org.
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