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14 Psychology Fellows Honored at Graduation Ceremony
The Yale Doctoral Internship in Clinical & Community Psychology honored 14 graduating Psychology Fellows at a commencement ceremony June 10 at the Maurice R. Greenberg Conference Center.
19 Jul 2024
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Eating disorder prevalence and care: new informational webinar
In a newly recorded informational webinar, Yale Child Study Center Assistant Professor Rebecca Kamody provides an overview and prevalence of various presentations of disordered eating. She also provides some sobering statistics related to eating disorders and risk factors and discusses some of the work being done to address related critical needs.
4 Aug 2023
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Recognizing YCSC faculty & staff for long-term service at Yale
Thirty-nine Yale Child Study Center community members were recognized this spring for long-term service to the University.
7 Jun 2023
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Identity Diffusion: Unraveling the Mystery of Self-Concept
YCSC Assistant Professor Rebecca Kamody, PhD weighs in on identity diffusion and what this can look like in adolescence.
Source: Very well mind
17 May 2023
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Task Force Recommends Depression, Anxiety Screenings for Children
YCSC Assistant Professor Rebecca C. Kamody, Ph.D. weighs in on screening for depression and anxiety in children.
Source: Healthline
10 Oct 2022
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Amicus Brief Filed to Defend Gender-Affirming Care in Alabama
On Aug. 12, professors from the Yale Law School, Yale School of Medicine, Yale Child Study Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and University of Texas Southwestern filed a brief as amici curiae in Eknes-Tucker v. Governor, State of Alabama with the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Source: YLS Today
29 Aug 2022
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Team of Experts Provides Critical Review of Florida Medical Report on Transgender Care
As Florida policymakers pursue state-level restrictions on transgender care, legal and medical experts from Yale Law School, the Yale School of Medicine’s Child Study Center and Departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern, and University of Alabama at Birmingham have released a new report that identifies and refutes the many unscientific claims behind the effort.
Source: Yale Law School News
13 Jul 2022
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Scientific Misinformation and Gender Affirming Care: Tools for Providers on the Front Lines
In this commentary piece, Yale faculty and colleagues define gender affirming care and address related scientific misinformation.
Source: Journal of Adolescent Health
2 Jul 2022
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Panel of medical professionals skewers Texas and Alabama actions against transgender health care; separate study finds most children who transition stick with their choice
The opinion of the Texas attorney general and a new Alabama law — both seeking to criminalize health care for transgender youth — are based on either blatant lies for political purpose or the use of outdated and discredited evidence, according to a panel of medical professionals who specialize in the care of gender dysphoria and pediatrics.
Source: Baptist News Global
9 May 2022
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New Report Refutes Flawed Science of Texas and Alabama Transgender Legal Actions
A major new report by legal and medical experts from Yale Law School, the Yale School of Medicine’s Child Study Center and Departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, and the University of Texas Southwestern analyzes in depth the misleading scientific claims that informed recent actions by Texas and Alabama to criminalize medical treatment for transgender youth.
Source: Yale Law School
2 May 2022
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Yale Child Study Center Faculty Spotlight: Rebecca Kamody
As a clinician educator and clinical scientist, Yale Child Study Center (YCSC) Assistant Professor Rebecca Kamody, PhD focuses on youth with eating disorders and high-risk life-threatening behaviors including suicidality.
12 Apr 2022
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Optimizing Medical-Legal Partnerships in Pediatric Psychology to Reduce Health Disparities
Medical-legal partnerships provide an opportunity for psychologists to broaden their interdisciplinary collaborations, to more aptly meet the social and legal needs of their patients to assist in reducing inequities among underserved pediatric populations. The systematic incorporation of MLPs into pediatric psychology training may help to increase the utilization of these services moving forward.
Source: Journal of Pediatric Psychology
12 Aug 2021