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"I think the client is doing better" — why that's not enough

For Specialists

Burnout in helping professions: why clinicians miss it in themselves

Adult attachment styles: how clinicians actually measure them, and why it isn't a social-media quiz

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Lazarus Ways of Coping Questionnaire (WCQ): what it showed, what it did not, and what to use now

Each month 1,700+ people search for "Lazarus questionnaire" in various phrasings — it is the academic standard of post-Soviet psychology and a foundational coping-research instrument. Folkman & Lazarus (1980) → Folkman et al. (1986, WCQ): 66 items, 8 subscales. But Schwartz et al. (1999, <em>JPSP</em>): self-report coping scales share only <strong>0–12% variance</strong> with how people actually cope day-to-day — across 16 of 17 dimensions. This article covers the historical significance of WCQ, its methodological limits, and what to use in 2026 (CISS, Brief COPE), including the Russian-language adaptation of Brief COPE-A by Marakshina 2023 (N=3,530).

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How to manage depression and anxiety: when self-help works, when you need a clinician

Panic attack test: panic attack vs panic disorder

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Eating disorder screening: EAT-26 for first-line screening, EDE-Q for in-depth assessment

EAT-26 (Garner 1982) — 26 items, validated eating disorder screen. EDE-Q (Fairburn & Beglin 1994) — in-depth DSM-5 assessment. Lifetime prevalence of any ED in women: 8.4% (Galmiche 2019). What an EAT-26 cut-off of ≥20 indicates, where screening ends and clinical diagnosis begins, and why BED is the most common ED.

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Supervision for psychologists: choosing the format, supervisor, and contract

Types of supervision (individual, group, peer), what belongs in the contract, frequency, how to evaluate supervisor competence. MBC frame: supervision + client outcome data = more accurate feedback than "let me describe the case from memory". Evidence: Shimokawa, Lambert & Smart 2010 — feedback in supervision doubles the recovery chance for clients on a worsening trajectory.

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Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS): how to read the result and why a score ≥9 is a clinical flag

BHS — 20 true/false items, developed by Beck in 1974 as a predictor of long-term suicide risk. In an inpatient sample (Beck et al. 1985), a cut-off of ≥10 correctly identified 91% of those who later died by suicide. What the scale measures, how to read the thresholds, and how BHS differs from current suicidal ideation (C-SSRS).

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Adult ADHD screening: ASRS-v1.1 — what it shows and what it doesn't replace

The WHO ASRS-v1.1 is the most widely validated brief adult ADHD screen. What the 6-item short form actually shows, how to read the full 18 items, and why screening is not a diagnosis. DIVA-5, CAARS and WURS for confirmation.

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Trauma assessment instruments: PCL-5, IES-R, ITQ — what to choose and how to read the result

A guide to validated trauma and PTSD screening instruments: PCL-5 (DSM-5), ITQ (ICD-11 PTSD and CPTSD), IES-R (response dynamics), LEC-5 (event inventory), CAPS-5 (clinician-administered gold standard). Why a "trauma test" is not a diagnosis and how to assemble a battery for the clinical task.

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Adult attachment styles: how clinicians actually measure them, and why it isn't a social-media quiz

ECR-R, AAS, RSQ — validated instruments produce a 2D profile (anxiety × avoidance), not one of "four types". What a clinical attachment test actually shows, and how it differs from popular online quizzes.