Over the last several decades single session psychotherapy has become a mainstream psychotherapeutic approach. A steadily increasing demand for psychotherapeutic services and a continuous reduction in mental health care resources worldwide are both largely responsible for this development. This paper describes single session psychotherapy and provides a brief review of the relevant literature. Single session psychotherapy delivered in walk‐in settings is also discussed. Therapists who are unfamiliar with single session psychotherapy will find that this paper provides a concise introduction to the essential processes and outcomes of this psychotherapeutic approach.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an extremely common form of child and adolescent psychopathology. Obsessive-compulsive disorder in children and adolescents has garnered a significant amount of attention from mental health practitioners and mental health researchers over the past decades. In order to provide a comprehensive account of this attention, the phenomenology, theoretical perspectives, empirical literature and interventions used to treat OCD in children and adolescents are reviewed in this paper. While by no means an exhaustive review, the information presented in this paper provides health and mental health professionals interested in OCD in children and adolescents with the knowledge required to enhance their understanding of this complicated form of child and adolescent psychopathology.

Making the transition from the hospital to a community setting can be extremely challenging for patients with acute mental health conditions. Transitional services have been created to help patients overcome difficulties associated with this transition. Nurses frequently play an integral role in the success of these services. By providing patients with individualized support during such transitions, nurses act as clinical liaisons and directly contribute to an increase in positive patient and system-level outcomes. This article describes a transitional service called the Bridge Program, designed to help adolescents make a successful transition from the hospital to the community. An overview of the Bridge Program is provided, and the results of an evaluation of this program are presented. Results suggest that the Bridge Program contributes to a decrease in the length of hospital stays and improves continuity of care for patients and their families. <h4>ABOUT THE AUTHORS</h4> <p>Mr. Cameron is Psychologist, Ms. Birnie is Evaluation Assistant, Ms. Dharma-Wardene is Evaluation Analyst, Ms. Raivio is Psychiatric Nurse, and Mr. Marriott is Evaluation Assistant, Calgary Health Region, Mental Health and Addictions Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.</p> <p>The authors disclose that they have no significant financial interests in any product or class of products discussed directly or indirectly in this activity, including research support.</p> <p>Address correspondence to Christopher L. Cameron, BSc (Hons.), MA, Psychologist, Calgary Health Region, Mental Health and Addictions, Family, Adolescent, and Child Services, Room 207, 2675 36th Street NE, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T1Y 6H6; e-mail: <a href="MAILTO:christopher.cameron@calgaryhealthregion.ca">christopher.cameron@calgaryhealthregion.ca</a>.</p>

In two experiments, we examined the role of labels in guiding preschoolers' extension of three types of familiar adjectives: emotional state adjectives, physiological state adjectives, and trait adjectives. On each trial, we labeled a target animal with one of the three different types of adjectives and asked whether these terms could apply to a subordinate-level match, a basic-level match, a superordinate-level match, or an inanimate object. In Experiment 1, participants extended trait adjectives, but not emotional or physiological adjectives, to members of the same basic-level category, regardless of whether an explicit basic-level label was provided for the target animal. Similarly, children in Experiment 2 also extended trait adjectives to the members of the same basic-level category, even when explicit superordinate- and subordinate-level labels were provided for the target animals. Together, these results demonstrate that children appreciate that emotional and physiological adjectives cannot be generalized to the same extent as can trait adjectives, and the results document the privileged status of basic-level categories in preschoolers' extension of trait adjectives.

During the last several decades, brief psychotherapeutic approaches to mental health treatment have become increasingly prevalent. This paper describes brief psychotherapy and provides a brief review of the relevant empirical literature. Therapists who are unfamiliar with brief psychotherapy will find that this paper provides a concise introduction to the essential processes and outcomes of this therapeutic approach.