CITATIONS and SOURCES
For the ALOHA Skills App
Below is a list of our sources for the skills and practices that we draw from. We encourage all who desire to look into the sources if you would like to have a more complete idea of how our mobile app or the paper cards version can help you. Thank you for your time and we applaud your interest in learning more!
Chrysalis Not For Profit Limited, "USING A "CALM BOX" TO MANAGE AND ALLEVIATE ANXIETY", accessed July 1, 2021.
Friedman-Yakoobian, Michelle, PhD, et al., Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-Clinical State of the Art, Harvard Medical School, Medical Seminar – July 20th-24th 2020.
Goulston, Mark, How to Teach Your Amygdala to Dance, 2013
Himelstein, Sam PhD, "Trauma-Informed Mindfulness With Teens: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals", November 26, 2019.
Linehan, Marsha, DBT Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets, 2nd ed., The Guilford Press, 2015.
Liu, Wei-Zhu et al. “Identification of a prefrontal cortex-to-amygdala pathway for chronic stress-induced anxiety.” Nature communications vol. 11,1 2221. 6 May. 2020, doi:10.1038/s41467-020-15920-7.
Lou HC, Changeux JP, Rosenstand A. Towards a cognitive neuroscience of self-awareness, Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2017 Dec;83:765-773. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.04.004. Epub 2016 Apr 11. PMID: 27079562.
McKay, Matthew, PhD et al., The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook, Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation & Distress Tolerance, 2nd ed., New Harbinger Publications, Inc, 2019.
Pederson, Lane, Psy.D., LP, DBTC, The Expanded Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training Manual : Practical DBT for Self-help, and Individual and Group Treatment Settings, Premier Publishing and Media, 2012.
Ratey, John, Dr., Exercise and Other Medical and Complimentary, Ground Breaking Techniques for the prevention of Covid-19, Treatment of ADHD, Addictions, Social Disorder, Pain, Anorexia, Sleep Disorders, Anxiety and Mood Disorders, Harvard Medical School, Medical Seminar, February 22-26th 2021.
Sokol, Leslie, PhD and Marci G. Fox, PhD, The Comprehensive Clinicians Guide to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, PESI Publishing & Media, 2019.
Trauma Awareness & Resilience Training Institute for Youth Workers.
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The developers, authors, and researcher have checked with sources believed to be reliable in their efforts to provide information that is complete and generally in accord with the standards of practice that are accepted at the current time of development. However, with the possibility of human error or changes in understanding from the cited sources and accepted practices, no member of the team, nor the distributor of the mobile app, can guarantee that the information contained within is in every aspect accurate or complete, and they are not responsible for any errors or omissions or results obtained by the use of the application or the information within. Users are encouraged to confirm the information contained in the mobile application with other trusted sources.