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Member Voices: Be Wary of Mental Health ‘Experts’ on Social Media

Social Work Blog

Monteiro, LCSW The past two years were filled with fear and uncertainty, exacerbating a mental health crisis with an increase in anxiety, depression, suicide rates, and substance abuse. A good place to start is the US Department of Health and Human Services administration, which operates a suicide and crisis Lifeline.

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News Items – February 10, 2022

Social Workers Speak

25 letter to the Department of Health and Human Services, seeking an exemption from the “good faith” estimates for routine mental and behavioral health services. We rarely see people who are only facing addiction to one substance,” Duraney said. But about 50% of the patients are facing cocaine as their primary addiction.

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News Items – August 5, 2021

Social Workers Speak

Lena Richardson is a member: GA Dept of Human Services Appoints Lena Richardson to Georgia Council on Aging. Department of Human Services Commissioner Gerlda B. Lisa Seif – a local licensed clinical social worker and addiction counselor who works with 7 Sisters – believes in addressing the individual, not the substance.

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Increasing access to high-fidelity Cognitive Therapy for underserved populations

Society of Clinical Psychology

Extensive evidence supports its effectiveness in clinical situations ranging from depression and anxiety, to psychosis, trauma, and addiction (Hofmann et al., Antecedents to retention and turnover among child welfare, social work, and other human service employees: What can we learn from past research? Mor Barak, M.

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News Items – March 10, 2022

Social Workers Speak

On Wednesday, the US Department of Health and Human Services released a? Opponents of the bill have argued throughout the budget session that enacting the law would make women less likely to seek treatment for their addiction. “We Melissa Donahue is a member: ‘Buddy’s Law’ dies in the House on deadline day.