Social Work Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Social workers provide counseling and psychotherapy services to patients in recovery. Social workers help patients eliminate psychosocial stressors such as homelessness, loss of job, divorce, and loneliness that may have led to their use of substances. David Stoecker, LCSW , is founder and director of Better Life in Recovery.

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Social Work Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Social workers provide counseling and psychotherapy services to patients in recovery. Social workers help patients eliminate psychosocial stressors such as homelessness, loss of job, divorce, and loneliness that may have led to their use of substances.

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Psychological Health Care

APRIL 27, 2021

Uncontrollable substance abuse, drug addiction or alcoholism. Unusual addictions or cravings, including sex addiction, obsessions and risky behaviour. Anxiety disorders. Eating disorders. Personality and identity disorders. Behavioural disorders. Substance abuse and addictions.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

DECEMBER 21, 2018

One is the sheer volume of people in need of some type of mental health or substance abuse care. The problem is that our current annual rate of onset of DSM-5 Axis I disorders is estimated to be around 27%; approximately 1 in 4 Americans develop a mental disorder or addiction in any one calendar 12 month period.

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