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News Items – May 11, 2023

Social Workers Speak

Lydia Crafts is a member of NASW-ME: Sounding the Alarm: Lawmakers WFVX Like many Mainers, the horrors of drug addiction have personally impacted lawmakers. Thus, it’s possible for someone to consistently have a few sociopathic traits without having the diagnosable condition. However, this mindset can be difficult for patients to let go of.

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News Items – May 11, 2023

Social Workers Speak

Lydia Crafts is a member of NASW-ME: Sounding the Alarm: Lawmakers WFVX Like many Mainers, the horrors of drug addiction have personally impacted lawmakers. Thus, it’s possible for someone to consistently have a few sociopathic traits without having the diagnosable condition. However, this mindset can be difficult for patients to let go of.

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News Items – December 8, 2022

Social Workers Speak

There’s a huge accessibility problem to those who are not on Medicaid within the (community mental health) system, so we need to expand that to some other insurances as well,” Brann said. “We We can also use the financial aid to increase the mental health and addiction workforce shortage.”. View on Youtube.]. New Day Post.

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Members in the News – July 28, 2023

Social Workers Speak

We’re never going to build out an infrastructure if the going rate for therapy is $150 on the private market and it’s $70 on our Medicaid system.” This month’s focus is on the important topic of “Cultivating Resilient Teens in The Digital Age,” presented by Amy Saloner, LCSW, FNTP, Teen & Family Resilience Coach.