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NASW Observes Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Month

Social Work Blog

NASW recognizes June as Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month. Treating PTSD and Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorders Using Prolonged Exposure. The Center for Deployment Psychology will be hosting a 90-minute webinar entitled “Treating PTSD and Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorders Using Prolonged Exposure.”

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Your Healthy Outlook Can Promote Resilience and Recovery in Older Adults

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Although many older adults remain mentally healthy, the World Health Organization says about 15% of adults over 60 have a mental disorder. Identifying disorders “Behavioral health” often refers to mental health , psychiatric care, counseling, and substance use disorders treatment.

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Challenges That Lead to Provider Burnout Among Clinicians

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“The work environment often doesn’t match the intrinsic drive that led them to become a healthcare professional.” – Carol Clayton, PhD Of course, time is spent providing care, but there are also administrative burdens like documentation and other tasks that must be done to keep the organization running.

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Why Successful Integrated Care Management Matters

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According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), integrated care is defined as “the systematic coordination of general and behavioral healthcare.” The main purpose is to effectively address and treat co-occurring and chronic mental health, substance use, and medical disorders.

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Addressing Access in Ethnoracially Diverse Populations: Lessons from a University-Based Community Mental Health Center

Society of Clinical Psychology

However, overall, POC are less likely to receive any care compared to White individuals, and the services they do receive are less likely to be quality services (Lê Cook et al., Department of Health and Human Services, 2019). Psychiatric Services, 66(6), 578–584. 2014; Walker et al., link] Guy, W.

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Increasing access to high-fidelity Cognitive Therapy for underserved populations

Society of Clinical Psychology

Among the studies implementing EBPs, many have focused on training self-selected or nominated clinicians, within a single level of care, to learn an EBP focused on a single-disorder (Karlin et al., What are the barriers that CBH clinicians or administrators might encounter in shifting their practices to an EBP? Discussion Questions.

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Staff Retention in Behavioral Health: Your Questions Answered

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From counseling individuals with mental health disorders to helping vulnerable children and families access critical resources, your organization and the behavioral health professionals you employ perform a wide range of important work. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) predicts that, by 2025, the U.S.