Social Workers Speak

JUNE 29, 2023

Yahoo Brent Metcalf , a licensed clinical social worker specializing in alcohol and drug addiction counseling , specifies that parents should talk to their children about substance abuse no later than age 9, because that’s the age some kids are introduced to alcohol and drugs.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2021

That means that if a parent is thinking of asking for help, such as HeadStart child care, emergency housing, domestic violence support, substance abuse counseling, or Applied Behavior Analysis therapy funded by the state, they should be prepared to deal with [the city’s family police agency, the Administration for Children’s Services]. …

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Society of Clinical Psychology

AUGUST 3, 2018

of 2018, cannabis has been legalized for adult recreational use in 9 US states and for medicinal purposes in 29 states, and laws have been passed in a number of city and state governments to decriminalize its use. Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation , 2017 (8), 9–37. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

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Relias

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Perhaps even more concerning for the future, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) estimated that over 5% of the total AI/AN population in 2019 struggled with opioid misuse. They rose further to 56.6 These programs may lack sufficient resources for mental health and addiction treatment.

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Social Work Synergy

APRIL 15, 2020

Before I became a social work professor, I did casework in hospitals, child welfare agencies, crisis hotlines, and in the Veteran’s Administration. She spends her workdays between two group homes; each houses 25 vulnerable men with difficulties stemming from substance abuse. But nothing is normal right now.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The realm of psychological science is not exempt from this obligation to provide inclusive and affirming care, and it is held to this standard by its highest governing body – the American Psychological Association (APA). Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. Such interventions seeking to thwart systemic inequities (e.g.,

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