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Why Successful Integrated Care Management Matters

Relias

According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), integrated care is defined as “the systematic coordination of general and behavioral healthcare.” Appointments are then scheduled one week later to focus on behavioral health with a mental health practitioner.

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A Love Letter to Social Workers on the Front Lines of COVID-19

Social Work Synergy

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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September is National Recovery Month: Supporting the Journey to Recovery 

Social Work Blog

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. Additional Resources: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Recovery Is for Everyone: Understanding Treatment of Substance Use Disorders.

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September is National Recovery Month: Supporting the Journey to Recovery 

Social Work Blog

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. Additional Resources Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Recovery Is for Everyone: Understanding Treatment of Substance Use Disorders.