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Children waiting up to six weeks to see social workers, as authority downgraded to ‘inadequate’

Community Care

Social workers built positive relationships with children and their families, including through persistent engagement with parents that led to improved outcomes for children. They were also skilled at gathering children’s views, using age-appropriate tools, and had a good understanding of their needs.

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“A Liminal Moment in Social Work”: Access NASW’s Social Work Journal Online

Social Work Blog

Burned Out, Engaged, Both, or Neither? Exploring Engagement and Burnout Profiles among Social Workers in Spain Few studies have analyzed the existence of homogeneous groups in burnout and engagement among professionals, and none in social workers. The research has implications for the practice of child social workers.

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How to Quit Buying Scratch-Off Tickets

Gateway Foundation

For most people, lottery tickets are harmless fun they occasionally engage in once in a while. Adopt Healthy Habits Replacing gambling with healthy habits can help improve your emotional state and alleviate boredom that may contribute to your urge to purchase lottery tickets. Are Lottery Scratch-Offs Bad?

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7 Types of Gamblers

Gateway Foundation

They often approach gambling with a higher level of commitment and seriousness, engaging in it more frequently and with greater intensity. These gamblers display impulsive behaviors and might engage in excessive gambling to numb their feelings or avoid facing reality. Your journey to recovery starts here.

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Why Playing the Lottery Is So Addictive

Gateway Foundation

Playing the lottery can become addictive when an individual develops an unhealthy compulsion to engage in it. Playing the lottery activates the same pleasure centers in the brain as substance use disorder and other compulsive behaviors, causing some people to engage in it unhealthily. Adopt Healthy Habits. Mental Health.

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Mental wellbeing can, and should, be assessed in clinical samples

Society of Clinical Psychology

Before you continue reading this blog, take a moment and reflect for one moment: what do you, as a clinical psychologist, use as a criterion for recovery or therapy success? Do you mainly focus on recovery from symptoms? However, the concepts of recovery and mental health have been changing over time (Bohlmeijer & Westerhof, 2021).

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Costume, Cosplay and Dressing Up: Fashion and Mental Health

MQ Mental Health

So, with Juliette Burton's personal story backed up by research, let’s strip away the layers of misconceptions and adorn ourselves in the facts behind the various facades we can all adopt. Empowerment and recovery often have a hand in hand development, an intimate and mutual causality. I’ve been an inpatient wearing a hospital gown.