Community Care

APRIL 15, 2024

This may be due to older siblings already having been adopted or even being deemed too old to be adopted and therefore remaining in long-term foster care. An older teen was there to spend time with their baby brother who was adopted. If they, decide to meet up with the other adoptive family, brilliant.

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Psychological Health Care

JANUARY 8, 2024

Self-care or self-love plays an important role in supporting your mental health. Loving yourself is important because it affects many areas of your life, including your physical health, mental health and relationships with others. How each person practices self-care will vary based on their needs.

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The Guardian

JULY 28, 2022

Leiland-James Corkill might not have died had agencies collaborated better, investigation concludes Information about drinking, debts and mental health that could have prevented a baby boy being placed with an adopting mother who went on to murder him was not shared between agencies, an investigation has concluded.

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MQ Mental Health

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

No matter your religious beliefs or traditions, all holidays hold some similarities in the joys to be had and the difficulties we may face in many areas, particularly when it comes to mental health. There are many reasons why the holiday season might be harder than others when managing mental wellness and well-being.

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MQ Mental Health

JUNE 29, 2023

MQ Mental Health Research and the University of Glasgow, with support from The Lord Mayor's of London, have collaborated to help the UK better respond to the mental health issues arising from the ongoing cost-of-living-crisis. How will the cost-of-living-crisis impact the mental health and wellbeing of people in the UK?

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MQ Mental Health

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Research has shone a fascinating light onto the power costume can have on our 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. I’ve been sectioned under the mental health act.

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Jaeran Kim

JULY 1, 2020

Are you an adoptive parent? Does your adopted child have one or more developmental, physical, or mental health disabilities? Dr. Claudia Sellmaier and I are seeking adoptive parent participants for a survey about parenting an adopted child with a disability.

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My Brains Not Broken

MARCH 15, 2022

But I don’t care because to me, March means one big positive for my mental health – the no-good, rotten, very bad days of winter are almost at an end. I might have almost been too vocal about it on this blog, but I straight up didn’t have a good time this winter.

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Mental Health Depression Adoption Anxiety 246

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

MARCH 29, 2024

He is the chemical dependency track coordinator and mental health track chair. Yet, as our lives become increasingly mediated by technology and adopted by those around us, bringing our humanistic lenses to these spaces becomes even more important. Todd Sage , Ph.D., Melanie Sage , Ph.D.,

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Society of Clinical Psychology

MAY 15, 2017

You have probably heard it a million times – there is a technology revolution and mental health services are not exempt. In both research and the private sector there is much buzz about the potential of technology to transform mental health service delivery (Jones, 2014; Kazdin & Blasé, 2011).

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Society of Clinical Psychology

JANUARY 20, 2020

Similar to Skype or Facetime, TMH-V allows providers to deliver psychotherapy, medication management, or assessment to clinics without on-site mental health services or directly to patients’ homes. Yet the question remains: what do mental health providers think of this new technology? Health Affairs, 33 (2), 207-215.

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Blurt It Out

APRIL 15, 2024

These toxic family environments can have profound effects on our mental health, shaping our emotional well-being and sense of self. In this article, we’ll explore the signs of a toxic family, delve into its impact on mental health, and discuss strategies for coping and healing.

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Self-harm Substance Abuse Communication Mental Health 96

Society of Clinical Psychology

MAY 7, 2021

Often times the field of clinical psychology assumes a “deficit-based” approach to minority mental health. Over-emphasizing deficits in minority mental health can be problematic for two central reasons. Over-emphasizing deficits in minority mental health can be problematic for two central reasons.

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Community Care

MARCH 7, 2024

The magazine covered the gamut of social work and social care including child protection, adoption, mental health and services for disabled and older people. On 3 April 1974, the first ever issue of Community Care was published.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Reductions in the numbers of secure children’s home and inpatient mental health beds, removing alternative options for these children. More and more children with complex needs going into care and requiring more intensive provision, such as solo placements, high staff ratios or, increasingly, deprivation of their liberty.

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The Guardian

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Katie Tidmarsh found guilty of killing ‘defenceless young child’ she had been in the process of adopting A woman has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 17 years for murdering the one-year-old baby she was in the process of adopting, after failing to disclose mental health problems to the adoption panel.

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Social Work Blog

MAY 9, 2022

As America faces a mental health crisis, the need for suicide prevention services is more imperative than ever. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, suicide is ranked as the second primary cause of death in young people among the ages of 10 to 34 and the tenth most frequent cause of death in the United States.

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Crisis Intervention Mental Health Confidentiality Diversity 109

Gary Direnfeld

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Amazingly she had already adopted a number of strategies and capacities from those previous helpers. Check out all my services and then call me if you need help with a personal issue, mental health concern, child behavior or relationship, divorce or separation issue or even help growing your practice.

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MQ Mental Health

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

It is estimated that more than 80% of people living with a mental illness are living in low middle income countries and about 85% of the world's population live in the 153 Low and Middle Income Countries on earth. You can see, the figures are high and this also shows there is a mental health emergency. Information is key.

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Community Care

MAY 8, 2024

” This exerted an “intolerable and unfair” toll on these practitioners’ mental health, which led some to stop working because of “unmanageable” distress. Others were unable to work because employers did not consider them for roles when they learned they were subject to an FTP investigation.

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KVC

APRIL 18, 2024

This made it possible for KVC to meet the needs of any child and family, extending all the way to inpatient children’s mental health hospitals when needed. A few years later, the parent organization KVC Health Systems was created. Read more about KVC’s mental health treatment services here.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Inspectors found that children were being adopted more quickly due to the use of concurrent planning, with “sensitive direct work” with children and adoptive parents smoothing transitions. ‘Too many changes of social worker’ for children in care.

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MQ Mental Health

MARCH 8, 2022

The MQ Fellows awards invests in early career researchers, giving them the support and funding they need to expand on their research and develop their careers within mental health science. Now learnings from Ethels study are being adopted by other countries across Africa. Find out more.

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Gary Direnfeld

MAY 27, 2022

Beyond my family, there is you, extended kin, closest of friends – my adopted family members, friends, colleagues, and those whom I haven’t met but who share space with me virtually. I seek to do so so as to minimize stress upon myself, Arlene and my family. Support matters. With that, I am blessed. You all matter to me.

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KVC

OCTOBER 11, 2021

KVC hosts this event every October to thank the generous supporters who have enabled the nonprofit organization to strengthen families, prevent child abuse and neglect, and help people achieve mental health wellness. During this time, KVC Health Systems’ nearly 1,500 team members across the U.S.

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Famcare

JUNE 15, 2023

It’s 2023, and despite the reluctance of social services to adopt technology, many have finally broken the ice with tech. If you work in a social service field such as veteran service, child welfare, juvenile justice, or mental health provider, it’s about time you embark on the digitization journey.

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KVC

DECEMBER 8, 2021

New Research: LGBTQIA+ Youth Mental Health & How You Can Help. A shocking 42% of LGBTQ youth considered suicide in the last year, and 70% of LGBTQ youth reported poor mental health throughout most of the pandemic. Meet Children Who Need Loving, Adoptive Forever Families. Read it now. Read it now. Read it now.

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Foster Care Psychiatric Adoption Hospitals 52

Gary Direnfeld

MAY 15, 2022

Initially it was difficult to adopt the new mindset, fending off constant bullying. Check out all my services and then call me if you need help with a personal issue, mental health concern, child behavior or relationship, divorce or separation issue or even help growing your practice. It sure wasn’t a fairytale ending.

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Social Work With Adults

MAY 11, 2022

So, it’s appropriate that we publish this report in the midst of Mental Health Awareness Week. On this very point, following publication of the Mental Health Act Reform consultation, we were delighted to appoint Jason Brandon on a two-year secondment into the role of Mental Health Social Work Lead.

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Relias

MAY 2, 2022

Those across the United States experiencing or witnessing a mental health crisis will now have a dedicated line to call and talk with a trained counselor. But 988 will need the help of behavioral health organizations to ensure its long-term success. The resultant mental health effects can be seen in the numbers discussed above.

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Community Care

APRIL 7, 2022

We’ve also seen a very significant increase in anxieties around children’s mental health, which the NHS does not seem to have the capacity to respond to sufficiently, which then leads ultimately to those children becoming in need of those children’s social care services,” Crocker added.

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Relias

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

It’s when organizations are adaptable and trauma-informed and adopt a culture that fosters resilience within their staff. Resilience is particularly helpful when working with behavioral health clients because it mitigates the impacts of trauma and prevents burnout. What is organizational resilience?

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Self-harm PTSD Mental Health Communication 90

KVC

JUNE 16, 2022

Mental health can pose many challenges for young people, and the statistics are particularly startling for LGBTQIA+ youth. Rejection and trauma are heartbreaking for a child and can negatively impact their brain development , mental health and their long-term wellbeing. Watch for Mental Health Warning Signs.

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Mental Health Self-harm Substance Abuse Adoption 52

Social Work Blog

APRIL 3, 2024

The 12th edition of Social Work Speaks is a comprehensive and unabridged collection of policies adopted and revised by the NASW Delegate Assembly in 2020. All social workers should review the new text and affirm their commitment to abide by the Code of Ethics. Also available in Spanish.

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KVC

MARCH 1, 2021

In this role, she led a team that dramatically grew community support for children who are in foster care due to abuse or neglect, increasing the organization’s foster and adoptive families by 78%, from 500 to 892 homes. We think about mental health holistically at KVC,” said Stephenson. “We

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act and the Adoption and Safe Families Act have destroyed the lives of millions of children and families. And they commissioned a poll from Gallup , which appears to have been geared toward encouraging more Black families to foster and adopt. But there is. None of it was true.

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Social Work Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

The 12th edition of Social Work Speaks is a comprehensive and unabridged collection of policies adopted and revised by the NASW Delegate Assembly in 2020. The Delegate Assembly, NASW’s key policymaking body, meets every three years.

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