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How does an Occupational Therapist work with autism?

Prosper Health Collective

The role of an occupational therapist (OT) is to support people, families and communities to reach their health and well-being goals by working on the areas of their life that are most important to them. Occupational therapists advocate for people to embrace who they are without the need to change what makes them uniquely themselves.

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Youth Mental Health Crisis Worsening

Beyond Advocacy

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Fittingly, addressing the mental health needs of children and youth in the United States has become an issue of bipartisan concern. A panel of experts on alternative mental health treatment provided testimony on the effectiveness of treatments other than talk therapy.

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Comparing psychotherapies for gay and bisexual men’s mental health

Society of Clinical Psychology

These stigma-related experiences give rise to cognitive, affective, and behavioral minority stress reactions , including internalized stigma, shame, social isolation, and identity concealment, which increase risk for adverse mental health outcomes and also serve as modifiable targets for treatment. He plans to apply to Ph.D.

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Members in the News – July 7, 2023

Social Workers Speak

Victor Armstrong is a member of NASW-NC: The importance of culturally-relevant training in mental health care WFAE For the past nine weeks, WFAE’s series “ Fractured ” has been exploring problems with North Carolina’s mental health system. Inequities in the system include disparities in access and quality of care.

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Micro, Mezzo & Macro Social Work

Social Work Bubble

This can include roles that support larger systemic change through advocacy and policy in order to better support communities. Mezzo Social Work. Macro Social Work. Finally, Macro Social Work is a broad field of social work.

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Why Did It Take Me So Long To Accept My Mental Health Medication?

Beautiful Voyager

I started doing an inventory: I launched my own mental health consulting business, completed a few training sessions, quickly boosted my professional network, got involved in various projects and the list goes on. Not another mental health diagnosis and medication! referring to my worst mental health challenges).

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Members in the Media – June 1, 2023

Social Workers Speak

Kara Carter and Mercedes Bern-Klug are members of NASW-IA: A new mindset on mental health University of Iowa When Kara Carter started out as a practitioner of social work in southern Colorado , she quickly found that her expertise in mental health was badly needed—not just by the hospice agency that hired her, but by the community she lived in.