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Behavioral Healthcare in Life After the COVID-19 Pandemic

Relias

Congress temporarily allowed reimbursement for telehealth under federal programs in many care settings. In a recent webinar, Relias: Regulatory, Financial, and Workforce Impact of COVID-19 for Behavioral Health , Berger noted, “One of the biggest changes with lasting impact is this shift that we’re seeing to widespread telehealth services.”

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NASW News Hits May 2022

Social Workers Speak

Jeffrey Feldman, NASW New Jersey Chapter’s director of advocacy and communications, was quoted in a Politico New Jersey Playbook PM item on the state advancing regulations to mandate cultural diversity and implicit bias training to in the police basic training curriculum. Each article reached a potential audience of 61 million readers.

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Maternal Mental Health Matters: A Neglected but Vital Issue

Relias

Maternal mental health is the emotional, psychological, and social well-being of women during pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period. Providers and communities may need to investigate or create new ways to treat patients, such as through telehealth options.

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Suicide prevention specialist Dr Christine Moutier on data, science and trends during COVID-19

MQ Mental Health

Today, she is the Chief Medical Officer of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) , a nationwide community using research, education and advocacy to advance its goals. And it raised the profile of telehealth in the US, although legal hurdles remain. In fact, the reality is more nuanced.

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News Items – April 8, 2022

Social Workers Speak

Melissa Webb is a member: 40 Under 40: Melissa Webb, LCSW, Clinical Director, Red Rock Psychological Health. The granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, Webb has witnessed firsthand the complexities of untreated trauma and PTSD, which led to her interest in the human condition, psychological functioning and the impact of abuse on families.

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NASW Observes Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Month

Social Work Blog

The Center for Deployment Psychology will be hosting a 90-minute webinar entitled “Treating PTSD and Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorders Using Prolonged Exposure.” This resource was created by Veteran Affairs’ National Center for PTSD and Department of Defense’s National Center for Telehealth & Technology.

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News Items – December 9, 2021

Social Workers Speak

In this episode, we talk with Unified School District of De Pere School Social Worker (and UW-Green Bay Psychology alum) Melanie Brick about the many ways she and her fellow school social workers bring hope to students so they can thrive at school. Psychology Today. Psychology Today. University of Wisconsin, Green Bay.