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Member Voices: Be Wary of Mental Health ‘Experts’ on Social Media

Social Work Blog

Monteiro, LCSW The past two years were filled with fear and uncertainty, exacerbating a mental health crisis with an increase in anxiety, depression, suicide rates, and substance abuse. A good place to start is the US Department of Health and Human Services administration, which operates a suicide and crisis Lifeline.

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News Items – July 21, 2023

Social Workers Speak

Ryan Estes is a member of NASW-NC: [Video] More than 65,000 people in North Carolina contact 988 lifeline in its first year WECT In the first year of the new 988 suicide and crisis lifetime , the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services says more than 65,000 people in the state have reached out looking for help.

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Addressing Access in Ethnoracially Diverse Populations: Lessons from a University-Based Community Mental Health Center

Society of Clinical Psychology

However, overall, POC are less likely to receive any care compared to White individuals, and the services they do receive are less likely to be quality services (Lê Cook et al., Department of Health and Human Services, 2019). 2014; Walker et al., 43.3%) than others and the overall rate (i.e.,

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NASW Member Voices: In Search of Transgenerational Office Space

Social Work Blog

By naming all associated parties, it becomes quite clear why Emily complains about sleeplessness, anxiety, depression, and somatization. Luckily, she discovered how clinical work and humor are perfect partners to advance problem solving and healing. Simply put, it may be that her life has become one interpersonal mosh pit.

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Riding Out the Pandemic: Social Work Practice during COVID-19: Navigating Client Needs and Boundary Changes

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

She has over 20 years of experience in children’s mental health including Clinical Director. Her program of research focuses on bullying and cyberbullying, sexting and online sexual harassment among youth; and the informal use of digital technology in clinical practice. She was Dean of the Faculty from 2009 to 2019. Moderator: Prof.

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News Items – August 5, 2021

Social Workers Speak

Lena Richardson is a member: GA Dept of Human Services Appoints Lena Richardson to Georgia Council on Aging. Department of Human Services Commissioner Gerlda B. Becky Salasche, a licensed clinical social worker in Highland Park, IL , agrees. All On Georgia. The Palm Beach Post. Courier & Press. Distractify.

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News Items – July 29, 2022

Social Workers Speak

NYC Health + Hospitals will offer psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, psychologists, and licensed clinical social workers between $30,000 and $50,000 of debt relief in exchange for a three-year commitment to serve the public health system. a licensed clinical social worker and founder of PostpartumMen.com. Yahoo News.

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