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Reflections and Takeaways from reading Amy Webb and Andrew Hessel’s book, The Genesis Machine

Social Work Futures

All of them stretched my sensibilities about “what is here” and “what is coming” by way of synthetic biology and the potential impact on things social workers care about: well-being, equity, human rights and more. Biological weapons, health tech, influence on global food supply, climate change strategies and more.).

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Artificial Intelligence: In What Ways Does AI Turn Up in the Social Work Practice Ecosystem? An Exploration

Social Work Futures

Futurist Leah Zaidi says that the role of artificial intelligence is one of the three central necessary foci of futures work right now (the other two being equity/justice and climate change). I’ve covered this topic a few times on this blog – no meaningful exploration of the future could leave it out.

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10 Things – Dispatches from the Future – May 12, 2022 Edition

Social Work Futures

New-ish article (shout out to Finn Bell, MSW – Social Work Health Futures Lab Fellow for sharing this one.). Love this Equity-Centered Design card tool/set they produce – and if you scroll down they have a free digital version you can download too! Case in point: An algorithm that screens for child neglect raises concerns.

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Promoting progressive AMHP anti-racist practice

Social Work With Adults

Lyn Romeo: It's an honour to host blogs from social workers, researchers and people with lived experience of health and social care. This post addresses core challenges for Approved Mental Health Professionals (AMHPs) and others involved in anti-racist mental health practice.

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Notes from the Future – August 28, 2023 Edition

Social Work Futures

This blog is a place where I’m doing that “out loud” and in public to both share what I’m finding, and encouraging readers to do the same. Here’s a blog post I put together on that topic. Will social work be ready to participate in a value-based way? Of particular note is a recent U.S.

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Depression in adolescence – consider sex differences to bring treatment equity

MQ Mental Health

This blog was written by Dr Zuzanna Zajkowska, a postdoctoral researcher from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London and the Assistant Editor of InSPire the Mind. We published our results in the Journal of Psychiatric Research , and in a blog as part of Inspire the Mind (ITM).

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?NASW Member Voices: Social Work and Self-Care — A Review Through an Updated Lens

Social Work Blog

When workplaces investigate root causes of stress and take seriously what they find, the authors argue that this promotes “psychological health and safety, incorporating inclusion, and valuing vision.” This speaks to the systemic importance of self-care in the workplace as also an issue of racial and gender-based equity.

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