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The Evolution of Library Social Work

Social Work Blog

They are living, breathing community centers, filled with people who have psychosocial needs – people who could benefit from the support of a social worker. MSW, a consultant who runs Social Work Consulting Services for Libraries. Then, in 2020, the libraries shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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A roadmap to prevent people being gone too soon

MQ Mental Health

The paper, written by 40 global experts, followed an extensive road mapping process of evidence reviews and consultation with mental health researchers, clinicians, policy experts and people with lived and living experience of mental illnesses and suicide. These devastating losses are preventable,” says co-lead author Professor Rory O’Connor.

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Training therapists in evidence-based mental health interventions: What works and what holds promise for the future?

Society of Clinical Psychology

“Jenna” was an adolescent who presented for treatment at a specialty clinic after having been in therapy for several years. By the time she presented to the specialty clinic, she had seen a number of therapists and had little hope for improvement, stating that “nothing worked before.” These early reviews concluded that self-study (e.g.,

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What we know now about bridging the gap between research and practice

Society of Clinical Psychology

We are now at a point where we recognize that some form of consultation or follow-up support is needed to achieve levels of skill that are similar to those of therapists in the original clinical trials. The post What we know now about bridging the gap between research and practice first appeared on Society of Clinical Psychology.

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Rethinking the sufficient dose needed for PTSD treatment

Society of Clinical Psychology

points on the CAPS-5) was not statistically or clinically significant. A brief exposure based treatment for PTSD versus Cognitive Processing Therapy: A randomized non-inferiority clinical trial. Utilization of Evidence-Based Psychotherapies in Veterans Affairs Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Outpatient Clinics. PMCID: PMC5843538.

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Members in the News – August 11, 2023

Social Workers Speak

Robin Bilazarian is a member of NASW-NJ: It Turns Out, Washing Your Face Can Benefit Your Brain Mind Body Green As licensed clinical social worker and master EFT trainer Robin Bilazarian, LCSW, DCEP , previously told mbg , “When we are agitated or stressed out, everything about us is robbing blood to go to major muscles.”

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Medication, Behavioral Therapy, or Both? Examining Understudied Domains for Children with ADHD

Society of Clinical Psychology

We conducted these studies in the context of an NIMH-funded clinical trial of stimulant medication for ADHD children (R01-MH099030). Based on this research, we conducted a randomized clinical trial comparing how long-acting stimulant medication, BPT (based on Power et al., 2012), but the effects of medication had not been studied.

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