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News Items – May 25, 2023

Social Workers Speak

News Items – May 25, 2023 Carmen Reese Foster is a member of NASW-TN: Lack of empathy: Growing anxiety and depression follows wave of activism for Black social workers Milwaukee Independent Since the 2020 racial reckoning, social workers have prided ourselves on working to eliminate social justice disparities.

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News Items – May 25, 2023

Social Workers Speak

News Items – May 25, 2023 Carmen Reese Foster is a member of NASW-TN: Lack of empathy: Growing anxiety and depression follows wave of activism for Black social workers Milwaukee Independent Since the 2020 racial reckoning, social workers have prided ourselves on working to eliminate social justice disparities.

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Observing therapist-patient interactions to predict dropout from psychotherapy

Society of Clinical Psychology

Over about the last 50 years, clinical research has proven without a doubt that psychotherapy significantly alleviates the symptoms of a wide range of mental illnesses, for example, depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, eating disorders, and addictions (Lutz et al., 2009; Cahill et al., 2003; Carpender et al.,

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

Beautiful Voyager

Leading me to feeling depressed, tired and sad. Medication is a huge stigmatized subject in the mental health world, not only for the individuals needing them but also for their loved ones and clinical providers. I am a person that sometimes experiences symptoms of anxiety, depression and ADHD. I know it helps me.

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What makes mental illness stigma so hard to change (and also to study)?

Society of Clinical Psychology

Casados about her recently published article in Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice. This recent Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice article outlines a number of key challenges and limitations in mental illness stigma reduction research, a few of which are summarized here. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice.

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Being a Black Clinician During Dual Pandemics: A Trainee Perspective

Society of Clinical Psychology

Negative mental health implications of living throughout the COVID-19 pandemic include higher susceptibility for triggered states of depression, anxiety, and panic attacks among those with a history of mental illness (Tsamakis et al., The dual pandemics also affected me as a Black trainee in my clinical work. About the Author.

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Members in the News – July 14, 2023

Social Workers Speak

According to SAMHSA, the National Association of Social Workers and the Association of Social Work Boards , the more than 250,000 clinical social workers within America’s health and human service systems are the largest group of mental health providers in the nation — more than psychiatrists, psychologists, and psychiatric nurses combined.