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An interview with Dr. Marisa Marraccini

MQ Mental Health

On the other hand, communications about a death due to suicide that are over simplified (suggesting only one thing caused a suicide), glamourised, or romanticised can encourage suicidal thoughts and behaviours in youth. This can be the first step to getting that person help.

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Guest Post: Interview with Randye Kaye: Podcast Co-Host of Schizophrenia: 3 Moms in the Trenches and Author of Ben Behind His Voices: One Family’s Journey from the Chaos of Schizophrenia to Hope and Happier Made Simple: Choose Your Words

Bipolar Bandit

She has spoken at CIT International, American Psychiatric Association, APNA, and The Missouri Behavioral Health Council. With proper recovery support (structure, purpose, love/community and treatment – what Randye calls the “4 Pillars”) enjoyed a period of recovery which included full-time work and two years of college.

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Observing therapist-patient interactions to predict dropout from psychotherapy

Society of Clinical Psychology

This question has been quite difficult to answer, as patients who drop out of treatments are logically rarely available to be interviewed as to why they stopped coming. how they implemented interventions with patients and how they communicated, showed empathy etc.) Psychiatric Quarterly, 51 (4), 271–279. 2009; Cahill et al.,

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Why Assess?

The Critical Blog

It means active listening – letting the service user speak (or communicate in whatever way they find easiest), and becoming an active part of their account, reflecting their thoughts and helping them use their own perspective to improve their own self-knowledge and self-efficacy. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association.

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Genogram in Social Work: Worth a Thousand Words?

Social Work Haven

Ensure your interviews are person centred to help you create a genogram client-centred diagram. There needs to be an open system of communication and some flexibility to change their personal connections and have meaningful relationships. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care. Incorporate strengths-based approach as well.

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News Items – August 5, 2021

Social Workers Speak

.… The 38-year-old Dorchester native and first-generation Cape Verdean American works as a social worker in addictions at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and in the emergency psychiatric department at Boston Children’s Hospital. Distractify spoke with licensed clinical social worker and psychotherapist F. Why that can be a good thing.