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The Impact of Collective Trauma and How Behavioral Health Organizations Can Help

Relias

Leia Salzman, PhD, LCSW, from the Tulane University School of Social Work, describes collective trauma as “an event, or series of events that shatters the experience of safety for a group, or groups, of people.” Collective trauma occurs when this type of event happens to an entire community.

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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. The national racial reckoning with policing and the criminal justice system catalyzed by George Floyd’s death last year was difficult enough for Black Americans.

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NASW Member Voices: White House Move to Decriminalize Marijuana at federal level should be followed by states

Social Work Blog

. . By Mel Wilson, LCSW, MBA. However, the vast majority of those arrested, convicted, and incarcerated for possession of marijuana are decided in state criminal legal systems. Mel Wilson, LCSW, MBA, is the retired Senior Policy Advisor for the National Association of Social Workers. About The Author.