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Children’s Mental Health Week 2024: My Voice Matters

MQ Mental Health

Adults make most of the decisions about a child’s life from where they live, what they eat and when, where they go to school, what clothes they have and much more. Autonomy can positively benefit mental health and lack of independence can, for adults, increase symptoms of depression.

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A roadmap to prevent people being gone too soon

MQ Mental Health

Group therapy improves depression and HIV treatment 2. Improve collaborative care models Task-shared integrated collaborative care for patients with depression and diabetes or alcohol in South Africa 3. Better understanding of interplay between biomarkers & psychosocial risk factors Cortisol-trauma relationship in suicide risk.

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Children’s Mental Health Week 2024: My Voice Matters

MQ Mental Health

Adults make most of the decisions about a child’s life from where they live, what they eat and when, where they go to school, what clothes they have and much more. Autonomy can positively benefit mental health and lack of independence can, for adults, increase symptoms of depression.

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Inequality of Mental Health

MQ Mental Health

A report by the UN Human Rights office showed people with mental health conditions and those with psychosocial disabilities experience disproportionately higher rates of poor physical health; and have a reduced life expectancy – a 20-years fewer for men and 15 years for women - compared with others in the population.

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NASW Member Voices: Considering a career in addiction social work? Here is what you should know

Social Work Blog

Do my skills align with the amount of knowledge I gained in school? There are clinical, military, hospital, school social work, and other options. This simply means that an individual can marry various systems, schools of thoughts, and theories, and apply them to real-life scenarios. Will I be able to cut it?

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Why Successful Integrated Care Management Matters

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This gives the mental health practitioner the opportunity for a longer conversation about the patient’s psychosocial history and can lay the groundwork for continued mental healthcare. When initial screenings for depression indicate that this client needs a follow-up, PCPs and social workers can consider these social determinants of health.

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How Stress Can Affect Mental Health

MQ Mental Health

Evidence of this in my past might include the stress felt during my school exam years as a teenager. After speaking with my GP and being diagnosed with ‘reactive depression’ I was signed off work. This was the case earlier this year.