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Psychosocial Aspects of Disability and Chronic Illness

Counselor Toolbox podcast

Learn about how visible and invisible disabilities can impact PACER: ~ Physical Health ~ Affect ~ Cognitions ~ Environment and Economic Well-being ~ Relationships and Recreation and what you can do to minimize the negative impact.

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National Report Addresses Nursing Home Quality & Promotes Value of Social Work

Social Work Blog

full-time social worker with a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in social work from a program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education [CSWE] and 1 year of supervised social work experience in a health care setting (including field placements and internships) working directly with individuals to address behavioral and psychosocial care.

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Case Management of Psychosocial Aspects of Disability and Chronic Illness

Counselor Toolbox podcast

Review case management interventions to address PACER ~ Physical Health ~ Affect ~ Cognitions ~ Environment and Economic Well-being ~ Relationships and Recreation CEUs are available at AllCEUs.com Review case management interventions to address PACER ~ Physical Health ~ Affect ~ Cognitions ~ Environment and Economic Well-being ~ Relationships and Recreation (..)

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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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Children’s Mental Health Week 2024: My Voice Matters

MQ Mental Health

The four least represented groups were migrant, BAME, physically disabled, and LGBTQ children which were all “severely underrepresented”. The three main contributors to mental distress were ssocioeconomic disadvantage, family instability and parental distress.

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Children’s Mental Health Week 2024: My Voice Matters

MQ Mental Health

The four least represented groups were migrant, BAME, physically disabled, and LGBTQ children which were all “severely underrepresented”. The three main contributors to mental distress were ssocioeconomic disadvantage, family instability and parental distress.

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News Items – August 11, 2022

Social Workers Speak

Alan Naiman, who died in January at the age of 63, left the money behind for kids’ charities that help the poor, sick, disabled, and abandoned. Being a teen is hard enough, but with the current adolescent mental health crisis , parents should know about the psychosocial challenges — from stress to suicidal thoughts — teens face nowadays.