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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. An understanding of mental health language is needed so that children and young people as well as parents, schools and services can support the mental well-being of youngsters.

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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. An understanding of mental health language is needed so that children and young people as well as parents, schools and services can support the mental well-being of youngsters.

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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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News Items – August 11, 2022

Social Workers Speak

“We know consequences don’t resolve anything,” said school social worker Martha Schultz. 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. Spectrum News. “It looks good on paper, but you’re not fixing anything.

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Diversity Spotlight: Sannisha K. Dale, PhD

Society of Clinical Psychology

Dale earned her Master’s degree in Human Development and Psychology at the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 2005, and completed her Ph.D. She completed her predoctoral and postdoctoral training at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School (MGH/HMS) in both 2014 and 2015 respectively.

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Members in the News – August 11, 2023

Social Workers Speak

” For practical guidance around what to disclose at work, Lowenthal, who is a senior clinical social worker for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care , tells Yahoo she encourages people to “know your rights,” and consult with guides such as those provided by Triage Cancer.

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