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Social Work Ethics, Eating Disorders, and Diverse Gender Communities

The New Social Worker

Eating disorders may affect gender minority individuals at up to double the rates of their cisgender counterparts. Social workers must recognize this heightened risk and increase screening and prevention efforts in gender-diverse community spaces.

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Diversity Spotlight: Dr. Nita Tewari

Society of Clinical Psychology

Diversity Spotlight The current spotlight is on Dr. Nita Tewari whose work focuses on Indian American, South Asian, and Asian American mental health. Dr. Tewari is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist (CA) who provides psychological and consulting services to young adults, parents and diverse populations in her practice. 76, Issue 1.

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NASW Observes Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Month

Social Work Blog

NASW recognizes June as Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month. Treating PTSD and Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorders Using Prolonged Exposure. The Center for Deployment Psychology will be hosting a 90-minute webinar entitled “Treating PTSD and Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorders Using Prolonged Exposure.”

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Coping through Christmas with an eating disorder

Lawson Psychology

Coping through Christmas with an eating disorder Christmas can be a very difficult and challenging time for people with eating disorders or difficult relationships with food. Move on notice: Parents, loved ones of people with eating disorders, please learn to move conversations on if there are too many intrusive inquiries.

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Diversity Spotlight: Jessica R. LoPresti, PhD

Society of Clinical Psychology

Dr. LoPresti received training at the Women’s Stress Disorders Treatment Team at VA Boston Healthcare Systems during her pre-doctoral internship and engaged in the Women’s Health Fellowship as a part of the Women’s Health Sciences Division at the National Center for PTSD. The post Diversity Spotlight: Jessica R. Robertson, N.

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Addressing Access in Ethnoracially Diverse Populations: Lessons from a University-Based Community Mental Health Center

Society of Clinical Psychology

For access to services, we compared the demographic makeup of our clinic to that of people with mental disorders in Leon County. Stigma for common mental disorders in racial minorities and majorities a systematic review and meta-analysis. link] Eylem, O., van Straten, A., Melissourgaki, Z., Danışman, G. de Vries, R., Kerkhof, A.

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Is discrimination a risk factor for eating disorders?

Society of Clinical Psychology

When we think of eating disorders, we often picture a very thin, white woman. Consistently, this is how eating disorders are often portrayed in the media. However, discrimination has only recently begun being studied as a risk factor for eating disorders, possibly due to previous beliefs about who gets eating disorders (i.e.,