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NASW Recognizes October 6th as National Depression Screening Day

Social Work Blog

In fact, those with other health conditions such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and substance use disorder are also at greater risk of developing depression [1]. Most people see improvements in their depressive symptoms with psychotherapy. Department of Health and Human Services. Depression.

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Celebrate Your Graduate—Save 30% Off Select Books!

Social Work Blog

Recognized by social work educators, researchers, practitioners, students, and policymakers as an essential guide to clear and precise communication in the profession, this indispensable reference work should be on the bookshelves of all social workers and human services professionals in the United States and abroad.

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

Society of Clinical Psychology

However, overall, POC are less likely to receive any care compared to White individuals, and the services they do receive are less likely to be quality services (Lê Cook et al., Department of Health and Human Services, 2019). Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, & Practice, 52(3), 308–314. 2014; Walker et al.,

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Crisis Prevention and Intervention in the Age of COVID-19

Relias

To better understand the effects of the pandemic on crisis situations and the associated methods of prevention and intervention, we will discuss the following crisis situations: Substance use disorder. Substance Use Disorders and COVID-19. Substance use disorders (SUDs) have been a growing issue in the United States for some time.

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News Items – February 10, 2022

Social Workers Speak

25 letter to the Department of Health and Human Services, seeking an exemption from the “good faith” estimates for routine mental and behavioral health services. Arguing that the rule is burdensome and unnecessary, mental health providers wrote a Jan. ADHD can get in the way. The Washington Post.

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News Items – September 30, 2021

Social Workers Speak

Victor Armstrong is the first chief health equity officer at the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. Psychotherapy after the pandemic will likely be a hybrid — part office, part telemedicine. Victor Armstrong is a member: Victor Armstrong to lead North Carolina health equity efforts. The Charlotte Observer.

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UPDATE: Federal Rule to Prevent Surprise Health Care Billing – Application to Clinical Social Workers

Social Work Blog

Items and services”: All encounters, procedures, medical tests provided or assessed in connection with the provision of health care. Services related to mental health substance use disorders are specifically included. 50-minute individual psychotherapy session, weekly until otherwise indicated). Compliance Steps.

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