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Suicide Prevention: How to Help When Social Determinants Spiral

Relias

As a care professional in the human services industry, you’re most likely familiar with the common risk factors and warning signs for suicide, but there are other important factors to consider, like social determinants of health (SDOH) which play a large role in substance use disorders (SUDs) and depression.

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Addressing Veterans’ Mental Health: An Overview

Relias

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) An estimated 7% of veterans are diagnosed with PTSD in their lifetimes. The inequitable nature of PTSD, coupled with other intense feelings (such as survivors’ guilt), can lead to increased levels of post-traumatic stress and lower levels of self-esteem among those experiencing PTSD. deployments).

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The Impact of Collective Trauma and How Behavioral Health Organizations Can Help

Relias

Individuals affected by collective trauma may also exhibit symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, or other mental health disorders. Individual healing from collective trauma is a deeply personal journey that requires self-awareness, self-compassion, and resilience.

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Safety Planning Checklist for You and Your Clients

Relias

Substance use disorder. At its most basic, safety planning is a way to help clients experiencing suicidal ideation navigate their feelings in a way that prevents self-injurious behavior. Substance use disorders and safety planning. The ramifications of these substance use disorders go beyond the individual.

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Safety Planning Checklist for You and Your Clients

Relias

Substance use disorder. At its most basic, safety planning is a way to help clients experiencing suicidal ideation navigate their feelings in a way that prevents self-injurious behavior. Substance use disorders and safety planning. The ramifications of these substance use disorders go beyond the individual.

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

Social Work Blog

Part II requires all health care providers (including CSWs) and health care facilities licensed, certified or approved by the state to provide good faith estimates (GFEs) of expected charges for services and items offered to uninsured (e.g., not enrolled in any health plan) and self-pay (e.g., Compliance Steps.

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News Items – March 3, 2022

Social Workers Speak

Social workers have been finding shelter for homeless covid patients, providing treatment for people with addiction disorders made more challenging by pandemic-related social isolation, and comforting bereaved family members who have lost loved ones to the twin epidemics of covid and opioids. Should social workers work with police?