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NIMH/NIH Loan Repayment Grant Supports Study on LGBTQ+ Youth and Eating Disorders

University of Connecticut

Associate Professor Meg Paceley led a study examining the relationship between family and community environments for LGBTQ+ youth and disordered eating behaviors. The researchers assessed disordered eating behaviors related to attempting to control one’s weight (taking diet pills, fasting, purging) and binge eating.

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The Associations between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Social Services Use among Head Start-Eligible Low-Income Families

Social Work Blog

Social services use is a critical aspect in the field, and the current study seeks to better understand the relationship between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and social services use. Do family characteristics have any association with parental social services use?

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Is Diogenes Syndrome a Mental Disorder? A case study

The Masked AMHP

He has a number of physical health problems associated with old age and is provided with a package of home care by the Older People’s Social Services Team. He is divorced and lives alone in his own home.

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COVID-19 and Mental Health-The Role of Social Services Organizations

Famcare

It’s been estimated that globally, around 76 million people have been diagnosed with anxiety disorders due to the pandemic. Others were already diagnosed with mental health issues, but the virus served as a trigger for their disorders and made them worse.

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Legal analysis: the Supreme Court’s verdict on ordinary residence and mental health aftercare

Community Care

The issue in this case was which of two local authorities was responsible for providing and paying for “aftercare services” under section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (“MHA”) for a particular individual. The facts of the Worcestershire case This case involved a woman (“JG”) who had treatment-resistant schizoaffective disorder.

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Guide to determining ordinary residence for aftercare under the Mental Health Act

Community Care

Section 117 of the MHA is a duty to provide aftercare services to people who have been detained under sections 3, 37, 45A, 47 or 48 of the MHA and who then cease to be detained and leave hospital. A local social services authority can also request a review of a determination by the secretary of state.

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Government to review case for powers of entry for social workers in adult safeguarding cases

Community Care

Mental Health Act 1983: under section 135 , a magistrate may issue a warrant to a police constable to enter premises, using force if necessary, on the basis of evidence under oath from an AMHP that there is reasonable cause to suspect a person with a mental disorder is being ill-treated or neglected.