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

Society of Clinical Psychology

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the George Floyd Uprising, and the Stop Asian Hate movement, ethnically and racially marginalized individuals in the United States need access to quality mental health care now more than ever. The added effects of gender on these associations, however, are not well understood.

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Fast-track programme to train 320 more social workers in £19m contract extension

Community Care

Fast-track programme Think Ahead will train 320 more mental health social workers after the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) extended its contract up to 2027. extension covers two cohorts, starting in 2024 and 2025, each of 160 trainees, the same size as the 2023 cohort.

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MQ Mental Health Data Science Meeting: Inequality, diversity and representativeness

MQ Mental Health

#MQDataScience meetings provide a forum for the mental health data science community to share findings and best practice, and highlight the best work in the field. On 22nd September from 12 noon UK time, MQ will host its online Mental Health Data Science meeting. Book your free ticket now.

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Rogério M. Pinto Awarded the Diversity and Social Transformation Professorship

Michigan Social Work

Pinto has been named a University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor. Professor Rogério M. The initial appointment is for five years and also includes special faculty fellow status at NCID.

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The DEIA Landscape: Promise, Peril and the Way Forward

inSocialWork

Alford The United States is a diverse place. Alford, dean and professor in the University at Buffalo School of Social Work, offers listeners a conversation that provides an introduction to DEIA efforts and a critical examination of the way ahead. Alford, PhD, ACSW , is dean of the University at Buffalo School of Social Work.

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Racism and Mistreatment in the Mental Health Field: A Practitioner’s Voice

inSocialWork

The social work profession places a high value on diversity, inclusion, and social justice. Research tells us that Black men don’t commonly access mental health services, and when they do, it often involves some kind of mandated circumstance. Danielle Hamner. Danielle specializes in trauma and EMDR. Show Notes.

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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. in Psychology from the University of California, Irvine (UCI) in 1992. In 2000, she completed her doctoral degree in Counseling Psychology at Southern Illinois University.