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Dial 988: Mental Health Hotline Launches July 16

Shelter, Inc

Help is only 3 numbers away. As of Saturday, July 16, the national 988 Suicide and Crisis Hotline will go into effect, routing calls to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (800-273-8255.) Trained counselors will take anonymous calls and texts to the hotline 24/7. Advocates for the three-digit number say timing is crucial during an emergency as remembering three digits instead of ten can make all the difference, and the time for change is now.

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Counseling Items I Look For in the Target Dollar Spot

Kylie the Creative Social Worker

The Target Dollar Spot. It seems like everywhere you look someone is talking about something they bought from there. You can find some great counseling items in the dollar spot, but there are some that… The post Counseling Items I Look For in the Target Dollar Spot appeared first on Kylie The Creative Social Worker | All rights reserved.

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Gaia Pope’s family call for change after inquest highlights missed chances

The Guardian

More than 50 instances, family say, when public services missed opportunities to help Dorset teenager Sisters of Gaia Pope: ‘We felt helpless. She felt she wasn’t listened to’ The family of the Dorset teenager Gaia Pope have called for fundamental changes to the way the police, health trusts and other public services protect survivors of sexual violence after an inquest highlighted a string of missed chances to help her.

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The Joint Commission Issues New Quick Safety Advisory on Palliative Care

CAPC

Advisory will help seriously ill patients visiting the emergency department.

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5 Must Haves for Case Management

Thousands of nonprofits rely on case management software to help collect data, manage programs, coordinate with agencies, and provide life-changing health and human services. Adopting a cloud-based case management platform is essential for nonprofits and government agencies to operate more efficiently and make better use of their funding and budget.

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How you can save babies whose mothers have substance use disorders

Stop Abuse Campaign

← Incest the Unforgivable. The statistics are shocking: ten percent or more of babies born in the United States test positive for alcohol or another mind-altering substance used by the mother struggling with substance use disorder. Babies born prenatally exposed to alcohol can suffer from a host of significant impairments. Babies born addicted to opiates have to start life going through the same agonizing withdrawal process as adults.

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News Items – July 15, 2022

Social Workers Speak

Child psychiatry groups condemn efforts to link mass shootings with mental health issues. WITF. The American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and about 60 other national groups that focus on children’s mental health are voicing “deep concerns about false and harmful attempts to link mental illness and gun violence” after recent mass shootings.

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