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Taking a Look at Youth Mental Health: A Statistical Breakdown

My Brains Not Broken

Mental health matters for people of every age, race and demographic, but an area that doesn’t always get the attention it deserves is in young people. It might not be news to some, but the numbers are rising year after year when it comes to young people dealing with mental health disorders and mental illness. After an insightful Q&A earlier this week with Tilly’s Life Center, I decided I wanted to spotlight some of the important statistics about young people and mental health tha

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Screw Guilt. Enjoy Christmas.

Gary Direnfeld

Oh that guilt. So undermining. And with Christmas just around the corner, whose will it be? Yours? Someone elses? Boundaries. They are the thing that brings your life back to you. They help you distinguish who respects you acting in your interest versus their own. “No” is a boundary word. “We would love to normally, but this year we just need to __ for ourselves,” is a boundary phrase. “Sorry, we will be doing _this year and we are quite looking forward to it,”

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Guest Post: Setting Boundaries by Breakdown Club

Bipolar Bandit

Setting Boundaries. Boundaries are a way of taking care of ourselves. When you understand how to set and maintain healthy boundaries, you can avoid the feelings of resentment, disappointment, and anger that build up when limits have been pushed. If you’re not sure how to go about creating boundaries or effectively uphold existing ones, then here are 10 ways in which you can create and maintain healthy boundaries.

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Parental loss and grief in childhood linked to an increased risk of depression in adulthood #ActiveIngredientsMH

The Social Care Elf

In her debut blog, Lauren Breen summarises a paper relevant to her Active Ingredients project, which seeks to understand the impact that grief reduction interventions can have on reducing anxiety and depression in young people aged 14-24 years. The post Parental loss and grief in childhood linked to an increased risk of depression in adulthood #ActiveIngredientsMH appeared first on National Elf Service.

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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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Give a child the gift of hope for the holidays

National Casa Gal

Resilience is key to helping young people bounce back from difficult experiences and overcome the long odds that can face children who have spent time in foster care. Read More. The post Give a child the gift of hope for the holidays appeared first on National CASA/GAL Association for Children.

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A heartfelt thank you

Social Care

"As we approach the festive season, we will reflect upon the year just gone, remember with love and respect those we lost, and look ahead with hope to the year to come." [Photo copyright Lauren Hurley/DHSC]. Awe inspiring care colleagues. The words ‘thank you’ do not seem enough to express my gratitude for the incredible work you have all done to keep residents, colleagues and communities safe, both as individuals and teams, throughout 2021.

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Improving civil dialogue in the European Semester process

International Federation of Social Workers

IFSW Europe, member of Social Platform, promotes the civil dialogue in the European Semester process. We propose you the Social Platform guidance document to EU Member States on improving civil dialogue in the European Semester process.

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CY 2022 Medicare Quality Payment Program for Clinical Social Workers: Frequently Asked Questions

Social Work Blog

December 2021. Beginning January 1, 2022, clinical social workers (CSWs) will become eligible to participate in Medicare’s Quality Payment Program (QPP). NASW advocated for the inclusion of CSWs in the QPP and are pleased that they are now eligible. CSWs participate in the QPP through a system called the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). MIPS was designed to tie payments to quality and cost efficient care, drive improvement in care processes and health outcomes, increase the use of he

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Join the Peoples Summit and submit your contribution for a #NewEcoSocialWorld

International Federation of Social Workers

The people’s summit invites everyone to share and advance their ideas and contributions to shape the Global Values Declaration for a new eco-social world. Individuals and community representatives, people of lived experiences, global organisations, students, health, social, education and economic professions, environmental campaigners, trade unions, policy makers, civil rights champions, spiritual and religious networks, and […].

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Overcoming emotional eating with mindful eating

Lawson Psychology

Overcoming emotional eating with mindful eating If you have ever watched a romcom or sitcom you are likely familiar with the image of someone sitting on the couch, crying post break up, eating ice-cream straight from the tub. Or perhaps you remember being bribed with a lollypop as a child after an injection at the GPs. Or perhaps you have celebrated a significant life achievement with dinner at a fancy restaurant.

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Get Connected: Using Social Media for Social Work Success

Speaker: Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW.

You may have the clinical skills to manage a private practice, but your success could actually hinge on marketing skills. For a thriving practice, you need to differentiate yourself from others and present yourself in a way that attracts referrals. These days, much of that happens online, including on social media. In this webinar, Gary Direnfeld will discuss how social media marketing can help you build your private practice and grow your client base.

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Surgeon General’s urgent call for mental health research

MQ Mental Health

US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy - the United States top doctor - is warning that children and teenagers today face severe mental health challenges, made worse by the coronavirus pandemic. "The challenges today's generation of young people face are unprecedented and uniquely hard to navigate," the Surgeon General says. "And the effect these challenges have had on their mental health is devastating.".

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Overcoming emotional eating with mindful eating

Lawson Psychology

Eating, or often overeating, in response to emotional states rather than physical cues of hunger has been termed emotional eating. In moderation emotional eating is not cause for concern. The post Overcoming emotional eating with mindful eating appeared first on Lawson Clinical Psychology.

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3 Key Benefits of Using Case Management Software for Your Organization

Famcare

Whether your organization is a nonprofit dealing with child welfare or your heading a governmental department for social services, you’re probably used to seeing your caseworkers drowning in paperwork and putting in extra hours to stay on top of everything.

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Race Differences in Quality of Life after Palliative Care Intervention for Advanced Heart Failure

CAPC

Insights from the Palliative Care in Heart Failure (PAL-HF) Trial, which randomized patients for palliative care intervention.

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News Items – December 16, 2021

Social Workers Speak

Colorado has half a billion dollars to fix its mental health system. But first it needs workers. The Denver Post. UCHealth, for one, is in the midst of a $150 million push that includes expanding “tele-psych” and “tele-social work,” and embedding psychologists and social workers inside its network of primary care clinics. The hospital system has hired about 100 behavioral health workers in the last couple of years and now has 68 vacancies for social workers, counselors, psychologists and other m

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Hopes for a safe and happy festive season

Social Work With Adults

"As this year’s festivities begin, I wanted to take the opportunity to say an enormous thank you to the people who keep things going, social workers, occupational therapists, social care staff in local authorities and everyone working in provider services." [Image created by freepik ]. Perspectives on progress. Did you know Wham’s ‘Last Christmas’ finally reached number one in the UK singles chart on New Year’s Day 2021, 36 years after its initial release, so getting the adult social care reform