My Brains Not Broken

JANUARY 19, 2023

If you’re a longtime reader of My Brain’s Not Broken, you know my fascination with words and language. I have posts all about mental health terms and why we use the words we do when we talk about mental health. This blog started as a way for me to tell my story, and there is no story without writing one word after the other. My story has evolved over the years, and I think a big reason for that is because my language has evolved.

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Social Work Blog

JANUARY 19, 2023

The South Carolina State House with the state flag flowerbed in the foreground. The National Association of Social Workers South Carolina Chapter (NASW-SC) is strongly against the proposed House Bill 3515, also known as the “Entrepreneur Freedom Act.” The purpose of this bill is to repeal and do away with licensure for social workers and many other professions in SC.

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The Guardian

JANUARY 19, 2023

Figures show 1.5m give more than 50 hours a week, as care system struggles with rising demand Five million people – including children as young as five – provide unpaid care to people with long-term health conditions or problems related to old age, census data for England and Wales has revealed. With the social care system struggling with rising unmet care demand and about half a million people in England waiting for help, there has been an increase over the past decade in the proportion of peop

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Beautiful Voyager

JANUARY 19, 2023

Photo taken in 2015, my year of sorrow and collapse 2015 was a rough year for me. I didn't start it thinking I’d be repeatedly hurling myself against a wall, but that's what ended up happening. I banged myself into new shapes and watched parts fall out along the way. The whole time, I kept thinking, Silicon Valley embraces failure, right? I heard these words a lot.

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Social Work Blog

JANUARY 19, 2023

By Carla B. Monteiro, LCSW The past two years were filled with fear and uncertainty, exacerbating a mental health crisis with an increase in anxiety, depression, suicide rates, and substance abuse. I see the devastating effects of this crisis in our community, emergency departments, and substance-use treatment centers through my roles as an emergency psychiatric and addiction Clinical Social Worker.

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Social Workers Speak

JANUARY 19, 2023

Mit Joyner is current president of NASW: A USC office removes ‘field’ from its curriculum, citing possible racist connotations OPB Mildred Joyner, the president of National Association of Social Workers (NASW) , said she applauds the USC office for its change — and while she isn’t aware of other universities doing the same, she disagrees with those that say the office is going too far. “I don’t know what going too far means,” she said. “Does that mean going too far

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Famcare

JANUARY 19, 2023

According to surveys , in the first half of 2022, approximately 53 million companies and individuals were victims of successful cyberattacks and data breaches. These figures are alarming, especially given that cybercriminals have targeted all types of businesses, including non-profits, which they may perceive to have a weaker cybersecurity structure.

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Counselor Toolbox podcast

JANUARY 19, 2023

TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro 04:56 Secure Attachments 08:59 Assuming 13:11 Why Developing Self-Esteem is Important 14:14 Nurture your other roles and relationships TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro 04:56 Secure Attachments 08:59 Assuming 13:11 Why Developing Self-Esteem is Important 14:14 Nurture your other roles and relationships

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Community Care

JANUARY 19, 2023

By Tim Spencer-Lane The joint committee on the draft Mental Health Bill was appointed in July 2022 to consider the government’s draft bill to reform the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA) , which is summarised here. The joint committee received 114 submissions of written evidence and over 100 responses to its online survey. Its final report, which includes over 50 recommendations, was published today (19 January 2023).

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Community Care

JANUARY 19, 2023

Social work assessments of unaccompanied asylum seekers’ age should be combined with scientific methods to reduce the risks of claimants being wrongly found to be children or adults. That was the verdict from government advisers, in a report last week advising ministers on how to introduce their controversial plans, opposed by campaigners, to introduce of scientific methods where there are doubts over claimants’ age.

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