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National Report Addresses Nursing Home Quality & Promotes Value of Social Work

Social Work Blog

full-time social worker with a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in social work from a program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education [CSWE] and 1 year of supervised social work experience in a health care setting (including field placements and internships) working directly with individuals to address behavioral and psychosocial care.

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A roadmap to prevent people being gone too soon

MQ Mental Health

Media/social media engagement to tackle stigma and prevent suicide Engagement of the Malaysian media community on safe reporting of suicide 3. Community-based interventions, peer engagement Communities That Care Plus (CTC Plus): a community-based planning and implementation system for youth in US 7. App co-design 6.

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Guest Post: Helping and Compassion Fatigue by Thomas R. Metzinger, LCSW, CCHt (USMC Veteran)

Bipolar Bandit

When handling trauma, therapists, counselors, health professionals, caregivers, and others that are helping, seek to understand the person, get a pulse on the crisis, engage in triaging the most devastating issues, and offer interventions that help to restore, or create in some cases, stability.

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Do Dialectical Behavior Therapy-Based Interventions Decrease Adolescent Externalizing Symptoms? A Meta-Analysis

Society of Clinical Psychology

Adolescence is an important developmental period during which youth experience key changes in their ability to regulate emotions and behavior, and engage in more reward-seeking and risk-taking behaviors than during childhood (Andrews et al., Evidence-based psychosocial treatments for adolescents with disruptive behavior.

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Why Successful Integrated Care Management Matters

Relias

This gives the mental health practitioner the opportunity for a longer conversation about the patient’s psychosocial history and can lay the groundwork for continued mental healthcare. Plus, the innovative program has engaged the community to truly provide wrap-around care.

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Targeting Anxiety Sensitivity in Prevention Treatments: A Meta-Analysis

Society of Clinical Psychology

Dr. Otto has had a major career focus on developing and validating new psychosocial treatments for mood, anxiety, and substance use disorders, as well as work in health promotion ranging from medication adherence to exercise behaviors. Otto, Ph.D.

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Inequality of Mental Health

MQ Mental Health

A report by the UN Human Rights office showed people with mental health conditions and those with psychosocial disabilities experience disproportionately higher rates of poor physical health; and have a reduced life expectancy – a 20-years fewer for men and 15 years for women - compared with others in the population.