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What to Expect When a Child Discharges From a Children’s Psychiatric Hospital

KVC

When a child is discharged from a children’s psychiatric hospital, they will likely experience a range of emotions and expectations for life after their hospital stay. After discharge from the hospital, there are important factors to keep in mind as your child re-adjusts to family and community life.

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COVID-19 and First Responder Social Workers: An Unexpected Mental Health Storm

Social Work Blog

COVID-19 has disproportionally affected people living in poverty; new immigrants; and those living in healthcare settings (hospitals, clinics, and nursing homes), shelters, detention centers, and prisons. Monit Cheung, PhD, LCSW , is the Mary R. The journal Social Work is a benefit of NASW membership.

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COVID-19 Year 3: Social Workers and Their Clients Continue to Nagivate the Pandemic and its Impact, Even as Society Shifts Back Toward ‘Normal’

Social Work Blog

It’s stressful personally,” says Danielle Wagner, MSSW, LCSW, staff therapist at a Pennsylvania college who also sees patients in private practice. “In I personally do not ever plan to work in the hospital without wearing a mask/PPE (personal protective equipment),” says Levy.

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CMS Creates Additional Place of Service Code for Telehealth

Social Work Blog

Patient is located in their home (which is a location other than a hospital or other facility where the patient receives care in a private residence) when receiving health services or health related services through telecommunication technology. Denise Johnson, LCSW-C. The Place of Service Code Set can also be found on the CMS website.

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News Items – July 29, 2022

Social Workers Speak

Mayor Adams, NYC Health + Hospitals Announces $1 Million Anonymous Donation to Launch Student Loan Forgiveness Program for Behavioral Health Professionals. Clinicians of Color was founded by Lisa Savage, LCSW (licensed clinical social worker) , and Kim L. New York City. faces a national mental health professional shortage.

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Liberation Health Model – Dawn Belkin Martinez, PhD, LICSW

Doin' The Work

She shares the incredibly interesting history of the model, which started in a hospital inpatient psych unit in collaboration with patients and their families. She shares the incredibly interesting history of the model, which started in a hospital inpatient psych unit in collaboration with patients and their families.

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Taking Action on Social Determinants of Health - Armen Henderson, MD

Doin' The Work

Episode 47 Guest: Armen Henderson, MD Host: Shimon Cohen, LCSW. He talks about his community-based work in bringing medicine from out of the confines of the hospital setting directly to poor and working-class communities with a variety of programs ranging from wellness checks and case management to Stop the Bleed gunshot wound trainings.