Social Work Blog

MAY 9, 2022

As America faces a mental health crisis, the need for suicide prevention services is more imperative than ever. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, suicide is ranked as the second primary cause of death in young people among the ages of 10 to 34 and the tenth most frequent cause of death in the United States.

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Relias

JUNE 22, 2023

Whether this comes in the form of bullying, abuse, loss of loved ones, childhood trauma negatively affects children’s mental health and creates lifelong mental and physical health conditions. Concurrently, CBT-based interventions emphasize the importance of identifying activities that lead to neutral or positive feelings.

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University of Connecticut

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The primary goal of the project is to determine whether the “Breakthrough Parenting Curriculum: Navigating Trauma Across Generations (BPC)”— a trauma-informed parenting intervention — is effective at promoting child, parent, and family wellbeing among underserved families at-risk for involvement with the child welfare system.

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Social Work Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

People with FASDs may be at high risk for school challenges, criminal justice issues, substance use disorders, and mental health disorders. The sooner you stop drinking, the less health risks your newborn baby may encounter. September is Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Month.

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Social Work Blog

JANUARY 26, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services published guidelines that warned against fast tapering due to the risk of suicide. Building trust and therapeutic rapport is essential when working with any client referred to mental health services, Kljajic says. It was not until a year later that the U.S.

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Relias

OCTOBER 31, 2022

has one of the highest rates of mental health and substance use issues. While Americans are more likely than people in many other countries to seek help for these issues, they are also more likely to be unable to access care due to high costs or lack of mental health practitioners in their area.

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Relias

OCTOBER 31, 2022

has one of the highest rates of mental health and substance use issues. While Americans are more likely than people in many other countries to seek help for these issues, they are also more likely to be unable to access care due to high costs or lack of mental health practitioners in their area.

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Social Work Blog

MAY 25, 2022

Social workers are the largest group of mental health providers in the United States and treatment of PTSD is one of their specialty areas. Identify future areas of work/growth, boundaries as practitioners as the continued need for mental health treatment remains an essential service during the COVID 19 pandemic in the U.S.

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inSocialWork

JULY 12, 2022

Diaz, DSW, is an associate professor in the Human Services Department at the New York City College of Technology, CUNY. Her scholarship examines young people’s minoritized, racialized, and gendered school experiences, school mental health, and social justice issues. Show Notes. Episode Transcript Download.

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Relias

JANUARY 3, 2023

Client Consultant the Center for Spectrum Services. By using a variety of instruction and interventions, you can begin to help your clients on their journey to acquiring these crucial social skills. Depending on whether you work with adults or children, the interventions you offer as part of the client’s SST may vary.

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Relias

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health (OMH) reported that 42.1% of citizens identifying as American Indian or Alaska Native relied on Medicaid or other public health insurance, and 14.9% on Medicaid or public health insurance and only 6.3% In 2019, the U.S. had no coverage at all.

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Social Work Haven

MAY 31, 2023

Despite having similar educational backgrounds, their job responsibilities differ depending on the services they provide to their clients. Knowing the distinctions between these roles can aid in determining the ideal career path in human services. What can social workers not do?

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Relias

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Safety planning has proven an effective means of supporting those struggling with mental health crises, abusive relationships, or other forms of trauma. While your first reaction as a human services professional may be to remove your client from the abusive relationship, this is not always the best course of action.

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Relias

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Safety planning has proven an effective means of supporting those struggling with mental health crises, abusive relationships, or other forms of trauma. While your first reaction as a human services professional may be to remove your client from the abusive relationship, this is not always the best course of action.

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Michigan Girl's Café

MAY 26, 2021

nonprofit agencies, research, and government), core competencies and skills, educational and licensing requirements, best and challenging aspects of the job, compensation and employment outlook, self-assessment questionnaires and checklist to see if the job would be a good fit based on interest and skills.

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Social Workers Speak

JULY 29, 2022

The new program is designed to help attract and retain doctors, nurse practitioners, and other clinicians who care for New Yorkers with mental health or substance use needs as the U.S. faces a national mental health professional shortage. These two mental health professionals met on Facebook and immediately clicked.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

In this case, she wrote, From the point of court involvement to the final hearing, the respondent-mother made immense progress toward the goals laid out by [the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services] in her agency treatment plan. Raising a child is difficult, even when there is no crisis.

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Gateway Foundation

JANUARY 22, 2024

The Substance Use Prevention and Recovery (SUPR) division of the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) provides funds for qualified treatment and recovery support centers. An SUPR grant is a federal monetary award that helps substance use disorder treatment centers expand and enhance their services.

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Relias

JANUARY 16, 2023

It is critical that staff is trained in ways to prevent and de-escalate crisis behavior, rather than quickly responding with restraints or therapeutic holds, as these interventions themselves can be traumatizing or re-traumatizing. What can IDD organizations do? The challenge of addressing trauma in the IDD population can feel daunting.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

AUGUST 15, 2017

Evidence-based mental health interventions, first investigated in the 1960’s, were predominantly developed and tested on White populations, with little knowledge about whether these evidence-based interventions (EBIs) would be acceptable or work for ethnic minorities (Bernal & Scharrón-del-Río, 2001). Author Bios.

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Social Workers Speak

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Victor Armstrong is a member: Victor Armstrong to lead North Carolina health equity efforts. Victor Armstrong is the first chief health equity officer at the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. Kristine Reynolds is a member: Fourth COVID wave taking a toll on health care workers.

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Relias

JANUARY 25, 2024

How to adapt motivational interviewing to the Stages of Change Each stage in the Stages of Change model represents a different level of readiness and commitment to change, requiring tailored strategies and interventions.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 31, 2024

As the nation’s largest group of mental health services providers, social workers are uniquely positioned to help clients make significant positive changes in their health and well-being by taking time to talk with them about their drinking. What is alcohol screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT)?

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MQ Mental Health

MARCH 2, 2022

“Let’s take on mental health. At President Biden’s first State of the Union address to congress last night he addressed many important topics, including a commitment to better mental health for the nation. America faces an unprecedented mental health crisis among people of all ages. Lea Milligan, MQ's CEO.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 31, 2024

As the nation’s largest group of mental health services providers, social workers are uniquely positioned to help clients make significant positive changes in their health and well-being by taking time to talk with them about their drinking. What is alcohol screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT)?

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Relias

JANUARY 24, 2024

For effective interventions, understanding the existing traumas that contribute to delinquency is paramount. To help professionals in this system, let’s explore the intersection of rehabilitation and mental health and cover the keys to providing trauma-informed care for juvenile offenders.

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Relias

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

The month of September is hailed by mental health advocates, survivors, and prevention organizations as National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. One study found that the number of suicide deaths decreases when someone follows-up after a suicide intervention.

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MQ Mental Health

MAY 31, 2022

The White House hosted its first ever Youth Mental Health Forum on May 18th. The event’s ambitious goal was to elevate the voices of young people, shatter the stigma surrounding mental health, and find viable solutions. These are MQ’s top three takeaways: The Pandemic has taken a toll on youth mental health.

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Relias

JANUARY 27, 2023

Therapeutic interventions may be most effective when racial trauma is addressed and treated as the trauma that it is. It’s more than about specific interventions with clients and isn’t simply about face-to-face interactions. It’s in attitudes, beliefs, documentation, physical environment, and how everyone treats each other.

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