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Addressing Access in Ethnoracially Diverse Populations: Lessons from a University-Based Community Mental Health Center

Society of Clinical Psychology

However, overall, POC are less likely to receive any care compared to White individuals, and the services they do receive are less likely to be quality services (Lê Cook et al., Department of Health and Human Services, 2019). Therapist differences in symptom change with racial/ethnic minority clients. Robison, M.,

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News Items – November 18, 2021

Social Workers Speak

Charles Palmer was a member: Charles Palmer, who led Iowa Department of Human Services for 16 years, dies at age 82. Charles “Chuck” Palmer, who was director of Iowa’s Department of Human Services for 16 years, died Sunday. Micki Grimland is a licensed clinical social worker with Southwest Psychotherapy and Associates.

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News Items – August 18, 2022

Social Workers Speak

Clinicians say their employer, Kaiser Permanente, is breaking state law by taking too long to connect patients with therapists. It is offered through the Department of Social Work and Sociology within ASU’s Archer College of Health and Human Services, and applications are now being accepted. Mayo Clinic Health System.

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News Items – September 30, 2021

Social Workers Speak

Victor Armstrong is the first chief health equity officer at the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. Psychotherapy after the pandemic will likely be a hybrid — part office, part telemedicine. Courtney Tracy is a member: [Video] A Therapist Explains Why You Might Want to Unfollow ‘Fitspo’ Accounts.

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News Items – February 10, 2022

Social Workers Speak

Mental Health Therapists Seek Exemption From Part of Law to Ban Surprise Billing. 25 letter to the Department of Health and Human Services, seeking an exemption from the “good faith” estimates for routine mental and behavioral health services. We have this healthcare system that separates that,” he said. Insider NJ.