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‘I believe in the value of social work’: launch editor looks back as Community Care turns 50

Community Care

This is the first in a series of interviews celebrating Community Care’s 50th anniversary. Before he began his degree in social studies at Durham University, he took a gap year. We will be speaking to key figures who have shaped the last 50 years in social work and those who will shape it in the years to come.

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Depression and suicide risk: An interview with new MQ Fellow Dr Alexandre Lussier

MQ Mental Health

I received a BSc in Biochemistry from McGill University in 2012 and a PhD in Medical Genetics from the University of British Columbia in 2017. Following my PhD, I trained in computational biology and statistical genetics at Cornell University, working on X chromosome variation and psychiatric disease. years ago).

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Art of Diagnosis – In-person

University of Connecticut

Whether a condition is considered a disorder is based in social and political context, and certainly, what questions we ask in the psychiatric interview is culturally influenced. Clinical diagnosis may seem safe from cultural, political, and social influence, but in fact, it is often guided by these forces.

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Diversity Spotlight: Nadine A. Chang, PhD

Society of Clinical Psychology

in psychology at New York University , as well as her Ph.D. in clinical and school psychology at Hofstra University. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx, and a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Chang earned her B.A.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending October 11, 2022

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

And see also The 74’s interview with Darcey Merritt, associate professor of social work at New York University, discussing why CPS should stand for Child Poverty Surveillance. ? One of the things that happens to children when they’re institutionalized is they are often doped up on potent, sometimes dangerous psychiatric medication.

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Bipolar Disorder and Student Mental Health (with Dr Anne Duffy) – MQ Open Minds Podcast

MQ Mental Health

Dr Duffy is Professor of Psychiatry at Queen’s University Kingston and Visiting Professor at the University of Oxford. We immediately learned from the high-risk study (Flourish) that most of the children will actually NOT develop major psychiatric illnesses.

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International Men’s Day: 5 Men Doing Amazing Mental Health Research

MQ Mental Health

Roffman and his team at Massachusetts General Hospital and the University of Pennsylvania studied MRI scans from 1,370 children born before, during and after the introduction of fortification in the US (when folic acid is added to food). COVID is associated with elevated risks of a wide range of neurological and psychiatric consequences.