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January and You May Be Thinking About Divorce

Gary Direnfeld

Many people hang on through holidays, hoping for things to improve or at least not wanting to undermine the enjoyment of the time for the kids. Adding to the stress is likely needing to rely on each other for homeschooling as well as the financial insecurity the pandemic imposes. In the family law world, January is a busy month.

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Diversity Spotlight: Jessica R. LoPresti, PhD

Society of Clinical Psychology

Dr. LoPresti received training at the Women’s Stress Disorders Treatment Team at VA Boston Healthcare Systems during her pre-doctoral internship and engaged in the Women’s Health Fellowship as a part of the Women’s Health Sciences Division at the National Center for PTSD. Dr. LoPresti received her B.A. LoPresti received her B.A.

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Ten Ways COVID-19 Created the Perfect Storm for Social Worker Burnout (and why I still have hope)

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

Editor’s note: This post was written by Melanie Sage from the University at Buffalo’s School of Social Work in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. She originally posted it on LinkedIn and is re-published here with her permission. This is a follow-up to her post – A Love Letter to Social Workers on the Front Lines of COVID-19.

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Another Covid Christmas, Tips for a Mentally Healthy Festive Season

Psychological Health Care

Forget the stress of trying to create the cookie-cutter commercial fantasy, globally hyped at this time of year, and instead embrace imperfection for a mentally healthy yuletide. While Christmas can be filled with joy, for many it is one of the hardest times of the year to manage mental wellbeing. The study found that for 7.6

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It’s Not “Just Poverty” – It’s UNjust Poverty

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Nah, just kidding. This morning, I gave a presentation with the above title At the Kempe Center International Virtual Conference: A Call to Action to Change Child Welfare Here is the text of that presentation Have you heard? Poverty is confused with neglect! maybe it’s poverty, but it’s not just poverty. I think this, from Prof.

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News Items – October 27, 2022

Social Workers Speak

Kristen Lee is a member of NASW-MA: World Mental Health Day Isn’t Enough. World Mental Health Day 2022 has technically passed. World Mental Health Day 2022 has technically passed. With so much at stake, changes are essential to ensure that global mental health is truly prioritized, not just propagated.

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NCCPR at the Kempe Center conference: Child Abuse, COVID-19 and the Legacy of “Health Terrorism”

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

It’s called health terrorism – deliberately misrepresenting the true nature and scope of a problem in the name of “raising awareness.” Millions of children in the United States have been victims of health terrorism – and it’s happening even as we speak. I’ve read some articles where it said this a coronavirus pandemic.