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News Items – August 11, 2022

Social Workers Speak

She said Raise the Age has improved the services for troubled teenagers who commit crimes, including better probation or mental health assistance, and prevents youth from a life of repeated offenses or cycles in the prison system. Nanci Ginty Butler is a member: Four ways to support your teen’s mental health.

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NASW Member Voices: Considering a career in addiction social work? Here is what you should know

Social Work Blog

There are clinical, military, hospital, school social work, and other options. Social workers in schools, nonprofit organizations, research, and mental health settings are likely to see their clients or patients the following day. Do my skills align with the amount of knowledge I gained in school? It is not an unfair question.

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Parental Military Deployment and Children: What Have We Learned from More than a Decade of War?

Society of Clinical Psychology

A common saying in the military is that when one person joins the whole family serves. For many military families, geographic relocations, disrupted family routines, financial hardships, and fear of losing a loved one became a way of life. Mental health in the at-home parent clearly serves to moderate child outcomes.

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Rethinking the sufficient dose needed for PTSD treatment

Society of Clinical Psychology

She is an expert on psychosocial interventions for traumatic stress disorders and has a specific interest in efficient treatment approaches for PTSD. She has received funding for her work from several organizations, including the Department of Veterans Affairs, National Institute for Mental Health, Department of Defense.

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