Stop Abuse Campaign

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The knock on my front door was slow, loud, and rhythmic, like a teenager’s who knows a little tune would amuse someone on the other side. Brian is one of a handful of homeless men in my neighborhood who comes to my house when he needs cash; at first, he offers to do odd chores like shoveling snow or weeding. Who’s to blame?

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Bipolar Bandit

AUGUST 24, 2021

Mental illness is not something we acquire by choice, yet it becomes a stigma upon our existence. People from all walks of life encounter psychological issues due to varying reasons; there is no particular age or circumstance. Whatever the case, a person’s mental illness should not become their definition or identity.

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Social Work Blog

MAY 6, 2022

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) wishes to bring attention to the importance of mental health as it affects millions of people in the United States. A statistical report from NAMI indicated 11% of those who are mentally ill in the United States were uninsured in 2020 1.

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MQ Mental Health

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

MQ are currently facilitating an exciting new review that looks at giving clear guidelines into how we can have a mentally healthier relationship with the internet. With so many of us being active online and new social media platforms popping up frequently, is social media good or bad for mental health?

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MQ Mental Health

MARCH 1, 2024

Some people might think a mental illness gets diagnosed and then remains one condition for a person’s life. However mental illnesses can shift and change throughout life. Juliette Burton explains how her eating disorders have morphed into different manifestations throughout her life.

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MQ Mental Health

MARCH 1, 2024

Some people might think a mental illness gets diagnosed and then remains one condition for a person’s life. However mental illnesses can shift and change throughout life. Juliette Burton explains how her eating disorders have morphed into different manifestations throughout her life.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

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? At long last, almost 50 years after scholars like David Gil and Leroy Pelton pointed it out people are getting the message.

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Stop Abuse Campaign

MAY 4, 2022

If you’ve ever felt concerned about your mental health, you’re not alone. Mental health is an increasingly important issue in our society. Roughly 1 in 5 adults report experiencing mental health problems each year. Our individual experiences are what shape our mental and emotional health.

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Stop Abuse Campaign

JUNE 19, 2022

It did something to me inside my brain and affected the rest of my life. I suffered from Parent Abandonment Syndrome when I was eleven, and my parents divorced. She used to keep her light on in her bedroom all night when I lived with her; she didn’t like the room dark. I have a sexual addiction that comforts me.

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KVC

JANUARY 11, 2024

While foster care can be a crucial safety net for children and families in challenging circumstances, we at KVC know how important it is to help families stay together. It’s not possible to keep every family from experiencing separation. Why is it Ideal for a Child to Remain with Their Birth Parents?

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Stop Abuse Campaign

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

→ Homelessness in the US: The drivers and solutions The knock on my front door was slow, loud, and rhythmic, like a teenager’s who knows a little tune would amuse someone on the other side. We naturally associate things like drug addiction and the symptoms of psychotic mental illness with danger.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 2, 2023

Does that health care worker who wants you to fill out a questionnaire about “adverse childhood experiences” think you’re really just a “mentally ill, violent, criminal deadbeat”? It isn’t a racial issue either. I guess the commenter must have seen all of them. ACEs have become quite the fad.

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Stop Abuse Campaign

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

← Self-Parenting for Abuse Survivors. When you are a child, you hope that your family will protect you, look after you when you are sick, and make sure you have everything you need. Many have no idea those long-ago traumas have a long-term impact and still affect them today. You don’t have to bear your trauma alone.

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MQ Mental Health

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

MQ are currently facilitating an exciting new review that looks at giving clear guidelines into how we can have a mentally healthier relationship with the internet. With so many of us being active online and new social media platforms popping up frequently, is social media good or bad for mental health?

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Stop Abuse Campaign

MAY 31, 2022

Everyone talks about doing “something”; what precisely to do breaks down along political lines that rarely yield fruitful results. What do the experts know about school shootings, gun violence, and children? Gun violence is a public health problem, but it’s not all about school shootings. .

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Stop Abuse Campaign

JULY 26, 2022

← What is MIECHV? Welcoming a new bundle of joy into the world is often a beautiful and rewarding milestone in life, but for many new or disadvantaged parents, it can also be a challenge full of uncertainty and doubt. Why do programs like these work? But what are the satisfaction rates amongst participants? .

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Psychological Health Care

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood and into your senior years. Over the course of your life, as you transition through milestones and encounter challenges, you may experience unmanageable stress and mental ill-health where your thinking, mood and behaviour could be affected.

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Lawson Psychology

JANUARY 28, 2024

What to expect when seeing a clinical psychologist Seeing a psychologist for the first time can be a daunting experience for some people. It’s completely normal to feel a little nervous and apprehensive. Knowing what to expect before you arrive can help ease your nerves. What brought you here? What has shaped you?

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Beautiful Voyager

JANUARY 29, 2022

In my long and unavoidable experience with mental illnesses, I at first felt hopeful. Who wouldn’t, when you're told you have numerous doctors at your disposal for help? I was entrusted to a mental hospital in Brattleboro, Vermont at age fifteen. And in the end, it’s me who fails. Every time it was always a battle.

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Stop Abuse Campaign

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Some readers may find it triggering. ” I wondered what sort of gymnastics routine I needed to do to convey my answer accurately. When I was seven, I was in the car with my mother, and she said, “If it weren’t for you, I’d kill myself.” Parents or guardians typically give children their ACEs.

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Stop Abuse Campaign

APRIL 29, 2022

← ACE 101: Parental Separation, Divorce, or Death. It can also mean slightly different things in different contexts when we discuss child protection. So let’s unpack what physical neglect in childhood is, what it isn’t, and how to protect children from this ACE. . What is physical neglect in childhood?

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Stop Abuse Campaign

MAY 10, 2022

Almost an epidemic, it is one of the most common mental disorders that significantly affects the quality of people’s lives. This May, the Mental Health Awareness month, we’re addressing anxiety symptoms, causes, and treatments, so that you can help yourself and those you care about if you’re struggling with anxiety. Uneasiness.

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Social Workers Speak

MAY 11, 2023

Here’s what she talked about WCBU For many years, I’ve worked as a disability advocate. And for 25 years now, I have been a consultant working on projects related to promoting international classifications with the WHO, the World Health Organization.

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Stop Abuse Campaign

MAY 26, 2022

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. The Stop Abuse Campaign persists in its efforts to raise awareness and reduce the stigma associated with mental health issues. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), “depression is a common illness worldwide, with an estimated 3.8% What is depression?

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Psychological Health Care

OCTOBER 22, 2023

However, that fact will provide little consolation if your symptoms are so severe as to send you to a hospital emergency department fearing a heart attack or some other life-threatening illness. If this sounds like your experience, you are not alone. What Are Anxiety Disorders? How Common Are Anxiety Disorders in Australia?

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Blurt It Out

AUGUST 30, 2023

But what about the genetic component? Is anxiety treatable if it has a genetic basis? There is evidence to suggest that anxiety, as well as other mental health conditions, such as obsessive compulsive disorder can be inherited genetically. What Other Factors Affect Anxiety? Fortunately, the answer is yes.

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Stop Abuse Campaign

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Some readers may find it triggering. ” I wondered what sort of gymnastics routine I needed to do to convey my answer accurately. When I was seven, I was in the car with my mother, and she said, “If it weren’t for you, I’d kill myself.” Parents or guardians typically give children their ACEs.

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R.E.A.L. Social Workers

APRIL 14, 2022

The world is going bonkers, and it may feel like you are too. When stress levels are “just right,” we have the motivation and energy to meet the challenges we face daily. I talked about 3 Forms of Retreat that spring superwomen, like you forward while lowering stress and boosting energy. The World is Going Bonkers.

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Teaching & Learning in Social Work

JANUARY 20, 2021

She originally posted it on LinkedIn and is re-published here with her permission. The letter spread like fire, viewed by more than 100,000 people. However, this past year, I have witnessed the impacts of COVID-19 on students, their families, and their clients. The needs are more intense for new parents at every turn.

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Social Workers Speak

JUNE 1, 2023

Kara Carter and Mercedes Bern-Klug are members of NASW-IA: A new mindset on mental health University of Iowa When Kara Carter started out as a practitioner of social work in southern Colorado , she quickly found that her expertise in mental health was badly needed—not just by the hospice agency that hired her, but by the community she lived in. “I

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The Critical Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

WHO’S IT FOR? Some will only be able to read it when they’re much older. Some may never be able to read it – something I consider in more depth in Chapter 8 when discussing how to share your finished report. But you need to have them in mind nonetheless, not simply as the object of your report but the reader as well.

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Social Work Haven

JUNE 15, 2023

As a Newly Qualified Social Worker a few years ago, I understood that to become effective at what I do as a social worker , there was a need for me to write good Care Act 2014 needs assessments. So, What is a Care Act Needs Assessment? Assessments form the core of what social workers do. The need may also be age related.

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Learning Social Worker

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

In this blog, I shall tell you about my book that I have written in the hope of changing hearts, minds, and practice. He Died Waiting: Learning the lessons – a bereaved mother’s view of mental health services is based on my experiences as a mother and as a social worker. The support that he had from mental health services was dire.

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Clinical Philosophy

OCTOBER 31, 2020

The psychological community often attempts to combat the stigma suffered by the mentally ill by challenging the view that people suffering schizophrenia and other psychotic conditions are physically dangerous. We're often told, for example, that schizophrenic subjects are more likely to suffer than to commit violence.

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Social Workers Speak

MAY 11, 2023

Here’s what she talked about WCBU For many years, I’ve worked as a disability advocate. And for 25 years now, I have been a consultant working on projects related to promoting international classifications with the WHO, the World Health Organization.

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Beautiful Voyager

MAY 22, 2023

Canada was taking in immigrants from China at the time to work on the railroad, and there was a loophole that you could forgo having to work the railroads if you opened a business. I wanted to explore my passions in business, writing, and performing, and Toronto is the place to do it in Canada. Q: What about your job?

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Stop Abuse Campaign

JUNE 7, 2022

In this article, we’d like to address the topic of suicide among LGBTQ youth, its risks and prevention. While the term “queer” was used as a slur in the past, the LGBTQ community has reclaimed the term, and it is now an all-encompassing term of empowerment for people who aren’t heterosexual or gender-conforming.

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