Social Workers Speak

DECEMBER 22, 2022

News Items – December 22, 2022. Dawn Apgar is a member of NASW-NJ: Fighting for the Rights of Others: Dawn Apgar’s Research Is Shaping a New Era of Social Work Practice and Activism. Hannah Ware is development associate for NASW-OH: Social workers: advocating for the world around them. LimaOhio.com. According to the U.S.

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Stop Abuse Campaign

MAY 4, 2022

The general public often misunderstands mental health, assigning generalities and providing cookie-cutter solutions to mental health problems. How we manage emotions, interact with others to build lasting relationships, and interpret life events all depends on our overall mental and emotional health. Definition of mental health .

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Social Workers Speak

JANUARY 6, 2022

This is a public health approach to this public health crisis. Ann Wilder is a member: Self-compassion can be good for the heart, UPMC research finds. Two local mental health practitioners, who were not involved with the study, said the research supports what they see in their work with patients. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

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Social Workers Speak

JULY 1, 2022

Problems manifest in at least two areas: “perceiving oneself, others, and events;” “appropriateness of emotional responses;” “interpersonal functioning;” and/or “impulse control.”. Exploring the impact of Dobbs v. We already have a mental health crisis in the United States. Neurology Live. “No No one can be an expert in everything.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

JANUARY 30, 2024

In this review, I describe a line of research that demonstrates how stigma varies with social and clinical characteristics. Alzheimer’s disease stigma refers to the negative perceptions, attitudes, emotions, and reactions related to Alzheimer’s disease (Corner & Bond, 2004; Werner & Heinik, 2008). Stites, Milne, et al.,

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Social Workers Speak

JULY 22, 2022

Numerous police reform efforts around the country are trying to improve how law enforcement responds to mental health issues, including projects to create “co-responder” teams of social workers and a new national hotline for people in crisis. Green And Save News. Today, Terry and Susan operate Ecker Farms Inc.,

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JULY 10, 2023

And if the cases Morgan-Besecker cites supposedly show a "pattern" of taking too few children, what does the even more horrific case of the rape, torture and murder of foster and adopted child Susan Hunsicker (known in news accounts as Grace Packer) elsewhere in Pennsylvania say about a "pattern" of taking too many and taking them needlessly?

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Relias

JULY 14, 2022

These grim statistics are not news for healthcare organizations. Her segment, Motherhood and Mental Health in the BBC’s Caring with Courage StoryWorks series, raises awareness about spotting the signs, breaking the silence, and caring for new mothers that have identified risk factors for maternal mental health concerns.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 25, 2022

He co-authors a “news analysis” for the Los Angeles Times that sounds like a pitch by a company selling “predictive analytics” software for child welfare. That post discussed what Therolf said during a January 20 “Ask the Reporters” video event presented by the Times. Second of two parts. Read part one here. County DCFS.

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Beyond Advocacy

DECEMBER 28, 2021

People will be popping champagne corks and yelling “Happy New Year” in a few days but too many may not live to experience that moment as the coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage the planet. We will do our March events— Social Work Day on the Hill and Students Advocacy Day —virtually on the 9 th and 10 th day of the month respectively.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Or will they uphold their commitments to child safety through family preservation? -- Based on her extensive research Prof. Consider this as you read this vitally important story from The New Yorker and ProPublica about foster parent “intervenors.” For part one, which illustrates how the horror stories go in all directions, click here.

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Beyond Advocacy

OCTOBER 12, 2023

At the same time, my heart aches as I await news about the carnage Palestinian civilians will suffer as Israel begins the awful process of rooting out the cancerous villains on its borders. Born on Cinco de Mayo in 1950, two years after the birth of the state of Israel, I have watched these events play out over several decades.

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