Community Care

OCTOBER 20, 2023

An effective pay freeze for social workers and other health and social care staff in Northern Ireland is “unsustainable and unfair”, sector leaders have warned. The Northern Ireland Office has responded to say that it has no authority to negotiate pay in the region and this was a matter for its Department of Health (DoH).

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 25, 2024

Investing in women is the pivotal first step to drive change and accelerate the transition towards a just, safe, and more egalitarian society for all. Women’s History Month offers a dedicated time to recognize and celebrate the contributions and achievements of women throughout history and in contemporary society.

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My Brains Not Broken

OCTOBER 11, 2022

While every day is a good opportunity to talk about mental health, awareness days are some of the best chances to have a conversation. Yesterday was World Mental Health Day, the latest opportunity to shrink the stigma and share our stories around mental health and mental health challenges.

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Social Work Futures

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Social Work Evolving global profession with trained individuals who encourage and facilitate well-being and equity in individuals, families and communities and who actively shape systems to better produce justice, health and flourishing as well as to interrupt structural violence in all its forms.

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Relias

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

As with many mental health conditions, American society has unfortunately applied stigma to suicide and those coping with suicidal ideation. mental health crisis and decrease the yearly rates of suicide, we must address these stigmas. In general, we still struggle as a society to adequately address behavioral health conditions.

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My Brains Not Broken

JANUARY 12, 2023

This is especially relevant when it comes to mental health, because we as a society haven’t always had healthy ways to define our experience, which lead to further stigmatization. The link between mental health and physical health is a very real one, and our physical health can absolutely be impacted by mental health challenges.

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Gary Direnfeld

AUGUST 6, 2022

I was working for the Catholic Children’s Aid Society in downtown Toronto. He was though a victim of society. Check out all my services and then call me if you need help with a personal issue, mental health concern, child behavior or relationship, divorce or separation issue or even help growing your practice.

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My Brains Not Broken

MARCH 14, 2023

I thought it was another version of not liking yourself, another catchy mental health term that just means we think we’re awful. ” If we’re exercising a stigma about our own mental health condition, in some way, we disapprove of it. But actually, it goes much deeper than that.

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My Brains Not Broken

JULY 7, 2022

Tired of seeing mental health being brought up in bad faith, in harmful, disingenuous and shameful ways that undo the work people have put in for decades to shrink the stigma surrounding mental health. You want to talk about mental health issues? I’m tired of seeing mental illness get weaponized. Cool, let’s talk.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Shortages of mental health beds, doctors and transport are leading to severe delays in Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA) assessments that are increasing risks to people and their families. In some areas, ambulance crews categorised mental health calls as low or medium priority, increasing waiting times.

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MQ Mental Health

APRIL 15, 2024

April is Stress Awareness Month so to be aware of stress, honour it and deal with it appropriately, it’s important to be clear in the distinction that stress is not a mental health condition although it can be the cause of and the symptom of one. If we ignore long-term stress it can turn into a mental health condition.

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Gary Direnfeld

MARCH 28, 2022

This outcome further disables the child come adulthood and also financially burdens society. We need a government in power who understands that the investment in meeting the needs of all children is not only an investment in the child, but all of society. It is so short-sighted. If not, you are missing many more posts!

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Gary Direnfeld

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Disenfranchised loss or grief is that which society or a portion of society, may not recognize as truly a loss. Check out all my services and then call me if you need help with a personal issue, mental health concern, child behavior or relationship, divorce or separation issue or even help growing your practice.

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University of Connecticut

MARCH 4, 2024

At the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) annual conference, the UConn SSW’s Associate Dean for Research Jennifer Manuel was welcomed to the 2024 class of Fellows. SSWR Fellows maintain their status as long as they are current members of the Society. Designation as a SSWR Fellow is limited. She earned her MSW and Ph.D.

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MQ Mental Health

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

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? Last month in New York City, social media was designated a public health hazard for its effect on youth mental health.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Most of this will come via the Better Care Fund – the existing stream designed to support health and social care integration – to finance services to support hospital discharge, with the rest coming through a ring-fenced grant. That’s a big increase.

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My Brains Not Broken

JUNE 15, 2023

When I say the words “mental health,” where does you mind go? When I think of the words “mental health,” my instinct is to think about myself, and I suspect I’m not alone. Besides demographic data, a lot of the data connected a person’s mental health to how society treats that person.

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MQ Mental Health

APRIL 15, 2024

Whether it’s painting, drawing, sculpting, cooking, knitting, sewing, writing, singing, playing music, dancing, the arts play a big role in our overall mental and physical health as well as our communities. But there’s evidence to show that creativity helps our mental health and our stress management.

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Michigan Social Work

MARCH 20, 2024

William Worden Award for New Investigators from the American Psychosocial Oncology Society (APOS) for 2024. I look forward to continuing my research to advance health equity for adolescent and young adult cancer survivors, especially those from underserved backgrounds.” Assistant Professor Anao Zhang has received the 2024 Avery D.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

JANUARY 24, 2024

Frontiers in Global Women’s Health are seeking submissions of manuscripts for a special collection on the topic: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Older Women’s Health and Well-Being which will be published in Frontiers in Global Women’s Health.

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My Brains Not Broken

MAY 9, 2023

During Mental Health Awareness Month , there’s a lot of talk about shrinking the stigma. While it might look different than it used to, the stigma surrounding mental health is alive and well. There are plenty of ways we can shrink the stigma around mental health. It starts with our approach to mental health.

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The New Social Worker

JANUARY 23, 2024

Have you ever considered how living in a patriarchal, racist, capitalist society damages your mental health and separates you from wellness? That is exactly what Nityda Gessel explores in this work, Embodied Self Awakening.

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Social Work With Adults

JULY 5, 2023

The aim was to put an end to the five 'giant evils' in society: squalor, ignorance, want, idleness and disease. For years, social workers have worked alongside health professionals. For years, social workers have worked alongside health professionals in hospital settings.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Steve Barclay has returned to the post of health and social care secretary, which he held for just two months over the summer, following Thérèse Coffey’s even shorter stint in the role. Adult social care has a new cabinet minister as the government mulls delaying its proposed funding reforms, including the cap on care costs.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

MAY 5, 2023

International Seminar on Indigenous Social Work Historical Development of Indigenous Social Work and Evolving Practice Models in Canada With a Focus on Social Policy and Indigenous Knowledge-Based Mental Health Approaches Co-hosted by：Association for International Social Work (AISW), Japanese Society for the Study of Social Work (JSSSW) TBC, Grant-in-Aid (..)

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Stop Abuse Campaign

MAY 20, 2022

Shocking Barriers Killing Our Mental Health. Mental health can be a very traumatizing thing to open up about due to the stigma surrounding it. Seeking mental health help can almost feel like admitting that something is wrong with you. Little known facts about mental health. So, why is there so much mental health stigma?

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MQ Mental Health

MARCH 28, 2024

New research by Pro Bono Economics (PBE) for the charity MQ Mental Health Research suggested that there are 105,000 autistic people in the UK with Generalised Anxiety Disorder, a condition which can have a serious impact on sufferers’ lives. But managing these symptoms can be more difficult if we face other barriers in our lives.

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My Brains Not Broken

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

I write that to say when we talk about mental health, knowledge certainly is power. But reducing the stigma around mental health is so much more than saying that – it’s also encouraging difficult conversations that unfortunately, most people don’t want, or don’t know how, to have.

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Michigan Social Work

MARCH 12, 2024

Six School of Social Work Professors have been selected to serve as cluster co-chairs for the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) Annual Conference. Cluster chairs play a significant role in the abstract review and development of the abstract-based program content for the SSWR annual conference.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 20, 2024

When it was enacted in 2010, the ACA’s aim was to increase access to affordable healthcare for millions of Americans, improve the quality of care, and address gaps in health results. One important aspect of the ACA’s impact has been its influence on addressing social determinants of health, a key focus area for social workers.

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Gary Direnfeld

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

A psychiatrist focuses on health and biological issues that can give rise to problems of functioning. The social worker looks at the problem of the individual in a broader context, such as one’s relationship, family, community, society. Rarely does the modern day psychiatrist provide direct and ongoing counseling. Case example.

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My Brains Not Broken

JANUARY 19, 2023

I have posts all about mental health terms and why we use the words we do when we talk about mental health. I have a different way of talking about mental health than I did in years past, and I know I’m better for it. Looking back, I don’t like how I talked about mental health for most of my life.

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The Guardian

JUNE 7, 2023

A report by the Fabian Society thinktank, commissioned by the shadow health secretary, Wes Streeting, and the trade union Unison, sets out a roadmap for a national care service (NCS) that they hope would address the existing patchy, impersonal and inadequate state provision. Continue reading.

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University of Connecticut

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The research was published in Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services and supported by the National Institute of Mental Health/National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Program ($58,000).

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Social Care

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

It is about more than a qualification or certificate – it should also come with at least a Real Living Wage as per the living Wage Foundation, opportunities to develop, and recognition of their immense value to society and the economy. It means safety, accountability, and transparency.

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Gary Direnfeld

JULY 24, 2023

The first job I landed was with a Children’s Aid Society (child protection services). Happily within five months I got a job in a clinical role at a major children’s mental health centre. The next place I worked at, the children’s mental health agency, was amazing. This was not a good place to be.

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The Guardian

JANUARY 18, 2024

The concept of civil society should not be reduced to charities providing public services that the state ought to provide to its entitled citizens. A hallmark of democracy is that the institutions of civil society be independent of the state – neither funded by the state nor substituting for it.

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