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4 Stages of Addiction: Understanding the Cycle of Addiction

Relias

If you work with clients who live with substance use disorders (SUDs) , understanding the stages of addiction can help you guide them on their path to recovery. In this article, we’ll explore what addiction is and what each stage of addiction looks like in order to help you better serve your clients. What is addiction?

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COSW Highlights the Need to Respond to the Voices of Young Carers

International Federation of Social Workers

“Thousands of children and young people around the Commonwealth help look after a relative with a disability, illness, mental health condition, or drug or alcohol addiction”, said Commonwealth Young Carer […]

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Figuring Out Child Behavior: More Than Meets the Eye.

Gary Direnfeld

I wonder about a “nonverbal learning disability.” I learn about their family, background, living arrangements, quality of life, conflict management, addictions, mental health, physical health, traumatic life experiences, etc. The child was almost five. Acting out was an issue. There is much to examine to figure things out.

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Substance Use Awareness for International Day of Persons With Disabilities

Gateway Foundation

Because December 3 is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, it is a great time to increase your knowledge and awareness of disabilities. living with a disability. There are over 40 million people in the U.S.

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Alcohol and ADHD: How They’re Linked

Gateway Foundation

Causes might come down to shared similarities between drug or alcohol addiction and ADHD symptoms. Those who enter an addiction center should address their ADHD and alcohol addiction simultaneously to help treatment be effective. These factors can increase the chance of those with ADHD developing addictive behaviors.

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Be among the first to publish in European Social Work Research

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

Contemporary challenges facing social work and the communities it serves, among them: poverty; social exclusion; discrimination and oppression; inequalities, injustice and relationships of power; abuse, trauma, violence and conflict; cultural, political and environmental hazards.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending January 31, 2023

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Department of Justice has launched an investigation into whether the algorithm discriminates against families in which a parent is disabled. ● She had a similar addiction to painkillers – and to booze as well. He’s jailed and his son is thrown into foster care. The boy dies in foster care just two weeks later.