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Social Media’s Affects on Mental Health and Tips to Support Your Child’s Mental Wellness Online

CCRC

Through comparison with other seemingly perfect influencers, doom scrolling through distressing content, and addiction to our screens, social media can be a trigger for many people. Children are particularly vulnerable to this form of comparison as they navigate their identity and self-worth during formative years.

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Controversies around children and digital technology

The Child and Family Corp

Haidt argues that smartphones and screens contribute to “social deprivation, sleep deprivation, attention fragmentation, and addiction,”(p. A nuanced perspective on children and digital technology While Haidt’s warnings about the potential harms of excessive screen time are sobering, they do not tell the whole story.

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Why Playing the Lottery Is So Addictive

Gateway Foundation

The lottery is a common entertainment source that can quickly become addictive. Playing the lottery can become addictive when an individual develops an unhealthy compulsion to engage in it. While purchasing lottery tickets occasionally does not indicate an addiction, playing the lottery excessively can become an addiction.

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Antisocial Behavior and Drug Addiction

Gateway Foundation

People with ASPD may have little concern for the harm that can be brought to their bodies, believing that the rules do not apply to them. They may deny their addiction, which can increase the intensity and length of their SUD. A more challenging addiction recovery. What Is Antisocial Behavior? Childhood experiences.

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September is National Recovery Month: Supporting the Journey to Recovery 

Social Work Blog

September is observed as recovering from illness concept, background SAMHSA defines recovery as a process of change through which individuals improve their health and wellness, live self-directed lives and strive to reach their full potential. Social workers provide counseling and psychotherapy services to patients in recovery.

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Member Voices: My Journey to Clinical Social Work

Social Work Blog

Our priority was to address how racism, patriarchy and heteronormativity deeply harms Detroiters and the marginalized body’s ability to feel safe, secure, and have a right to exist. I had not imagined myself studying SUD, and hadn’t considered addiction a social justice issue. Violeta Donawa, LMSW. We called ourselves HealingByChoice!

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?NASW Member Voices: Social Work and Self-Care — A Review Through an Updated Lens

Social Work Blog

By Violeta Donawa, LMSW, MA Dr. Kathleen Cox and Dr. Sue Steiner bring the concept of ‘self-care’ out of the shadows and demystifies its significance in the lives of social work practitioners and leaders. Throughout the Self-Care in Social Work, Cox and Steiner draw upon their extensive clinical and academic experience as social work faculty.

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