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Guest Post: Interview with Author of Breakdown: A Clinician’s Experience in a Broken System of Emergency Psychiatry

Bipolar Bandit

I had done mental health advocacy work on a national scale for years before beginning to work on Breakdown and was very inspired by advocates’ tragic stories. I can authorize involuntary transfers of patients to hospitals. When patients with serious mental illness are not in jail or hospitalized, crisis can occur anywhere.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending September 19, 2023

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Also in New York City, Black Agenda Radio interviews Anne Venhuizen of The Bronx Defenders about their big win against the family police – successfully suing the family police agency for tearing a child from her mother at birth because the mother smoked marijuana. The interview starts at 27:15 in. ● I have a blog post about it.

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What are the 10 Roles of Social Workers

Social Work Haven

Client Advocacy Client advocacy is a core aspect of social work, reflecting a commitment to improving the lives of those who may face challenges in advocating for themselves. Advocacy takes various forms, including individual, organisational, and systemic levels. Client Advocacy 6. What are the roles of social worker?

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending March 1, 2022

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

The researchers who wrote the article for JAMA Pediatrics debunking the whole “pandemic of child abuse” myth discuss their findings in this interview. Also: You know all those stories claiming there was an increase in hospital admissions for abusive head trauma? They were less rushed; their kids were less rushed. . …

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending February 27, 2024

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

In The Grio, Shereen White, director of advocacy and policy at Children’s Rights, and Prof. Often, when these parents reach out — going to the hospital for example or seeking therapy — that nurse or therapist whose trusted expertise they desperately need, is required under law to report suspected abuse or neglect in the home.

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The legacy of Conservative rule for adult social care

Community Care

Alongside this, it created rights to support for carers and rights to advocacy for those who would otherwise struggle to participate in key processes, placed councils under a statutory duty to investigate adult safeguarding concerns and sought to improve the transitions process for young people.

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All You Need To Know About Social Work Articles

Social Work Haven

“Rethinking Social Work’s Role in a Rapidly Changing World : by Antoinette Lombard and Andre Viviers offer an overview of the need for social work in teh 21st century to adopt a more transformative social-policy approach, including policy advocacy. Social Work in Mental Health Settings” by Kevin J.