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NASW to join White Ribbon Day in Congress

Social Work Blog

Obianuju “Uju” Berry, MD, MPH, Committee on Women’s Mental Health at the American Psychiatric Association Shawn Boynes, CEO of the American Counseling Association Roger Smith, Chief Advocacy Officer and General Counsel of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Space is limited.

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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’m in my 14 th year as a mobile emergency psychiatric social worker. Although most mobile psychiatric emergency cases have involved mentally high functioning patients, I’ve been most invigorated from helping the most impaired patients, usually suffering from psychosis.

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Welcome New Social Workers!

Beyond Advocacy

According to a report from the American Psychiatric Association , 37 percent of Americans rated their mental health as fair or poor at the end of 2022, up from 31 percent at the end of 2021. Others may focus on policy and advocacy and find work with research institutes. We need you now more than ever.

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NASW Observes Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Month

Social Work Blog

This resource from the American Psychiatric Association provides expert responses to common questions pertaining to PTSD. . This blog from the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence discusses the dynamics of abuse and helpful resources. Expert Q&A: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) .

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Power, privilege, and passing judgment in “child welfare”: The Massachusetts “Child Advocate” gets it wrong again

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Relatives also are less likely to demand that their kinship foster children be placed on potent psychiatric medication to make them easier to manage. But Mossaides said children should be stripped of this kind of vigorous advocacy whenever the lawyer happens to think that what the child wants is contrary to the child’s “wellbeing.”

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Why Did It Take Me So Long To Accept My Mental Health Medication?

Beautiful Voyager

The fear of no longer feeling like myself Change in personality is a very common fear of people hesitating to get on a psychiatric medication. The stigma around mental health What will people around me think if they find out I take psychiatric medication? You will see that they can be much more than “ just” meds. A lesser person?

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Why Is It So Hard To Ask For Help When Facing Psychological Distress?

Beautiful Voyager

I was absolutely convinced that if she made that called, the police would force my admission into a psychiatric hospital where I would be locked up for the rest of my life. I was in full panic mode, seven months into a major depression, anxiety disorder and fighting for survival. Losing everything, including myself.