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NASW Member Voices: ADHD and Mindfulness

Social Work Blog

A study from Psychiatry International found possible benefits of mindfulness to help with self-compassion, quality of life, well being, depression, and anxiety. Mindfulness is a practice that encompasses a variety of mindfulness-based interventions.

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Social Work Can Play a Critical Role in Pain Management

Social Work Blog

Interventions, such as motivational interviewing, and techniques, like going with resistance and offering empathy, validation and reflection, are important. This is where a person presents symptoms of depression, anxiety or insomnia, but their primary problem is chronic pain,” Kljajic says.

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Children in Poverty – Poverty and its Effects on Children

All For Kids

Additionally, poverty is associated with higher rates of mental health problems, including depression and anxiety, which can impede academic success and social development. Growing Up in Impoverished Neighborhoods Children in low-income families are often raised in under-resourced neighborhoods.

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World Mental Health Day 2021: Addressing Inequities in Care

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WFMH’s mission is to promote the advancement of mental health awareness, prevention of mental disorders, advocacy and best practices, and recovery-focused interventions worldwide. According to KFF, women with children were more likely to present symptoms of anxiety and depression than men with children (49% vs. 40%, respectively).

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Gio Iacono Studies Mindfulness Intervention for LGBTQIA+ Youth

University of Connecticut

a virtual mindfulness-based intervention collaboratively developed with LGBTQIA+ youth and community stakeholders. we saw improvements in depression, anxiety, and internalized oppression. Gio Iacono was awarded a UConn Office of the Vice President for Research grant of $50,000 to study Tuned In!, With Tuned In! “we

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Member Voices: My Journey to Clinical Social Work

Social Work Blog

Healing Justice Values Alongside Therapeutic Interventions. This was community care that in the Field, we might call an “intervention” at the meso level. By Violeta A. Donawa, LMSW. But for many of us, this was culture. Moral of the story? Even I, as a clinician, had limiting beliefs about what care could look like.

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The State of Crisis Prevention and Intervention Training and What it Means for Your Staff

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The rates of anxiety and depression in the U.S. The multifaceted challenges that human services organizations have contended with over the last several years have only further accentuated the importance of strategic planning for crisis prevention and intervention training. What We Mean by Crisis Prevention and Intervention.