Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Licensed mental health care professionals diagnose ADHD using the DSM-5. A study from Psychiatry International found possible benefits of mindfulness to help with self-compassion, quality of life, well being, depression, and anxiety. Social workers can familiarize themselves with evidence-based practices like CBT or DBT.

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Beautiful Voyager

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

A meta-analytic study from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry analyzed the prevalence and characteristics of self-harm in adolescents across 41 countries. Dialectical Behavior Therapy Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is a psychotherapy that is based on CBT.

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Beautiful Voyager

JANUARY 10, 2025

Symptoms of anxiety include avoiding the situation that triggers anxiety, says Dr. Takesha Cooper , assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California Riverside School of Medicine and a child and adolescent psychiatrist at the Riverside County Department of Mental Health's Lake Elsinore Family Mental Health Services.

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Social Work Haven

APRIL 22, 2023

Cognitive behavioral therapy: Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a type of therapy that focuses on helping individuals identify and change negative patterns of thought and behavior. Inspirational Mental Health Quotes Inspirational Mental Health Quotes We all have times when we feel low and scared. Kassinove, H.,

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Beautiful Voyager

JANUARY 3, 2022

In the past, mental health experts used many terms such as depression, anxiety, and acute stress disorder to refer to a nervous breakdown. The term is no longer used because it has not been recognized as a mental health disorder by the American Psychiatry Association in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM–5).

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