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September is Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Month

Social Work Blog

Any alcohol use during pregnancy can cause a range of physical, behavioral, and learning problems in the baby known as fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs). and are the leading preventable cause of developmental disabilities. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Prevention Program.

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Contested Disability: Sickle Cell Disease

Social Work Blog

The world’s first “molecular disease,” sickle cell disease (SCD) has captivated the medical community’s attention as a multisystem blood disorder linked to abnormalities in one molecule: hemoglobin.

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UPDATE: Federal Rule to Prevent Surprise Health Care Billing – Application to Clinical Social Workers

Social Work Blog

We are also advocating on behalf of clinical social workers with key federal regulatory agencies and other stakeholders. Services related to mental health substance use disorders are specifically included. Document the GFE in the clinical record. Background on Federal Rule. Updating Provider Directories. Compliance Steps.

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“The machine has labeled you as high-risk”

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

The Hackneys and their lawyer suspect that the algorithm, and the humans who may be slavishly following it, discriminated against them because of disabilities. As the ABA Journal story explains: Lauren Hackney has attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder that can cause memory loss, and Andrew Hackney has some resultant damage from a stroke.

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Am I Going Through a Nervous Breakdown?

Beautiful Voyager

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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An update on the Mental Health Bill’s passage through Parliament

Community Care

Learning disability and autism exclusion A topic that dominated debates in the Lords was the position of people with learning disability and autistic people. The bill would prohibit people being detained for treatment under the MHA solely on the basis of learning disability or autism.

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Guest Post: Interview with Merryl Hammond, PD; Author of Mad Like Me and Navigating Bipolar Country

Bipolar Bandit

I had zero mental health issues for the first fifty-plus years of my life… Q: When did you first experience bipolar disorder? When she saw me in hypomania, she immediately referred me to a clinic for assessment. About six months later, after the disorder had progressed, he revised his diagnosis to rapid cycling bipolar I.