Remove Clinic Remove Disorder Remove University
article thumbnail

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). Additional clinical resources from Collaborative members are also available: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Training and Resources.

Disorder 111
article thumbnail

Help Your Fellow Social Workers in Just Eight Minutes

Social Work Blog

Eight minutes is all it takes to help us better train and educate social workers who serve clients who may be at risk for substance-related problems, including substance use disorders and substance-exposed pregnancies. Your responses will be completely anonymous. We appreciate your feedback and support for the NASW community.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Have Eight Minutes To Share Your Thoughts On Client Alcohol Use?

Social Work Blog

Eight minutes is all it takes to help us better train and educate social workers who serve women, families, and others who may be at risk for alcohol-related problems, including alcohol use disorders and alcohol-exposed pregnancies. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Prevention Program.

Disorder 105
article thumbnail

Making Time to Talk About Alcohol Use

Social Work Blog

Studies show women are more likely to experience problems such as alcohol use disorder, liver damage and certain cancers sooner and at lower levels of drinking than men do. And alcohol-exposed pregnancies can lead to a range of lifelong physical, behavioral, and learning problems, known as fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs).

LCSW 105
article thumbnail

A Worrying Rise in Women’s Drinking: How Social Workers Can Help

Social Work Blog

By Diana Ling, MA, Program Manager and Leslie Sirrianni, LCSW, Senior Research Project and Training Coordinator; Health Behavior Research and Training Institute, Steve Hicks School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Austin. . American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Prevention Program.

article thumbnail

Why the DSM Doesn’t Acknowledge Sensory Integration Symptoms

University of Connecticut

Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) is a condition where a person has difficulties regulating their senses within their environment. Although more than half of all the diagnostic criteria of disorders in the DSM 5 describe symptoms of SPD, the APA refuses to acknowledge SPD as a disorder. Ruth Pearlman, LCSW, LICSW, M.ED

PTSD 40
article thumbnail

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. NOTE on NASW journals : NASW journals are co-published by NASW Press and Oxford University Press.