Social Work Blog

MAY 9, 2023

N: In my first job at the State Hospital in Illinois, the agency director and my supervisor took me under their wing and taught me many things, including how to conduct a social history, interviews with patients, and how to lead group therapy. They helped me understand the system and my role in it.

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Relias

APRIL 28, 2023

Birth trauma is an adverse psychological reaction following pregnancy or childbirth similar to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Also labeled as postpartum PTSD or postnatal PTSD, birth trauma can occur for several reasons. What is birth trauma?

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University of Connecticut

MAY 8, 2023

With aspirations of receiving my LCSW following my degree, the opportunities I was able to have in this placement allow for me to have a better overall understanding of the importance of clinical work. My goal for my final year is to do a clinical internship working with children.

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LMSW Justice and Corrections Schools Mental Health 52

Social Care

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

I looked online and found a health care support worker vacancy at Aspen Clinic in Mexborough. I attended the interview and was shown around the unit. Interestingly, one of the service users was also on the interview panel, asking me questions and giving me advice. It must have gone well as I was offered the role later that day.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 31, 2024

In Part Two of this series, an interview with Barbara Bedney, PhD, MSW—NASW Chief of Programs and Principal Investigator (PI) on this CDC-funded grant, Engaging Social Workers in Boosting COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake. Clinical Social Work Journal, 49, 495-504. To read Part One, follow this link. Holmes, M.R., et al (2021). LM, Curran, L.,

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Beautiful Voyager

JANUARY 28, 2024

So, I called my psychiatrist’s office and got an answering machine from an evidently-open urgent care clinic. Many were here with post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, so common following participation in armed conflict and in some cases, the result of physical or sexual abuse. Clearly my husband wasn’t. Just call,” he insisted.

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Hospitals Mental Health Depression Anxiety 52