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Teenagers and Mental Health: A Q&A with Tilly’s Life Center

My Brains Not Broken

Mental health is important for everyone, but it’s especially important to spotlight teenagers and mental health. Mental health is important for people of all ages, but there is a clear need for mental health awareness and education with teens.

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Child Protective Services in the District of Columbia: An alarming increase in incomplete investigations in FY2024

Child Welfare Monitor

Contributing factors might be the end of COVID-19 assistance programs and the growing mental health, substance abuse, and housing crises in the District. If social workers are not able to complete the required interviews and collect needed information timely, endangered children may suffer further harm.

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Guest Post: Interview with Producers of Spiral- Bipolar Documentary

Bipolar Bandit

Jennifer: We found an additional large audience through Kickstarter and will continue to communicate the film updates with them. We just funded for the campaign , and while it’s not been easy the film is in post-production and we are determined to get it released.

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Guest Post: Interview with William L Hartwick, Author of The Invisible Backpack

Bipolar Bandit

It was a way to communicate. A young man interviewed Sigmund Freud and asked him how he came up with his theories and he said, “love and hard work.” I actually never chose to write The Invisible Backpack. Over the course of time I started putting my thoughts down in journals. I used to be, but it’s his deal, not mine.

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BASW chief Ruth Allen on the state of mental health social work

Community Care

Our interview with Ruth Allen is part of a series of profiles of key figures who have shaped social work over the past five decades, to mark Community Care’s 50th anniversary. But before that, her focus was squarely on mental health social work. How has mental health social work evolved over recent years?

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Guest Post: Interview with Randye Kaye: Podcast Co-Host of Schizophrenia: 3 Moms in the Trenches and Author of Ben Behind His Voices: One Family’s Journey from the Chaos of Schizophrenia to Hope and Happier Made Simple: Choose Your Words

Bipolar Bandit

The common thread is communication: via body and voice, and more specifically, the words we choose: words we write, words we speak, words we choose to tell our stories to ourselves and each other. Seems scattered, right? But there’s a thread running through all those professions, even though it took hindsight for me to see it.

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5 Workplace Mental Health Strategies To Promote Workplace Wellness for DSPs

Relias

By implementing effective workplace mental health strategies, you can help your DSPs identify the signs of the burnout and take action before it becomes too much. To help close the gap, here are five effective workplace mental health strategies that your organization can use to promote workplace wellbeing and psychological safety.