Social Work Blog

MAY 25, 2022

The Center for Deployment Psychology will be hosting a 90-minute webinar entitled “Treating PTSD and Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorders Using Prolonged Exposure.” This resource from the American Psychiatric Association provides expert responses to common questions pertaining to PTSD. . June 21, 2022.

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Community Care

AUGUST 16, 2023

We began to feel that the parents involved needed psychological treatment. At the same time, psychological assessments of parents in care proceedings almost always recommended psychological treatment. This exposed the significant disparity between the support provided to parents and what they required.

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Clinical Philosophy

JANUARY 16, 2021

The original inspiration for today’s psychological use of the term ‘gaslighting’ comes from the 1939 play Gas Light , penned by the playwright Patrick Hamilton - who himself suffered considerable characterological complications. ‘Gas Whence ‘Gaslighting’?

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Beautiful Voyager

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

One interesting question raised by the host JF Lacasse was: why is it so hard, especially for men, to talk about their psychological and emotional challenges, and ask for help? Why would men hide their psychological challenges more than women? They are a barrier to the accurate identification and treatment of psychological conditions”.

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Relias

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

We can also have a system of checks and balances in place, where peers review our diagnoses or have peer consultation regarding diagnoses. It might be helpful to hire a DEI consultant who can help outline next steps in this process.

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Clinical Philosophy

JANUARY 31, 2021

Therapy may look like something which it makes sense to pay for if it’s dressed up as something technical - as if the patient is merely consulting for the therapist’s skill or knowledge. Consider Maya Abbott, a ‘tall, dark, attractive woman of twenty-eight’ who has spent 9 of the last 10 years in a psychiatric hospital. Nobody visits.

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