Gary Direnfeld

JANUARY 4, 2022

The question is about how to manage, particularly with school aged kids at home. Consider sitting down with your kids and discussing how to manage; how to divvy up tasks; how and where to get school work done. Where possible, kick fear, depression and anxiety to the curb through meaningful action. We vented our anger.

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All For Kids

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Additionally, poverty is associated with higher rates of mental health problems, including depression and anxiety, which can impede academic success and social development. Children from low-income families often attend underfunded schools with limited resources, leading to disparities in academic achievement.

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KVC

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Bullying is a top concern among parents of school-age children. According to the National Bullying Prevention Center, one out of five children reported being bullied during the school year. Bullying Led My Daughter to Depression & Psychiatric Hospitalization: How She Achieved Mental Health Wellness [VIDEO]. Words can hurt.

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Shelter, Inc

AUGUST 22, 2022

Increasing rates of depression, anxiety, suicide, self-harm, aggression, eating disorders, and other behavioral issues in youth prompted a National State of Emergency in Children’s Mental Health by professional organizations in 2020. As one high school student said, “ Too much is going on now. What can be done?

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Bipolar Bandit

OCTOBER 28, 2021

I could be sliding into depression or a mixed state if I can’t stop it from happening. Just so we’re all on the same page, a mixed state is a mixture of mania and depression (e.g., feeling depressed and irritable but also having racing thoughts and being unable to sleep). I’d call that hope. This is how it goes sometimes.

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Gary Direnfeld

APRIL 6, 2023

As kids, they are frightened and may have difficulty settling or going to school worried about what may occur at home. Such a child may appear as anxious or depressed or as having ADHD. Further, any depression or anxiety or difficulty concentrating may continue into adulthood affecting adult life.

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University of Connecticut

JANUARY 2, 2025

For many people with SPD, their constant need to re-regulate their senses to adapt to the stimuli around them, creates symptoms of distractibility, irritability, anxiety, and depression. So where is SPD in the DSM 5?

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My Brains Not Broken

AUGUST 3, 2023

In middle school I watched a lot of stand-up on TV, like a lot of Comedy Central specials, and I wanted to try it, so when I was 13 I did stand-up at my middle school talent show. You’ll see a lot of comics at open mics who just rant about their depression and don’t have punchlines, it’s exhausting to sit through.

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Gary Direnfeld

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Similarly, the term manic/depressive is no longer used in favor of Bipolar, also with several subtypes. At times, some diagnostic labels are dropped altogether, such as dysthymia, a form of depression that is lasting, but not necessarily as severe, but enough to create issues of mood and despair. They will just in a sense, live it.

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Social Work Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Results from the study indicate that exposure to Hurricane Harvey was significantly associated with risk for intimate partner violence, post-traumatic stress (PTS) symptoms, and depression symptoms. In addition, intimate partner violence mediated the relationships between disaster exposure and PTS and depression symptoms.

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Swhelper

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Instead, young people with depression, anxiety and more turn to the same people they already go to for all kinds of other health issues: their pediatricians, family doctors, school-based clinics and other primary […]. View Full Article - A Lifeline for Primary Care Amid a Crisis in Youth Mental Health.

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Gary Direnfeld

APRIL 21, 2022

There has been a history of failed attempts with school and work. Not spoken about until seriously probed are the bouts of depression and/or anxiety. That child, now well into their twenties remains living at home. There may have been some episodes of violence. Maybe suicidal behavior. There may have been hospitalizations.

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Michigan Social Work

OCTOBER 4, 2024

This project — a community-university partnership between My Brother’s Keeper, Formula 734, and social work researchers at U-M and The Ohio State University — will support the development and evaluation of a transdiagnostic cognitive behavioral therapy for depression and anxiety, designed for and by young Black men.

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Social Work Haven

MAY 30, 2023

Interestingly, I find myself embarking on a unique journey of faith and healing where I explore Bible verses about depression (KJV) within the realm of social work. Depression and anxiety can be isolating experiences, often leaving individuals feeling hopeless and overwhelmed. What Bible verse should you read when depressed?

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Over the next five years, the consortium will launch pilot sites that “give youth an active role when decisions are made about their care, including reuniting them with their birth families or placing them in other legally recognized and permanent arrangements,” according to a press release from the University of Washington School of Social Work.

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My Brains Not Broken

MAY 16, 2023

We can support taking mental health days at work or school, but what if the timing isn’t right? This goes beyond life hacks, beyond easy tips and advice designed to “stop your depression.” Although we are responsible for our mental health, there are many things out of our control.

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My Brains Not Broken

JANUARY 31, 2023

I played sports, I tried my best in school and I tried to take something from the hobbies and activities I wasn’t as talented at. I confuse a lot of things in life with anxiety and depression, and vice versa. It’s one of the many concepts that are difficult for a young person to grasp, despite how often people use the word.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 25, 2022

The need to navigate a complex services landscape, get help from school officials, deal with social isolation and manage financial strains, among other challenges, often create daunting pressure for parents seeking the right support for children who learn or think differently.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The Department of Psychiatry, Nair Hospital, Mumbai, with support from the Pirojsha Godrej Foundation, has made an effort to develop two short videos (enclosed) for creating awareness on two major mental health issues in adults and children – Mental Depression, and Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) respectively.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 25, 2024

However, attention to women’s rights waned during the economic depression of the 1930s. The positive response led schools to organize their own Women’s History Week programs. The observance of International Women’s Day began in Europe in 1911 amidst fervent discussions on women’s rights.

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Gary Direnfeld

JUNE 5, 2023

If this continues those feelings can grow to become depression and/or anxiety. It causes them to worry. Some want to be protective. They are too young to be truly helpful. They come to feel defeated, hopeless. Violent behavior in the home affects kids. Are you following me on Facebook yet? If not, you are missing many more posts!

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Beautiful Voyager

JANUARY 3, 2022

In the past, mental health experts used many terms such as depression, anxiety, and acute stress disorder to refer to a nervous breakdown. Etiology may include mental health disorders such as anxiety disorder, depression, or schizophrenia. In a wider context, the term also means the inability to cope with life’s challenges.

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Bipolar Bandit

APRIL 12, 2023

I’ve worked as a lecturer in medical school, a trainer of nurses in rural South Africa, and — since immigrating to Canada — a public health consultant with Indigenous communities. We initially thought that the first episode I had was depression but looking back we realize that I had in fact been hypomanic for some time before that.

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Bipolar Bandit

MARCH 7, 2024

Their severe depressions and highest of manic episodes can ruin relationships. However, I am going to say there is one old school antipsychotic I can take that will bring me down. First, let me say it is not easy living with someone with bipolar disorder.

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A Splintered Mind

JULY 7, 2022

And I had a lot of time to think about things like ADHD, Depression, the fascinating patterns in my ceiling, and how I was going to eat. " Or perhaps it was my own adage learned at the School of Hard Slaps. " "Keep your plague to yourself." " "You were sick?" I was too feeble-minded to recall.

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Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

After high school, when Urbina was working on her bachelor’s degree, she stopped swimming for about four years as life got in the way. Research does show it prevents depression.” “My mother wanted to bond with me, Urbina said, so she enrolled her 5-year-old daughter in competitive swimming. There, she said, “I really flourished.”

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Gary Direnfeld

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Negative outcomes often include mental health issues such as depression, anxiety and even personality disorders. These negative childhood experiences are referred to as ACEs (Adverse Childhood. Experiences). The research on the impact and outcome of ACEs is robust. Then there are physical disorders and ailments of which Crohn’s is one.

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Relias

JUNE 19, 2023

According to a report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the percent of Americans who attributed major depression to neurobiological causes increased by 13% between 1996 and 2006. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) predicts that, by 2025, the U.S.

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Social Work Blog

JUNE 1, 2022

Do my skills align with the amount of knowledge I gained in school? There are clinical, military, hospital, school social work, and other options. This simply means that an individual can marry various systems, schools of thoughts, and theories, and apply them to real-life scenarios. Will I be able to cut it?

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Bipolar Bandit

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Part 6: My Daughter’s Struggles in School. Part 3: My Daughter’s Diagnosis and my Reaction. HOW I DEAL WITH HER MANIC EPISODES. Part 5: The next Manic Episode and some things I learned. Writings from the Mother of Bipolar Disorder Part 7: Giving Back. Part 8: A Mental Health Advocate Lives On.

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KVC

JULY 20, 2021

KVC Hospitals is a nonprofit organization serving thousands of youth between ages 6 to 18 who are struggling with depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, the impacts of trauma, and other behavioral and mental health challenges. Niles Prep School offers youth a place to heal, change, and grow, and a place where learning is fun.

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All For Kids

JANUARY 10, 2025

Healthcare workers will access medical records that may indicate problems, while parents should identify frequent injuries during play, school, etc. Depression The rate of depression in children and teens has dramatically increased recently. Consistent injuries may signal an unsafe environment.

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All For Kids

DECEMBER 14, 2024

According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, most school-age children in the United States do not get the recommended hours on most weeknights. Sleep also plays a crucial role in academic performance, as children feel recharged after a good nights rest and are more alert at school. are no longer possible.

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Brightpoint

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Those exciting moments can also come with confusion, trauma, depression and anxiety, and for many children and youth, this can be detrimental at home, in their community and particularly at school. In school, the traumatized youth’s behavior can also affect their classmates’ ability to focus and learn.

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Shelter, Inc

DECEMBER 26, 2021

For example, psychologist Tali Raviv from Northwestern University published a study involving over 40,000 Chicago Public School children from kindergarten through 12 th grade in April 2021. Positive metrics included feeling relaxed and hopeful , with negative metrics including depression and anxiety.

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Social Work Haven

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The ability to form strong professional relationships with partner agencies such as the police, schools and health visitors is one of my strengths. I have carried out assessments under s17 of CA89 and have requested information from schools, the police and health visitors. Partnership working is vital to social work.

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Shelter, Inc

MAY 11, 2021

For example, psychologist Tali Raviv from Northwestern University published a study involving over 40,000 Chicago Public School children from kindergarten through 12 th grade in April 2021. Positive metrics included feeling relaxed and hopeful , with negative metrics including depression and anxiety.

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