Relias

MAY 1, 2023

Caring for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) is emotionally challenging work. 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. 5 effective workplace mental health strategies 1.

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Bipolar Bandit

APRIL 12, 2023

Interview with Merryl Hammond, PhD, Editor of Navigating Bipolar Country and author of Mad Like Me Q: To start, could you tell us a bit about your background and work, Merryl? I had zero mental health issues for the first fifty-plus years of my life… Q: When did you first experience bipolar disorder?

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Bipolar Bandit

APRIL 12, 2023

Interview with Merryl Hammond, PhD, Editor of Navigating Bipolar Country and author of Mad Like Me Q: To start, could you tell us a bit about your background and work, Merryl? I had zero mental health issues for the first fifty-plus years of my life… Q: When did you first experience bipolar disorder?

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Interviewing Disorder Depression Mental Health 52

Social Work Haven

OCTOBER 2, 2023

For instance, I signposted an adult with learning disabilities to befriending services to help him improve upon his interpersonal skills and widen his social network. Most Empowering Mental Health Quotes Most Empowering Mental Health Quotes Social work involves working with people who may feel low because of sudden changes in their lives.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Counsellor : They provide counselling and emotional support to individuals and families facing a wide range of challenges, including mental health issues, addiction, and crisis situations. Therapist : Clinical social workers provide therapy to individuals, couples, and families, addressing mental health and emotional challenges.

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Community Care

APRIL 11, 2024

Four focus groups attended by 127 practice educators, and individual interviews with 28. Practice educators also said they were increasingly working with students with additional needs, such as mental health conditions, autism, dyslexia or ADHD, and needed more training to do so.

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Relias

MARCH 17, 2022

Communication skills, such as teach-back, plain language, verbal and written instruction methods, interviewing, non-verbal communication, and knowledge confirmation. How to meet diverse needs of patients with disabilities and cognitive or mental health impairments. How and when to use interpreter services.

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Relias

AUGUST 30, 2024

Social isolation due to a disability is an all-too-common occurrence. Myriad social forces create an environment in which individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are unable to connect with their peers. This can have lasting and severe consequences for their holistic health.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 20, 2022

In an interview published this week with his constituency’s local paper, the Harborough Mail, O’Brien said he was honoured to have been appointed to the DHSC and commented on its priorities across health and social care.

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Community Care

MARCH 13, 2024

Case studies in five of the authorities, involving interviews with practitioners and managers and analysis of strategic documents. Interviews with four domestic abuse training providers. Staff feedback on an online training module they were invited to complete alongside the survey. A review of policy documents in England and Wales.

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Community Care

MARCH 21, 2024

Four in five social workers said they had been actively job hunting over the past 12 months, with 55% of this group citing excessive workload, and 52% the impact of their work on their mental health, as key reasons. The YouGov research for Social Work England also identified issues around paperwork and pay facing social workers.

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Community Care

MARCH 7, 2024

This is the first in a series of interviews celebrating Community Care’s 50th anniversary. The magazine covered the gamut of social work and social care including child protection, adoption, mental health and services for disabled and older people. A few months later, in April 1974, Community Care was launched.

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Relias

MARCH 5, 2024

In an interview with Social Work Today , John Jay said, “As organizations adapt to and become more accustomed to delivering telehealth, telehealth is going to be more prevalent in behavioral health moving forward. Free mental health care can be exchanged between community agencies in far-flung counties.

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A Splintered Mind

DECEMBER 18, 2020

As I wind up my latest book project, I thought it might be a good time to share an interview of sorts I did a few months ago. Mental health is no different. I’m sure he means well, but since I don’t recall him ever taking time to find out how my disability affected me in the first place, his advice is useless to me.

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Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Supporting Informed Client Vaccine Decision Making Through Motivational Interviewing (MI) and Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) , was held live on January 12, 2022, and is now available as a self-study. Registration is now open for What’s Next in the Pandemic, Through a Social Work Lens.

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Social Work Haven

MAY 31, 2023

They work with various populations, including children, adolescents, adults, older adults, individuals with disabilities, those experiencing mental health issues, and those facing social and economic hardships. Interview clients to understand their unique needs and identify the necessary services and help required.

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University of Connecticut

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Partnerships with the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, the Department of Children and Families, and the Office of Early Childhood have led to an increase in both scholarly output and funding that will benefit individuals, families, and communities – particularly those representing marginalized groups.

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Community Care

APRIL 15, 2024

By drawing on a literature review and focus groups, interviews, and surveys of PEs, course providers and local authorities, the review provided a comprehensive exploration of the challenges faced by PEs. NOPT also agrees with the research findings, which validate discussions that have occurred throughout the profession for many years.

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Community Care

MARCH 31, 2022

They were based on interviews with 44 parents of 59 children from 13 local authorities in England and Wales. Domestic abuse, mental health problems and substance misuse predominated and a third of the children had special educational needs and disabilities.

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Social Work Blog

JANUARY 28, 2022

Supporting Informed Client Vaccine Decision Making Through Motivational Interviewing (MI) and Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) , was held live on January 12, 2022, and is now available as a self-study. Registration will soon open for Supporting Special Populations in COVID-19 Vaccine Decision Making.

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Social Work Haven

DECEMBER 4, 2022

In social work, various articles cover topics such as social work articles on mental health, social work articles on domestic violence, social work articles on learning disabilities, medical social work articles, school social work articles and clinical social work articles. Social Work in Mental Health Settings” by Kevin J.

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Social Work With Adults

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

And, although many services have specialist teams for adults with learning disabilities or mental health problems, there are fewer dedicated teams for older people. Over a six month period, researchers observed and interviewed social workers, older people and their families, and other professionals involved.

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The Frontline

JULY 13, 2023

The research interviewed LGBTQ+ young people and surveyed social care professionals working with care leavers. A lack of gender affirmative care and LGBTQ+ focused support around safe housing and mental health advocacy was also reported. Citation: Brown, C., & Andrew, C.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Police have opened an investigation into abuse of patients at a mental health hospital uncovered by the BBC. Panorama filmed staff assaulting , inappropriately restraining and secluding and verbally abusing and humiliating patients at the Edenfield Centre run by Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.

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Gary Direnfeld

APRIL 24, 2022

I wonder about a “nonverbal learning disability.” Prior to having met the child, I had an extensive interview with both parents. I learn about their family, background, living arrangements, quality of life, conflict management, addictions, mental health, physical health, traumatic life experiences, etc.

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Social Work Blog

JANUARY 5, 2022

GFEs do not need to be provided to patients who are enrolled in federal health insurance plans (e.g., Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, Indian Health Service or the Veterans Affairs health system). the amount the provider would expect to charge if the provider intended to bill a health care plan directly for such item or service.

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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. Did the Pandemic adversely impact the mental Health of social workers and the individuals and families with whom they work?

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Social Work Blog

JULY 24, 2024

In Part One, an interview with Gwen Bouie-Haynes, PhD, LMSW—Executive Director, NASW MS Chapter and NASW Alabama Chapter ; and, Project Coordinator, Connect to End COVID-19 Special Populations. Did the pandemic adversely impact the mental health of social workers and the individuals and families with whom they work?

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Community Care

APRIL 11, 2024

Our interview with Lord Herbert Laming is part of a new series of profiles of key figures who have shaped social work over the past five decades, to celebrate Community Care’s 50th anniversary. Laming tells me of a severely disabled young adult who, until the age of 18, had been well supported by children’s services.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

By Tim Spencer-Lane On 6 November 2024, the Mental Health Bill was introduced in Parliament. The bill contains measures to amend the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA) in order to strengthen the voice of the patient and ensure that that detention is only used when, and for as long as, necessary.

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Community Care

MARCH 19, 2025

Many disabled people are facing benefit cuts in a government plan to save over 5bn a year by 2029-30 and get more people with health conditions into work, announced yesterday. However, charities warned the proposals would drive many disabled people into deeper poverty.

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Community Care

MARCH 14, 2025

The warnings came in the regulator’s annual report on its monitoring of the Mental Health Act 1983, which covered 2023-24. There was an 18% increase in the number of adults with a serious mental illness who accessed community mental health services between March 2023 and March 2024 (source: MHSDS).

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

In the meantime, her daughters suffered abuse at a foster home and her younger son descended into a mental health crisis. You can hear Joe Shapiro of NPR discuss his investigation on The Imprint podcast The interview starts at 16:40 in. What evidence is available shows most of the allegations were false. That needs to stop."

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2024

The Senator who chaired the committee, Ron Wyden, called on the Justice Department to investigate these chains for allegedly defrauding Medicaid and violating the Americans with Disabilities Act. Jamie Thompson called for action on how state-run mental health facilities operate. The Imprint and The Hill have stories.

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