Social Work Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

NASW’s provides recommendations to Senators Murphy and Cassidy in response to a Request for Stakeholder Input Regarding Federal Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Programs (Nov. NASW’s letters: NASW Provides Recommendations to Senators Wyden and Crapo’s Request for Policy Proposals to Address Unmet Mental Health Needs (Nov.

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Community Care

MARCH 17, 2025

It is important to remember that the government does not have a majority in the Lords and could be defeated on particular votes. She argued that the government did not want the MCA to be a loophole, back door or anything of that nature. Principles The bill does not insert principles onto the face of the MHA.

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Social Work Blog

AUGUST 8, 2022

The launch is equally momentous for behavioral health practitioners – especially social workers –who provide direct services to those with serious emotional and substance use disorders. Much of the dialogue will continue take place via the weekly Crisis Jam online forum.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 31, 2024

Helping clients discuss their alcohol use can also reduce the risk of prenatal alcohol exposure, a leading preventable cause of lifelong behavioral, intellectual, and physical disabilities known as fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs). Government. How much drinking is too much? Many people have misconceptions about alcohol use.

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Community Care

AUGUST 8, 2023

The government is reviewing the case for giving social workers in England powers of entry in adult safeguarding cases. This would not apply where the person does not have a mental disorder. This should include safeguarding adult reviews in England and the use of equivalent powers in Scotland and Wales.” ”

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Community Care

MAY 10, 2022

Proposals to overhaul the Mental Health Act 1983 will be considered by Parliament over the next year, the government announced today in the Queen’s Speech. They would have to have a co-occurring mental health condition.

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Social Work Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Services related to mental health substance use disorders are specifically included. The federal government will also soon issue regulations requiring CSWs and other health providers to provide GFEs to commercial or government insurers when the patient has insurance and plans to use it. CSWs meet that definition. Future Action.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 2, 2023

There are plenty of Rural kids coming from Middle Class families that drop into poverty because they grew up w/ Character Disordered Parenting and because of it, they grew up character disordered. Or the mothers, so desperate to be loved by anyone take in Character Disordered Men who are only interested in sexually abusing her child.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2023

As the ABA Journal story explains: Lauren Hackney has attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder that can cause memory loss, and Andrew Hackney has some resultant damage from a stroke. The Hackneys and their lawyer suspect that the algorithm, and the humans who may be slavishly following it, discriminated against them because of disabilities.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MAY 27, 2022

There is, in fact, a place for government in assisting with children’s wellbeing. Government can provide voluntary help to their families, especially financial help for better housing and high-quality childcare. But government should never be allowed to become the Wellbeing Police.

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Relias

MAY 2, 2022

And as rates of issues such as substance use disorder, domestic violence, and suicide continue to rise as a result of COVID-19 and its aftermath, 988 needs to become a part of how behavioral health organizations operate. The resultant mental health effects can be seen in the numbers discussed above.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 31, 2024

Helping clients discuss their alcohol use can also reduce the risk of prenatal alcohol exposure, a leading preventable cause of lifelong behavioral, intellectual, and physical disabilities known as fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs). Government. How much drinking is too much? Many people have misconceptions about alcohol use.

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Community Care

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The DfE’s objectives for the review are: Resolving the patchwork of legislation that currently governs social care for disabled children. The current legal framework governing social care for disabled children is complex and fragmented, with some provisions dating back over 50 years.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

There will be no reform of the Mental Health Act 1983 before the next election, the government has confirmed. “That both priorities now appear lost from further statutory consideration at this time should be viewed a significant failure of government.”

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 1, 2022

Diagnosing and Treating Dissociative Identity Disorder by Gregory L. Dissociative identity disorder (DID), previously known as multiple personality disorder, is a misunderstood and often underdiagnosed condition.

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Community Care

JANUARY 31, 2023

He said this was the case in relation to the subject of the judgment, X, a 15-year-old girl who had suffered significant trauma and adversity during her childhood, and was assessed as having low IQ and diagnosed with high-functioning autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

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Relias

JANUARY 24, 2023

Require the National Institute of Justice and the Government Accountability Office to evaluate the effectiveness of the implementation training to ensure that the curricula have a tangible impact on law enforcement encounters with people in crisis, and identify possible changes that would further improve outcomes.

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Community Care

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) is certain to be delayed again, with the government yet to consult on how to put the scheme into practice. However, the government is yet to confirm that it will need to delay LPS again. Regulations can then take up to 40 days to become law. LPS timeline. Commission begins work.

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Gateway Foundation

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Perfectionism personality traits aren’t considered a disorder but rather a vulnerability factor that increases a person’s chance of developing depression and other psychological problems like obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), eating disorders, and even addiction. How to Manage Depression Caused by Perfectionism.

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Social Work Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Services related to mental health substance use disorders are specifically included. The federal government will also soon issue regulations requiring CSWs and other health providers to provide GFEs to commercial or government insurers when the patient has insurance and plans to use it. CSWs meet that definition. Future Action.

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Community Care

JANUARY 18, 2022

The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman found that Richmond council had not considered the full range of information available to it about ‘Ms X’ and ‘Y’ at its legal planning meeting before launching care proceedings.

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Gateway Foundation

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Playing the lottery activates the same pleasure centers in the brain as substance use disorder and other compulsive behaviors, causing some people to engage in it unhealthily. Talk to your doctor about medications that can help you manage co-occurring disorders such as anxiety and depression. Age and Gender. Adopt Healthy Habits.

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Community Care

APRIL 21, 2023

Special educational needs and disability (SEND): entitlement to SEND provision is governed by the Children and Families Act 2014. To improve how the law on social care for disabled children fits in with the law relating to children’s social care more broadly.

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Community Care

JUNE 27, 2024

Then, in 2012, she became chair of the mental health faculty at The College of Social Work, the body set up to provide leadership for the profession, which closed in 2015 after the government withdrew funding and it was unable to sustain itself. What would you describe as those basic skills? They’ve had more investment.

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Beautiful Voyager

MAY 7, 2023

When I was 22 years old, I went to a psychiatrist and she diagnosed me with borderline personality disorder and depression. I don't agree with our government. I wanted to show people with borderline personality disorder and depression that they are not alone. A year ago I relocated to another country. My name is Olga.

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Community Care

JULY 26, 2023

Gain entry to premises and remove a person with a mental disorder to a place of safety for assessment on the basis of a warrant granted by a magistrate on the grounds that the person is being ill-treated or kept “otherwise than under proper control” (section 135). . This is why we have launched this new partnership agreement.

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Community Care

JUNE 1, 2023

The closures – in the context of the widely accepted placement shortages and instability for children – highlighted the need for tighter control of the market, said the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS), Local Government Association (LGA) and Ofsted.

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Community Care

JUNE 2, 2023

Police powers under the MHA Section 136 enables the police to remove a person – generally from a public place – to a place of safety, for a mental health assessment, if they appear to have a mental disorder and are in “immediate need of care or control” and detention appears necessary to protect them or others.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Multiple risks The Nuffield FJO’s analysis of 208 children found 11 main areas of need or risk: risk to others, going missing, self-harm, mental health concerns, neurodevelopmental disorders, disability, sexual exploitation, criminal exploitation, substance misuse, placement breakdown and being out of education.

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Community Care

JANUARY 19, 2023

However, rather than statutory principles, it recommended a new provision, placed at the beginning of the MHA, requiring the government to draw up the revised MHA code of practice having regard to and including the principles set out in the independent review.

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Community Care

AUGUST 8, 2024

Though published last week, the DfE’s annual report was prepared during the pre-election period, so it is not clear how far the policy plans it set out reflect the views of the new Labour government. Since coming to power, Labour has said little about its plans for children’s social care.

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Community Care

DECEMBER 1, 2022

A DoLS authorisation is required in cases where a person with a mental disorder is not objecting to admission but lacks capacity to consent. CQC urges government to fund better pay for care staff to tackle ‘gridlocked’ system. DoLS cases at record levels. Related articles.

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Community Care

AUGUST 26, 2022

“This is very evident in school, in loss of concentration on learning, self-harming, thoughts of suicide and early signs of eating disorders.” Another children’s practitioner said they had seen a “huge rise” in mental health issues among both parents and children as stress levels soared.

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Relias

APRIL 24, 2023

Studies have shown that somewhere from 50% to 80% of adults with autism also live with anxiety disorders, making communication difficult. One example of how companies do this is by providing multiple means of communication. A multitude of communication options is crucial to equitable employment experiences for those with autism.

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Community Care

AUGUST 18, 2023

Section 117 places a duty on health authorities and local social services authorities to provide aftercare services for people who have left hospital following compulsory detention for treatment for mental disorder under the MHA (for example, under section 3).

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Community Care

DECEMBER 12, 2021

However, this is unlikely given children in these circumstances generally need high levels of care, and those under 16 cannot be placed in unregulated settings following a government ban introduced in September.

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Relias

MARCH 5, 2025

Quick overview of ketamine therapy Ketamine therapy is emerging as a transformative option for treatment-resistant depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and, in some cases, addiction. Its dissociative effects and potential for misuse make it risky for patients with a history of substance use disorders.

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