Community Care

JUNE 27, 2024

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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Social Work Blog

JANUARY 26, 2023

She emphasizes that social workers play a critical role in helping people manage their chronic pain, as well as those who may have developed an opioid misuse disorder. Building trust and therapeutic rapport is essential when working with any client referred to mental health services, Kljajic says.

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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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Relias

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

That’s why motivational interviewing is such a useful technique. One of these motivational interviewing techniques is known as OARS. One of these motivational interviewing techniques is known as OARS. In this article, we will dive into what OARS represents in motivational interviewing and how to use it effectively.

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Community Care

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Older people are being unlawfully detained in mental health hospitals “in very many cases” because of poor practice around the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), the Care Quality Commission has warned. AMHPs making greater use of Mental Health Act powers to tackle crises or suspected abuse or neglect.

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Gateway Foundation

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

When a patient with substance use disorder (SUD) visits, it’s essential to talk to them in a way that shows sensitivity and empathy while avoiding stigmatizing language. Using motivational interviewing strategies and people-first language can help guide the conversation. Get Help Today!

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Gateway Foundation

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

When a patient with substance use disorder (SUD) visits, it’s essential to talk to them in a way that shows sensitivity and empathy while avoiding stigmatizing language. Using motivational interviewing strategies and people-first language can help guide the conversation. Let your patients choose how they are described.

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Bipolar Bandit

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Birdie Thorn is an Author and Mental Health Advocate. She is a speaker with the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Birdie has lived experience with Bipolar 2, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and ADHD. Birdie runs an Instagram page @birdies.bipolar.brain that brings awareness to mental health conditions.

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Social Work Blog

MAY 9, 2023

Army and is credited for co-founding various programs for Veterans; he has dedicated his career to leading and serving others struggling with mental health challenges. Nick and I worked together in the mental health outpatient clinic and it’s fair to say we clicked immediately. Charles Nickell Johnston, Jr.,

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Bipolar Bandit

JUNE 8, 2023

William Hartwick’s book The Invisible Backpack is available here What do you want people to understand about bipolar disorder? A young man interviewed Sigmund Freud and asked him how he came up with his theories and he said, “love and hard work.” Canned programs don’t teach children, teachers do.

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Bipolar Bandit

JUNE 8, 2023

William Hartwick’s book The Invisible Backpack is available here What do you want people to understand about bipolar disorder? A young man interviewed Sigmund Freud and asked him how he came up with his theories and he said, “love and hard work.” Canned programs don’t teach children, teachers do.

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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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Social Work Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2021

However, 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). Services related to mental health substance use disorders are specifically included.

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Community Care

APRIL 30, 2024

People are awarded PIP based on a functional assessment by a health professional (working for an outsourced provider) who checks their ability to carry out certain daily living tasks (eg preparing food, washing and bathing) and mobility. She said Labour would seek to tackle the issue by recruiting 8,500 more mental health staff.

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Gateway Foundation

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Many people who struggle with substance use disorder (SUD) may also display antisocial behaviors. Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) or antisocial behavior can include poor impulse control, which can cause people to engage in risky behaviors, such as sharing needles with others, resulting in HIV or hepatitis. Incarceration.

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Social Work Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2021

However, 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). Services related to mental health substance use disorders are specifically included.

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Community Care

JUNE 13, 2024

They also interviewed 42 social care professionals, 17 lawyers and four mothers with learning disabilities or learning difficulties who had experience of proceedings. Conditions ‘identified far too late’ In most cases (81%), parents were referred to children’s social care during pregnancy.

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Relias

AUGUST 30, 2024

Effects of social isolation on holistic health Social isolation, characterized by a lack of meaningful social interactions, poses significant risks to holistic health, affecting various aspects of well-being. One of the most profound impacts is on mental health.

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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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Community Care

MAY 9, 2023

Despite the symptoms of racial trauma mirroring many of those found in post-traumatic stress disorder, Thomas explained that there were some organisations that did not recognise it as a form of trauma. What have exit interviews been telling you about those that have left?” Are they on leave and how does that compare to white staff?

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University of Connecticut

MAY 8, 2023

Scholarship Fund This scholarship is awarded to a student currently conducting their field placement at the UConn Counseling & Mental Health Services. I am completing my field education at Natchaug Hospital in an outpatient program for older adults experiencing mental health and co-occurring substance use disorders.

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Social Care

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

I looked online and found a health care support worker vacancy at Aspen Clinic in Mexborough. I attended the interview and was shown around the unit. Interestingly, one of the service users was also on the interview panel, asking me questions and giving me advice. At the time, mental health was a taboo subject.

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My Brains Not Broken

AUGUST 3, 2023

Today’s post is an interview with Drew Landry , a stand-up comedian and writer from Maryland, currently based in Los Angel es. Drew is very open and honest about mental health in his work. In this interview, we talked about his approach to comedy, mental health and his recent comedy special.

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Bipolar Bandit

APRIL 30, 2024

I was diagnosed with postpartum bipolar I disorder in 2007 after my second daughter was born. I wrote about these experiences in my 2017 memoir Birth of a New Brain—Healing from Postpartum Bipolar Disorder endorsed by Kay Redfield Jamison and numerous mental health luminaries. Fast forward to 2013.

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Gary Direnfeld

APRIL 24, 2022

” While I am no psychologist, kids have their “tells” that can suggest a disorder. A nonverbal learning disorder is about difficulty reading social/emotional cues. One may see this disorder in kids who play rough or who seem not affected or tuned in emotionally to the feelings or social cues of others.

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Bipolar Bandit

APRIL 30, 2024

I was diagnosed with postpartum bipolar I disorder in 2007 after my second daughter was born. I wrote about these experiences in my 2017 memoir Birth of a New Brain—Healing from Postpartum Bipolar Disorder endorsed by Kay Redfield Jamison and numerous mental health luminaries. Fast forward to 2013.

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Bipolar Bandit

APRIL 30, 2024

I was diagnosed with postpartum bipolar I disorder in 2007 after my second daughter was born. I wrote about these experiences in my 2017 memoir Birth of a New Brain—Healing from Postpartum Bipolar Disorder endorsed by Kay Redfield Jamison and numerous mental health luminaries. Fast forward to 2013.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

What To Say To Someone With Anxiety General anxiety disorder or GAD is said to affect up to 5% of the UK population. 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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Beautiful Voyager

JANUARY 28, 2024

Did anyone else in my family experience mental health issues? One sibling with bipolar disorder and a parent with psychotic depression, neither one chronic. Schizo-affective disorder? My name is Kathy and I’m a licensed mental health counselor. Almost no interviews, despite the pile of applications.

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Beautiful Voyager

MAY 27, 2023

Q: Can you tell us about your mental health journey? I willingly sought a psychiatrist and was officially diagnosed with bipolar disorder. I was the first in my family to be diagnosed with a mental illness, and it hurt to believe that there was something wrong with me and me alone. Just one shelf. A lot, actually.

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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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Gateway Foundation

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Over 14 million adults in the United States have alcohol use disorder (AUD), and professional athletes are no exception. Adams said in a 2020 interview that he hit rock bottom before accepting help at a treatment center in 1996. In the same interview, he explained how his drinking likely cut his career short and led to memory loss.

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Gateway Foundation

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Many grew up as child actors and felt unprepared for stardom which led them to develop mental health conditions later in life. While complicated and chronic, alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a condition that can be treated. Below are 15 famous people who struggled with alcohol addiction and found recovery. So many things.”

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Clinical Philosophy

OCTOBER 31, 2020

31 The reference (31) given here is to a paper on the link between violence and mental health (and drug and alcohol use ) which found that ' if a person has severe mental illness without substance abuse and history of violence, he or she has the same chances of being violent during the next 3 years as any other person in the general population.'

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Community Care

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Approved mental health professionals (AMHPs) have voiced concerns about the impact on their safety of a national police policy of not attending most mental health incidents. Such checks should be carried out by mental health staff instead.

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