Community Care

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Councils are losing ground to the NHS in the competition for social workers because of their different pay setting arrangements, the Local Government Association has warned. NHS social workers in England have received a 5.5% rise in 2024-25 , compared with an offer of roughly 3-4% for counterparts in the majority of local authorities , a proposal that has prompted ballots for strike action

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MQ Mental Health

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

September is Southeast Asian Heritage Month, a time to celebrate the rich and diverse cultures of the southeast Asian community. This blog, written by MQ ambassador Amazin LeThi, explores the mental health challenges experienced by the Southeast Asian community. During Southeast Asian Heritage Month, we must celebrate our rich culture while confronting the often-ignored mental health challenges in our community.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. The Home Office is being inspected on its use of age assessments of unaccompanied asylum seekers, it was announced this week. The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, David Bolt, said he was examining the “efficiency, effectiveness and consistency of age assessments” carried out by the department.

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MQ Mental Health

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Recently it was Southeast Asian Heritage Month, a time to celebrate the rich and diverse cultures of the southeast Asian community. This blog, written by MQ ambassador Amazin LeThi, explores the mental health challenges experienced by the Southeast Asian community. During Southeast Asian Heritage Month, we must celebrate our rich culture while confronting the often-ignored mental health challenges in our community.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Or is it ruminating about overthinking? All I know is both have caused me anxiety and depression, and they have also made my anxiety and depression worse. A chicken and egg kind of thing. I was wondering if there was a difference between the two types of thinking. Some definitions describe overthinking as something we do in the present about a present or upcoming decision or situation.

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Social Work Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Rep. Marc Molinaro (R-NY) Reps. Andrea Salinas (D-OR) and Marc Molinaro (R-NY) on September 12 introduced legislation to help grow the nation’s mental health and behavioral workforce to address a mental health and substance use disorder crisis. The Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery (STAR) Plus Scholarship Act would create a scholarship for students who wish to enter the mental health and behavioral health workforce, including social workers.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

About the Journal Focus and scope Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk (SWMW) is a professional journal for the social worker. This autonomous, internationally accredited South African open-access, double blind peer-reviewed journal publishes original research, conceptual articles, and book reviews. The Journal’s objective is to provide a platform for theoretical discourses on current issues, challenges, innovations, and advancements within the global social work discipline, alongside the implica

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CAPC

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Study finds biases in pain management decisions lead to women being less likely to be prescribed pain medication.

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The Guardian

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Prime minister promises 10-year plan after Darzi report concludes health service in a ‘critical condition’ UK politics live – latest updates Keir Starmer has vowed to be bold and face down “loud opposition” to his planned public health measures and NHS reforms after a major inquiry found the health service was “in critical condition”. The prime minister said he was prepared to take “controversial” action to fix the NHS and public health in England after the findings by the cancer surgeon and for

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CAPC

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

A recent study quantifies the economic value of unpaid family caregivers based on time.

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The Guardian

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Clemency Jacques is one of 134,500 people repaying £251m in carer’s allowance overpayments An unpaid carer threatened with prosecution for fraud after inadvertently breaching benefit rules has had a £1,300 penalty waived by officials after her case appeared in the Guardian. Clemency Jacques, who cares for her disabled son and elderly mother, said she was given the choice of paying the charge or risking police arrest and a court appearance after running up a £2,600 carer’s allowance overpayment.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The standard of diagnosing and categorizing mental disorders has long been based on a categorical approach, codified within the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders in the USA (e.g., DSM-5-TR; American Psychiatric Association, 2022) and the International Classification of Diseases in much of the world (e.g., ICD-11; World Health Organization, 2019).

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The Guardian

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The prime minister blamed the Tories for ‘breaking’ the NHS and said reform of the service was needed Starmer sets out some of the most negative findings in the report. Take the waiting times in A&A - more than 100,000 infants waited more than six hours last year. And nearly a tenth of all patients are now waiting for 12 hours or more. Even Lord Darzi, with all his years of experience, is shocked by what he discovered.

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