Social Work Blog

JUNE 26, 2024

Nicole Roder, LCSW-C Research shows that about 20 percent of all patients admitted to psychiatric hospitals meet criteria for BPD, as well as 10 percent of people seeking outpatient mental health treatment. When they behave this way, their therapists and loved ones might feel manipulated, but feelings aren’t facts.

Disorder 89

Disorder DBT LCSW Therapist 89

Social Work Blog

JUNE 26, 2024

Nicole Roder, LCSW-C Research shows that about 20 percent of all patients admitted to psychiatric hospitals meet criteria for BPD, as well as 10 percent of people seeking outpatient mental health treatment. When they behave this way, their therapists and loved ones might feel manipulated, but feelings aren’t facts.

Disorder 84

Disorder DBT LCSW Therapist 84

Bipolar Bandit

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

I’m in my 14 th year as a mobile emergency psychiatric social worker. Although most mobile psychiatric emergency cases have involved mentally high functioning patients, I’ve been most invigorated from helping the most impaired patients, usually suffering from psychosis. Jon, who is suspicious of the FBI is at a homeless shelter.

Psychiatry 98

Psychiatry Interviewing Psychiatric Schizophrenia 98

American Board of Clinical Social Work

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

The therapist in this configuration can feel tremendously pulled toward identified patients, through either annoyance or sympathy. The skilled therapist must work to develop a deeper–and equally balanced–understanding and empathy for both partners’ contributions to their repetitive conflicts.

Therapist 40

Therapist Psychiatric Empathy Disorder 40

KVC

MAY 24, 2022

These stories came from youth and families we’ve served, foster or adoptive families who support our mission, and KVC team members who provide in-home family therapy and support, mental health treatment, foster care, adoption, inpatient children’s psychiatric treatment or other life-changing services.

Foster Care 52

Foster Care Adoption Mental Health Hospitals 52

Relias

AUGUST 22, 2023

This results in a lack of empathy or emotional reserve for persons Causes of provider burnout Most providers get into their field to do meaningful work and help others. This is when providers start feeling emotionally distant or detached from their clients or patients, feel like life is “less real,” or they may feel numb.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Administration Psychiatric Mental Health 52

Beautiful Voyager

APRIL 30, 2021

The fear of no longer feeling like myself Change in personality is a very common fear of people hesitating to get on a psychiatric medication. I remember at that time my therapist challenged my concern by asking: “and where did the “old” Pat lead you?” You will see that they can be much more than “ just” meds. A lesser person?

Mental Health 52

Mental Health Psychiatric Anxiety Recovery 52