University of Connecticut

MAY 8, 2023

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. My field placement is with Wellmore Behavioral Health in Waterbury, where I am an Intensive In-home Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Services clinician. Julio Morales Jr.,

LMSW 52

LMSW Justice and Corrections Schools Mental Health 52

Child Welfare Monitor

JULY 22, 2024

In those instances, we need the care to be delivered in trauma-responsive environments that embrace parent and caregiver engagement throughout the treatment intervention and continually focus on best practice. These residential treatment facilities can have a significant benefit to the young person and their family.

Foster Care 158

Foster Care Interventional Child Welfare Medicaid 158

Beautiful Voyager

JANUARY 28, 2024

For the past seventy-two hours I had been a guest of Mercy Hospital’s emergency room and both the hospital and I had settled in for the wait. I had my own room, a real hospital bed instead of an ER examination cot, and a menu card for the next day’s meals. I think I need to go to a hospital.” I think…” I started. “I

Hospitals 52

Hospitals Mental Health Depression Anxiety 52

Beautiful Voyager

JANUARY 3, 2022

They may engage in certain avoidance behaviors like: Withdrawing from family, friends, and co-workers Isolating themselves or hiding "away from the world" Avoiding family time or social functions or engagements Avoiding work or school by saying they're ill What Causes a Nervous Breakdown?

Disorder 96

Disorder Mental Health Self-harm Paranoia 96

Beautiful Voyager

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

On the other hand, as a peer specialist, I have noticed that in hospital or peer support group settings, men are overrepresented. The only two occasions I went to the hospital for my mental health challenges were 1) generalized anxiety with panic disorder and 2) severe depression with psychotic events and suicide attempt.

Psychology 52

Psychology Mental Health Recovery Depression 52

Social Work With Adults

OCTOBER 23, 2024

This major public engagement on the future direction of the NHS is open also to those who work within and alongside the health service, presenting a welcome opportunity for social workers and others to add their voice to the NHS they would like to see. What are you seeing that creates barriers to providing the best care and support?

Mental Health 21

Mental Health Psychiatric Communication Social Worker 21

KVC

OCTOBER 22, 2024

There are currently 15 bills under consideration by a major House of Representatives subcommittee that could result in long-term, permanent telehealth solutions to make healthcare accessible from home for those who are not easily able to go to a doctor’s office or hospital. This has an even greater impact on children.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Mental Health Telehealth Child Welfare 52

Clinical Philosophy

JANUARY 31, 2021

But all going well, I suggest, what they’ll be met with in therapy is the opportunity to engage in a form of interaction which leaves them with a greater trust in their lovability, a greater clarity regarding what it is to love and be loved, and a greater capacity for loving. Gaita is a 17 year old ward assistant in a psychiatric hospital.

Psychotherapy 52

Psychotherapy Therapist Justice and Corrections Interviewing 52

Beyond Advocacy

MAY 21, 2024

million individuals are held in 1,566 state prisons, 98 federal prisons, 3,116 local jails, 1,323 juvenile correctional facilities, 142 immigration detention facilities, and 80 Indian country jails, as well as in military prisons, civil commitment centers, state psychiatric hospitals, and prisons in the U.S. and Catherine T.

Criminal Justice 52

Criminal Justice Justice and Corrections Substance Abuse Rehabilitation 52