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World Mental Health Day- 10th October 2022

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

The Department of Psychiatry, Nair Hospital, Mumbai, with support from the Pirojsha Godrej Foundation, has made an effort to develop two short videos (enclosed) for creating awareness on two major mental health issues in adults and children – Mental Depression, and Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) respectively.

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NASW Member Voices: ADHD and Mindfulness

Social Work Blog

A study from Psychiatry International found possible benefits of mindfulness to help with self-compassion, quality of life, well being, depression, and anxiety. Mindfulness is a practice that encompasses a variety of mindfulness-based interventions. Studies indicate that mindfulness is an effective model for helping clients with ADHD.

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NHS heavily reliant on inappropriate out-of-area mental healthcare despite target to end it, finds report

Community Care

It said investment must be “channelled towards those interventions that will enable more patients to access treatment close to home”, on the back of strategic needs assessments. The college called on the government to fund an expansion of medical school places and psychiatry training posts.

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Simple Tips: Anger Management for Autistic Children

Social Work Haven

Seek early intervention  Early intervention can be key in helping autistic children develop the skills they need to manage anger and other challenging behaviors. Working with professionals, such as ABA therapists, can provide effective interventions tailored to the individual needs of the child.

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Psychiatry, Psychology, Social Work: What’s The Difference?

Gary Direnfeld

So different training looks at behavior and mood through a different lens resulting in different interventions. By helping restructure the impact or dynamic of those situations, relationships may improve as may also the mental health impacts. It’s not that one is better or worse than another.

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Am I Going Through a Nervous Breakdown?

Beautiful Voyager

The term is no longer used because it has not been recognized as a mental health disorder by the American Psychiatry Association in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM–5). Early intervention and treatment can help prevent worsening of your symptoms, anxiety disorder, clinical depression, or psychosis.

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Great news! Tearing children from their parents is sure to be “catastrophic” – but only when Donald Trump does it! (If a professor from Massachusetts is to be believed.)

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

That’s not what another distinguished Massachusetts doctor said – again, back when it was Donald Trump’s ICE agents doing the taking: From the time they are born, children emotionally attach to their caregiver and vice versa, said Lisa Fortuna, medical director for child and adolescent psychiatry at Boston Medical Center [Emphasis added.]