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NASW Member Voices: ?Social Work Mentorship Honors the Wisdom Within Our Profession

Social Work Blog

N: In my first job at the State Hospital in Illinois, the agency director and my supervisor took me under their wing and taught me many things, including how to conduct a social history, interviews with patients, and how to lead group therapy. Cloud State University in Minnesota. They helped me understand the system and my role in it.

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How To Take a Trauma-Informed Approach to Birth Trauma

Relias

Birth trauma is an adverse psychological reaction following pregnancy or childbirth similar to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Also labeled as postpartum PTSD or postnatal PTSD, birth trauma can occur for several reasons. What is birth trauma? Ideally, your organization should screen all new clients for trauma.

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BSW & MSW Scholarship Recipients 2022-2023

University of Connecticut

My current internship has provided me with so many opportunities to meet with community partners, learn how to use anticipatory empathy, and practice motivational interviewing. My goal for my final year is to do a clinical internship working with children.

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Social Work on the Front Lines of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Look Back, A Look Ahead (Part Two)

Social Work Blog

Since July of 2021, NASW and the NASW Foundation have partnered in this initiative with the Health Behavior Research and Training Institute at The University of Texas at Austin Steve Hicks School of Social Work. As part of a national response to the pandemic, Connect to End COVID-19 is a $3.3 To read Part One, follow this link.

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My Short Stay in a Mental Health Hospital

Beautiful Voyager

Many were here with post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, so common following participation in armed conflict and in some cases, the result of physical or sexual abuse. I worked at a university for about ten years. Almost no interviews, despite the pile of applications. It was something stable to hang onto. “A A challenge?”

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psychosis, violence, and the fear of madness

Clinical Philosophy

It does detail however that 25% of those interviewed - i.e. 20 people - felt that they became victims of violence specifically because of their mental health status.) It's worth noting, too, that only 15 of these 81 individuals suffered schizophrenia ; 40 suffered depression, 8 PTSD, 10 personality disorder, etc.