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Guest Post: Interview with Author of Breakdown: A Clinician’s Experience in a Broken System of Emergency Psychiatry

Bipolar Bandit

If they don’t qualify for inpatient, I can refer them to outpatient treatment programs or give them self-help material. But someone can have this level of psychosis with the ability to eat, sleep, clean herself, protect herself from basic harm, pay rent, along with not posing a risk of serious physical harm to anyone.

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51 Children Services Interview Questions You Should Know Of

Social Work Haven

Preparing for a social work interview within children’s services can be nerve-wracking, especially if it is your first ever social work job interview. However, with the right set of practice interview questions, you are most likely to outshine other candidates. How do you prepare for a social work interview?

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What Causes Coke Bloat? What You Need to Know

Gateway Foundation

Coke bloat can alter the appearance, affecting one’s self-esteem and perception of self-worth. The impact of coke bloat on one’s self-esteem can lead to continued use of cocaine. One of these changes includes facial puffiness, often referred to as coke bloat. How Cocaine Use Can Lead to Bloating.

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Update: Nursing Home Visitation During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Social Work Blog

Collaboration with clients in all aspects of LTSS planning and provision … to maximize dignity and self-determination.” Strengthening the regulatory enforcement system to ensure high-quality care and protect individuals from harm.” This Webinar will be held live on February 24, 2022, and subsequently available as a self-study.

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Let’s Take Pride Back to its Basics

Social Work Blog

We have continued to recognize within ourselves the human dignity and the rights to life, liberty, and happiness while much of the world has sought only to oppress and harm us. She has been an in-demand speaker on topics such as self-care, compassion fatigue, LGBTQIA+ best practices, and the stigma of mental illness.

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Is even a moment of self-reflection too much to ask? In child welfare – and journalism – apparently, yes.

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

I also expressed the hope that we would see more stories about such families and more self-reflection within the system and in journalism. In fact, in an interview with Vice News about the same case, Davis said: “I was very grateful that they had attorneys.” So far, it’s not looking good. He wanted to help children.

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How to Get Started with Wellbeing

Social Work Haven

Having a thriving social network of friends and family makes you healthier because the support of other people reduces the harmful effects of stress. Your self-worth increases and you feel positive about the future. Self-love is not selfish, and it is important to give back to yourself. Try something new I must confess.