Social Work Blog

MAY 25, 2022

NASW recognizes June as Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month. PTSD impacts millions of people in the United States. According to the National Center for PTSD, a program of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, about seven or eight of every 100 people will experience PTSD in their lifetime.”

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Beautiful Voyager

JANUARY 29, 2022

I was entrusted to a mental hospital in Brattleboro, Vermont at age fifteen. This would be the first of many unsuccessful psychiatric hospital stays. I begin looking further into more advanced rehabs, but research has shown me that I couldn’t find one mental rehabilitation center that accepted Medicaid or Medicare in the US.

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Relias

OCTOBER 3, 2022

How disasters can affect behavioral and mental health. While some disaster survivors can resume normal life after the end of the event, many others encounter adverse behavioral and mental health effects. These can include anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and more.

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Relias

JANUARY 27, 2023

While racial trauma is like PTSD, it is different because of perpetual exposure to race-based stress by individuals and communities. Make medical/psychiatric referrals as needed. Racial trauma is any number of adverse effects that racism has on the well-being of individuals, communities, and cultures. Encourage physical exercise.

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Bipolar Bandit

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Their insights are crucial for shaping a healthcare system that prioritizes, among other things, prevention, and offers effective treatments that can lead to remission of both physical and psychiatric conditions. One of the primary concerns addressed was the impact of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) on our nation’s health.

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University of Connecticut

MAY 8, 2023

Scholarship Fund This scholarship is awarded to a student currently conducting their field placement at the UConn Counseling & Mental Health Services. 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.

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Beautiful Voyager

JANUARY 3, 2022

In the past, mental health experts used many terms such as depression, anxiety, and acute stress disorder to refer to a nervous breakdown. 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).

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