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New York Times does the “oh-my-God-it’s-spreading-to-the-white-middle-class!!” story about overuse of psychiatric meds on kids

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

These drugs, generally intended for short-term use, are sometimes prescribed for years, even though they can have severe side effects — including psychotic episodes, suicidal behavior, weight gain and interference with reproductive development … Moreover, many psychiatric drugs commonly prescribed to adolescents are not approved for people under 18.

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KVC Health Systems and Emporia State University Launch Data Analytics Research to Benefit Children in Foster Care

KVC

Now, child welfare leader KVC Health Systems and graduate students at Emporia State University in Emporia, Kansas are working together to unlock the power of data analytics for the state’s most vulnerable children – those served by the child welfare system. About Emporia State University. Learn more at www.kvc.org.

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Current Pharmacotherapy

University of Connecticut

In the first half of the webinar, Dr. Waters will examine treatment for major depression and anxiety disorders which are among the most common psychiatric conditions affecting adults in the US.

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What Does KVC Stand For?

KVC

As a result, we have transformed youth residential centers into Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities (PRTFs) and Qualified Residential Treatment Programs (QRTPs). KVC has recognized the need to provide residential services as a treatment type, not as a living situation for children. For example, KVC participated with The Annie E.

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Vimla V. Nadkarni (1948 – 2021)- Featured Leader: International Social Work Leader Review

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

She headed the Department of Medical and Psychiatric Social Work and was the Founding Dean of the School of Social Work at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in Mumbai, India, from which she retired in 2013 after 42 years of service. Reviewed By: Mark Henrickson, MDiv, MSW, PhD, RSW (NZ), Massey University. Read Full Review.

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Welcome New Social Workers!

Beyond Advocacy

According to a report from the American Psychiatric Association , 37 percent of Americans rated their mental health as fair or poor at the end of 2022, up from 31 percent at the end of 2021. We need you now more than ever. Trends among young people are alarming.

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Intersectionality Matters: Working with LGBT Older Adult Clients

Simmons University

As most social work students learn, the diagnosis of “homosexuality” was removed from the Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) in 1973 by the board of the directors of the American Psychiatric Association.