I’m watching twitter, google+ and the web so you don’t have to… This post is part of a weekly (or bi-weekly) series, Best in Mental Health, featuring some of the best posts of the week, in social work, psychology, evidence-based practice/healthcare, non-profit and private practice concerns.
Evidence Based Practice/Healthcare:
Disconnectedness kills, connectedness heals
Susannah Fox
“cutting-edge technologies in all aspects of our lives can be designed to promote better health… role of social relationships in understanding our well-being… design a healthier world… harness technology to help us listen to our bodies and not just our minds…”
High potency cannabis and the risk of psychosis
The Mental Elf by Eleanor Kennedy
“compared to participants who had never used cannabis: Participants who had ever used cannabis were not at increased risk of psychosis… People who used cannabis or skunk everyday were roughly 3 times more likely to have diagnosis of psychotic disorder…”
Use of CBT for Insomnia in Cancer Patients
The Beck Institute
“Individuals with cancer are disproportionately affected by sleep disturbance and insomnia relative to the general population… comprehensive review of the literature examining the efficacy of CBT-I… Results… CBT-I… clinically significant improvements…”
Social Work:
Assume Good Intention…
Chicago Counseling Therapists Blog (Live Oak Chicago)
“Navigating microaggressions in my clinical work… challenging… no easy way to address microaggressions in the moment—or even after they have occurred. We also run the risk of naming every hurt a microaggression as a way to compensate for decades without language…”
But You Never Said: Why Couples Remember Things Differently
Everyone Needs Therapy (therapydoc)
“When we hold onto a memory, on each recall something is added or changes… truth lies somewhere in the middle… it is the emotion attached to what happened… that will determine how that third patient, the relationship, is going to fare…”
Giving room for disabled or deaf children to talk about abuse
Child Protection Lessons (Peter Choate)
“abuse of deaf and disabled children is underreported and often hidden… children… trying to let people know that they were being abused. Yet, the problems were seen as being related to the disability… report has a number of recommendations…”
How we view “space” in social work
canadianJai
“When…home assessment… observing a family in their environment… We are aware of body language in the home and the dynamics between family members and how they utilize their familiar surroundings… environment may suppress or energize the dynamics…”
Jessica Black Forges New Space Between Neuroscience & Social Work
Innovate@BCSocialWork
“Black firmly believes that neuroscience is a critical component of any social work training… understanding the brain can inform cutting-edge research and the new and innovative interventions that come out of creative inquiry… building new, and better, interventions…”
The Persistent Stigma of Substance Use Disorders
Social Work Helper (Margaret Farenger)
“public is beginning to recognize that mental illness is… health condition. We need a similar evolution… substance use disorders… only 22% of people surveyed were willing to work closely with someone suffering from drug addiction…”
Social Workers as Mandated Reporters, Part 9: What About Elder Abuse and Intimate Partner Violence? Do I Have To Report Those, Too?
The New Social Worker Online (Kathryn Krase)
“social workers are mandated reporters of suspected child maltreatment IN ALL 50 STATES… not true of requirements to report elder abuse or intimate partner violence… where social workers… not… mandated reporters of elder abuse… can report suspicions… to Adult Protective Services (APS)…”
Ten Reasons for the Heroin Epidemic Part 1
Social Justice Solutions (Steven Kassels, M.D.)
“disease of addiction has three components: 1.Biological 2.Psychological 3.Sociological… reasons… to blame for the heroin/opiate epidemic… Injudicious Prescribing by MD’s… Internet Sale of Pain Pills… Oxycontin Reconstitution… Mental Health Treatment…”
Three Ways to Celebrate Social Work Month
MSW@USC (Gabriela Acosta)
“March is National Social Work Month… This year’s theme, “Social Work Paves the Way for Change,”highlights the efforts of the social work profession and the NASW to bring about positive change in society and for individuals… Share compelling stories…”
Tools For Practice Tuesday: NASW-NY Conference 2015
Stuck on Social Work
““Storify”… as I attended the NY State Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers… Secondary Traumatic Stress Symptoms of Child Welfare Workers… supervisor/co-worker response mattered a lot in the effects of the secondary trauma…”
Understanding the Financial Effects of Gender Discrimination and Cultural Beliefs on Your Female Clients
Center for Financial Social Work (Reeta Wolfsohn, CMSW)
“female clients experience economic discrimination on a daily basis. Their paychecks. Their Social Security checks… What they pay for dry cleaning… discrimination undermines their money beliefs… financial passivity disempowers women…”
Using the Life Wheel to Teach Self-Advocacy
socialworkCEUs.com
“Teaching self-advocacy… requires an accurate assessment and the proper balance of advocating for, educating, and coaching your client… Life Wheel. It will help you assess… eight areas. The Life Wheel… help normalize your clients’ needs and wants…”
Psychology:
Art Therapy Podcast: Sara Roizen on the Beauty of Being an Art Therapist
Amy Johnson Maricle
“Sara Roizen, the artist and art therapist behind the Art Therapy Spot blog… what drives her to make her own art, what she loves about being an art therapist, and why she thinks it works so well…”
Can Exercise Really Help Bipolar Depression?
HealthyPlace (Natasha Tracy)
“While there isn’t much evidence, there is some that says that physical activity is useful in bipolar disorder treatment… Harvard Bipolar Program leader, Dr. Sachs, says, “here’s your exercise program: go to the door, look at your watch. Walk 7.5 minutes…”
Developing a Positive School Climate to Prevent Bullying and Cyberbullying
Cyberbullying Research Center (Sameer Hinduja and Justin W. Patchin)
“Promote awareness. School staff should dedicate time in the classroom to educating students about all forms of bullying… take the time to learn the names of all of their students… Set up anonymous reporting… Build positive social norming campaigns…”
The end of counseling as we know it
Counseling Today (R. Rocco Cottone)
“idea of… face-to-face counseling may go by the wayside… counseling technological conglomerates… majority of counseling in the future… computerized counselors programmed to address just about any issue that a person might encounter… counselors… assessment…”
Going AWOL: reasons, prevention & return
Teenage Whisperer (Sam Ross)
“What is going AWOL about? In a word, fear. It’s a primal response that causes us to go and hide… in order to survive and to be able to cope with life they cut something out, and often that will be you… After making a mistake, young people are often scared of your response…”
How to Heal PTSD? Dr. Bessel van der Kolk Explains
Your Life After Trauma (Michele Rosenthal)
“Feel yourself right now… learning how to distinguish what’s happening right now vs back then… learning to be present… yoga… people learn to own their bodies… dancing… feel alive and connected with other people… recovery… you cannot delve in the past until you are safe in the present…”
Is Online Treatment the Next Frontier for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
The Trauma and Attachment Report (Robert T. Muller)
“unlike traditional CBT where clients and therapists regularly meet in person, iCBT requires individuals to keep a journal… Clients are given cognitive exercises, and their progress is tracked remotely by a therapist… feedback provided by e-mail…”
The New Childhood of the Non-Traditional Family
Psychology Tomorrow Magazine (Stanley Siegel)
“Alternative families make fewer distinctions between “we” and “them.”… aim is to raise thoughtful, confident children… goal is to raise gender-neutral children, who can perform in the world based on who they are rather than enacting gender-typed roles and activities… “
To Be a Man
Sounds True (Robert Augustus Masters)
“THE MOST POWERFUL emotional roadblock for men is shame… often rapidly mutates into various forms of aggression—whether directed at others or at ourselves—or into numbness… we also shrink from our power, and let our fear of being humiliated control us…”
What would Yalom do? Ten nuggets of wisdom for counselors old and new
Counseling Today (Cheryl Fisher)
“Symptoms are messengers… discovering how these patterns or symptoms serve the client may provide insight into deeper meaning… Model honesty… Choose your fate… offer [clients] that they possess the ability to choose many of their experiences in life…”
Nonprofit:
Case Study: How Human Rights Watch Leverages Employee Personal Brands on Twitter
Beth’s Blog (Beth Kanter)
“There are no better champions for your organization’s communication’s strategy than your staff… With a few guidelines and a little training, employees can use social channels effectively in service of your organization’s mission AND their own learning…”
Invest in Leadership Development to Retain High Performers of All Races
PhilanTopic (Mitch Nauffts)
“nonprofits often put too much focus on recruiting, rather than investing in, diversity at the leadership level… on-the-job tasks which challenge employees to “stretch” beyond their comfort zones, formal and informal training opportunities…”
Private Practice:
3 Things Potential Clients Really Want to Know
Private Practice Toolbox (Julie Hanks, LCSW)
“potential clients want to answer “yes” to these 3 questions before they select you as their clinician… Do I like you?… What can someone learn about your personality from your photo(s) and you online content?… Can I trust you?…”
Addressing Your Page Speed Insights Report For a WordPress Site
Get Down To Business Consulting (Cathy Hanville)
“have a cache plugin… good practice to minimize the number of plugins… Since I already had the caching plugin I tried a few of the recommended other plug ins to improve my speed… The one that worked for my counseling site was Better WordPress Minify…”
Are You Making These Mistakes In Writing Your Case Notes & Evaluations?
Beginning Counselor (Stephanie Adams)
“The reality is, an evaluation by a counselor can play a role in a person’s ability to get a job, disability support, and student financial aid… explain the risks and rewards of their petitioning you to write an evaluation or share their records on their behalf…”
Your Biggest Enemy In Building A Private Practice
Private Practice from the Inside Out (Tamara Suttle)
“It’s the generalist in private practice whose ideal client is “everyone.”… you have to set yourself apart… talking about the amazing results clients have stemming from the work they do with you… showing how working with you is different…”
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