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:
Do we stigmatise mental illness more as we age?
The Mental Elf (Raluca Lucacel)
“change is not the same for different types of mental illness… attitudes of older individuals are becoming more and more influential… high levels of stigma are linked to high suicide rates and low help-seeking behaviors… results… consistent age effect in depression and schizophrenia…”
How racism makes us sick: The medical repercussions of segregation
KevinMD.com (Jennifer Tsai)
” Systems, in addition to people, are responsible for creating health care disparities between white people and people of color. Racism is a massive driver of “health inequity,”… state-sponsored segregation… legacy continues to disproportionately affect the health of populations of color…”
How technology is driving next wave of telemedicine
The Healthcare Blog
“As the adoption of wearables continues to grow, we will continue to see more value placed on accessing digital health data by healthcare and wellness organizations…. It is projected that by 2018, 65 percent of interactions with health organizations will take place via mobile devices…”
Personality disorder: time for more attention and debate
The Mental Elf (Andrew Shepherd)
“diagnosis of personality disorder remains problematic in its very nature… Those receiving the diagnoses currently represent a highly varied range of experiences… A large number of people draw some sense of comfort, normalisation and communal identity from diagnoses…”
Social Work:
Are Social Workers Disempowering and Contributing to Widening the Power Differential
Social Work Helper (Alice Fisher)
“over-accommodating for what they perceive as a lack or weakness among their elderly clients… to understand older adults… listen… One of the most prevalent ageist practices… “elderspeak” or talking to older adults in the same way one speaks to a child…”
Basic Income: An Anti-Poverty Strategy for Social Work
InSocialWork, UBSSW (Dr. James Mulvale)
“idea of a basic income… reasons for instituting a basic income… a rationale for why this is an anti-poverty model that social work should embrace…”
Better Living Through Minecraft
Gamer Therapist | Psychotherapy Meets Web 2.0 (Mike Langlois, LICSW)
“talk at SXSW 2015 … video game Minecraft… teach us about mindfulness… audio… Prezi… video game is an art form… games are based on models of the real world… resemble our experience without being identical… Minecraft helps us make meaning of the world…”
Breaking Down the Religious Freedom Restoration Act
SocialWorkSynergy (Ryan Johnson)
“Indiana passed a law on March 27, 2015 called the “Religious Freedom Restoration Act” (RFRA) and it has caused an uproar throughout the country… New York, has chosen to stand by the LGBT community and to take a stance against discriminatory practices…”
Deporting International Adoptees: Unfair And Over The Line
Social Justice Solutions (Chronicle Of Social Change)
“criminals should absolutely be punished. But sending them to a place where they know no one and don’t speak the native language is… over the line. Imagine that your daughter, whom you raised from infancy, was convicted… How would you feel if … she was deported…”
Driving Change through Simple Acts of Kindness
JKP Blog (Jenny Hulme)
“Kidscape… it is the children themselves who can… become the greatest ambassadors for inclusion, diversity and kindness. But that only happens when they’re given the skills and education, environment and support to empower them to make a difference…”
Here’s Tweeting at You: Using Social Media to Expand the Reach of Academic Conferences
The Social Work Podcast (Jonathan B. Singer, LCSW)
“personal and professional benefits of live tweeting, how… handled controversial comments, and what it was like to be part of an historic moment… a “best practice” guide to help you plan what to do before, during, and after a conference or event…”
How I got a Job with StudyBlue (with a little help from my friend)
Social Work Tech (Ignacio)
“StudyBlue is an application I use on my iPhone when I want to use flashcards… I used this app to help me study for … a super important job interview… A book I recommend… The questions/answers (i.e. each flash card) would feed quizzes… nifty…”
How the Business World Can Benefit from a Human-Centered Approach, with Mark Rodgers
CUSSW
“a career path that combines his training in Rogerian psychotherapy with running his own branding and marketing agency—a story that could be of interest to students who can see themselves using their social work degrees in a business context…”
Inventory of Motivations for Suicide Attemps (IMSA)
Stuck on Social Work (Sean Erreger LCSW)
“scale is in the public domain… in the article… based on the prevailing theories of suicidality… intrapersonally motivated attempts were more strongly driven by a desire to die. In contrast, interpersonally motivated attempts had lower suicidal intent…”
Lessons Learned from #SWDE2015
Teaching Social Work (Laurel Hitchcock)
“social work educators are no longer discussing if we are going to take our courses and curricula online; the question is how are we going to do it… need… evidence-based practice for teaching… look… outside our professional silos… invest more in our own professional development…”
Making the Most of Your Mental Health Story
The New Social Worker Online (Kristin Battista-Frazee, MSW)
“My story is intertwined with the taboo subject of pornography… my memoir, The Pornographer’s Daughter… social work… stories about mental illness… normalizing how mental health is viewed… Be true to your story and embrace it… teach you wonderful things…”
One Key Strategy to Set the Tone for Your Workshop
Nicole Clark Consulting
“establishing the ground rules… first step in setting the tone for how the facilitator and participants will interact with each other during their time together… some things to keep in mind… “It’s a group effort… Keep the ground rules visible… Model the ground rules…”
A Perspective on the 2014 CSWE Field Education Summit
The Field Educator by hardins
“necessity to bring the social work curriculum in line with trends in care management… There is swift change in the medical field disrupting business as usual… Expand Collaboration Within and Among Social Work Programs, Agencies, and Field…”
Justice or Just Us?: Our Lives Matter
Relando Thompkins-Jones, MSW, LLMSW
“video…“Our Lives Matters” project was inspired by the extrajudicial killings of minorities, particularly boys of color who are targeted on a daily basis… over 30 African-American and Latino boys… joined together to boldly question and take a stand against racial targeting…”
Transcript for Our Advocates, Ourselves
The Political Social Worker (Rachel L. West)
“Building Micro Macro Common Ground… @UBSSW: … Micro practitioners need advocacy skills, knowledge of global issues as in #macrosw practice… @Relando_T: … honor the differences between the 2, but also… recognize how they’re interconnected…”
Unintentional Cultural Appropriation: The Miseducation of #NoShameDay
Ramp Your Voice! (Vilissa Thompson, LMSW)
“there was a push… for disabled people to have an acceptance day where they shared their stories… about their lives as disabled persons… Though… expanded to include all disabilities, the fact that it was first created to focus on Black Americans & mental health shouldn’t have been left unknown…”
Psychology:
Five Ways To Boost Your Confidence: Studio 5
Emotional Health (Julie Hanks LCSW)
“Be Conscious of Societal Context… know that you are not alone… Don’t Overthink Small Decisions… Remember That “Failure” Can Be Your Friend… Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone… self-start, face the uncomfortable moments, and find greater joy and success…”
5 Ways to Stop Anxiety Before It Stops You
The Mindful Self-Express (Melanie Greenberg Ph.D.)
“when you take action towards your goals despite your anxiety—and then actually survive the experience… you build a sense of self-efficacy… Set a Realistic Goal… ask yourself what you really want… figure out the easiest thing you can do to get started. Phrase your goal specifically…”
7 Thoughts From a Chronically Unhappy Person
New York Times (Diana Spechler)
“you concentrate on what’s wrong in this world versus what’s right… It’s [Star’s] a not-so-subtle assertion: Depressed people should just stop being so depressed already… There are those who will shame us for being stuck in our pain and those who will empower us to claw our way out…”
Becoming the Butterfly: The Power of Personal Transformation
Dr. Christina Hibbert
“It requires faith, and listening to those whispers… Recognize what and where you already are… Envision who you want to be, and what you desire to become. Let go of the… expectations, words of others, false beliefs, and especially fears. Let go and dream… Work on your talents. Practice…”
Change Often Incites Fear in PTSD Recovery
HealthyPlace (Michele Rosenthal)
“After trauma, it’s a normal instinct to seek (and do anything necessary) to create a sensation of security… habits that create a sensation of being in control… replacing them with more healthy ways of feeling safe and in control can actually give you back your life…”
Despair Cracks Open Your Heart
Soundstrue (Mary Pipher and Tami Simon)
“connection between despair and a lack of trust, as well as how personal writing can be a panacea for hopelessness… advice for journeyman therapists who are dealing with clients buried deep in their own despair… how despair can crack the heart wide open…”
Does Experiencing Therapy Make A Better Therapist?
The Trauma and Attachment Report (Robert T. Muller)
“Self-care can take many forms and can include going through therapy. For practitioners, experiencing their own therapy helps promote self-awareness and personal growth. And it allows them to address private issues and biases that would otherwise hinder progress in their clients…”
Do you understand that your baby goes away and never comes back?
New Republic
“Adoption is embraced in the Marshall Islands, but in the Ozarks, it means something very different. The tragic consequences of cultural misunderstanding… The stories that circulated among the Marshallese in Springdale made U.S. adoption sound not dissimilar to customs back home…”
Feeling Nothing During Grief: The disorienting experience of emotional numbness
What’s Your Grief (Eleanor)
“Feeling nothing may be described as anhedonia, which is one of the main symptoms of major depressive disorder, but someone might also experience this sort of reaction in response to things like anxiety or trauma… Feeling nothing is more like feeling empty, dead inside…”
Fresh thinking on old issues
Counseling Today (Laurie Meyers)
“with complex trauma, the first thing you need to do is to help them live in the present, not the past… connecting with a client who is suicidal… understanding… circumstances under which… people might consider suicide… neutralizing bullying by increasing self-esteem…”
Is Mindfulness Therapy Just as Effective as Antidepressants?
Good Therapy ( Zawn Villines)
“In a two-year study, people who treat their depression with mindfulness-based cognitive therapy experience relapse at similar rates as those who use medication…”
Managing teams in dangerous places—the self-destructor
Mindfulnext (J.)
“The self-destructor is the one who is online 24/7… the person whose mental and physical health will be obviously going down the toilet… Model healthy behavior. It starts with you. As the leader, YOU set the tone. You have your act together… You set your personal boundaries…”
Neuroplasticity: how the brain can heal itself [podcast]
All in the Mind (Lynne Malcolm)
“Dr Norman Doidge has traveled the world meeting people who have healed themselves using neuroplasticity—the brain’s ability to change in response to stimuli and experience… concept may change the way we treat everything from ADD to Parkinson’s…”
Nonprofit:
The Engaged Leader: A Strategy for Digital Transformation
Beth’s Blog
“book offers best practices, examples, and frameworks for leaders who want to nurture and develop a deeper connection with their stakeholders… leaders need to use mobile tools to a communicate and manage… leaders need to ask and answer questions with data, and faster…”
Innovating for the Earth
SSIR Blog
“Conservation, climate change, and other environmental issues represent major challenges… 10 articles from the Stanford Social Innovation Review archives that share breakthrough ideas and new perspectives on how to tackle these complex, multifaceted issues…”
Job interviews make you nervous? Learn how to prepare and impress
Idealist Careers (Allison Jones)
“On our upcoming webinar with Fundamentum on Wednesday, April 29th at 12:30 pm EST, we’ll show you how to answer common interview questions, to research strong questions to ask your interviewer, and to shift the power dynamic so you can shine…”
Private Practice:
Counselling jobs in 2015: Can (or should) you get a job?
Private Practice Experts Kelly & Miranda (Miranda Palmer)
“Currently, many people are struggling to find mental health positions… People like to work with, and refer to, people they know, like, and trust… Are you able to articulate what you do, and who you are?… if you take the steps to become known- you can get paid…”
How to Grow an Income as a Consultant
Practice of the Practice
“Most people are terrible consultants for one main reason—we don’t like to talk about money…“retainer-based” approach… most of the higher end consultants… similar to the “package-based” approach, except that they are based on a specific number of hours or minutes per month…”
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