Best in Mental Health (8/22/16 – 9/11/16)

Mental Health Roundup

This contains some of the latest news in social work, healthcare, private practice and more!

This week’s wrap-up has 6 main themes:

• Healthcare
• Education/Technology
• Advocacy
• Therapy/Relationships
• Self-Care
• NonProfit Career/Private Practice

Healthcare

• 6 Myths About Suicide That Every Educator And Parent Should Know – NPR – “David Jobes… one of the most common — and most dangerous — myths about suicide is that young children just don’t kill themselves… Myth 2: Depression causes all suicides…”
  •  A Look at Pregnancy And Suicide During National Suicide Prevention Week – Katherine Stone – “US doesn’t consider suicide in the first year postpartum as a pregnancy-related death… while there are still some complications of pregnancy that outrank suicide as causes of death among pregnant and new mothers, suicide is among the leading causes…”
  • Suicide Prevention and Healthcare Communities On Twitter – Sean Erreger, Amelia Roberts, Milan Balakrishnan & Maha Yaqoob – “Suicide prevention and healthcare communities are “talking” with each other at times…”
  • A #ZeroSuicide World – Social Work Podcast Interview with David W. Covington – “what Zero Suicide means… how you can get your healthcare organization involved in Zero Suicide… need to believe that suicides are preventable… all need to agree on the goal of Zero Suicide”
• Depression Is Poorly Diagnosed and Often Goes Untreated – Nicholas Bakalar – “About 8.4 percent of the people interviewed had depression. But of those, only 28.7 percent had received any treatment…”
• Media coverage of mental illness has increased significantly in recent years – Edward Sykes – “increase in media coverage of mental illness since 2008… glimmers of a change in how stigmatising… coverage is… hard to see a definite trend…”
• Recovery High Schools – Jonathan Singer interview w/Lori Holleran Steiker, Ph.D. – “risk factors for addiction, adolescent brain development, how to think about addiction from a biopsychosocial-spiritual perspective…”
• Worried sick: cCBT and bibliotherapy for somatic symptom disorder and illness anxiety disorder – Suzanne Dash – “roughly two people need to be treated for one person to go into remission…”

Education/Technology

• Four ways to close the early years learning gap – Allegra Pocinki – “four main approaches to boosting human capital formation among less-advantaged families: money, education (pre-K), time (i.e. paid leave), and skills (of parents)…”
• ADHD and High School: How to Help Teenagers Succeed – Kristin J. Carothers – ““ABC” concept… First, identify the Behaviors we want to change—the ones that have Consequences we’re trying to avoid. What leads to those behaviors?…”
• Cultural Humility: A Lesson Plan for Social Work –  Sarah Richards-Desai – “UBSSW… module includes a 12-minute video, containing interviews and content… concept of cultural humility in social work…”
• In Effort To Curb Violence In Chicago, A Professor Mines Social Media – NPR – “Patton is trying to create an algorithm that will monitor and identify who might be the next victim or shooter… What if we understood her pain?… social media gives us an opportunity to really dig deeper…”
• Introducing LifeLaunchr: A New Resource – Venkates Swaminathan – “connects students and families with courses and packages… all aspects of college planning… resources at a range of price levels, from free to affordable…”
• The Logic of Consumption: Education – Karen Sternheimer – “consumer model of education is very different from student-centered learning, where students are active participants in shaping the learning process…”
• My Philosophy of Teaching… I think?!? – JimmySW – “my philosophy of teaching tends to be student-centered… challenge… is getting students to recognize that… they can make such a meaningful contribution to our learning if they share…”
• The neuroscience of learning – All in the Mind… Science of Learning Research Centre -“the 50% feedback animals tend to learn better… One of the most effective ways to enhance learning is to engage the students emotionally… they [teachers] have to be passionate… “
• Talking Technology Competency in the Social Work Classroom – Elise Johnson – “technology is an asset… one that should be viewed through a strengths-based lens…Task 1: Agency Website Review… Go on Yelp and Google and read the reviews…”
• Teacher Tips for Supporting Children with SEN and Autism –  Adele Devine – “book Flying Starts for Unique Children… simple accommodations… before the children start school… Suggest children bring in a favourite (non breakable) toy from home…”

Advocacy

• Banning ‘Bossy’ to Change Attitudes Toward Female Leadership – Caitlin McNair – “when women act stereotypically feminine, they are seen as less competent. But when they display stereotypically masculine mannerisms, they are disliked…”
• Beyond Borders: BCSSW Collaboration Investigates Quality of Life for Palestinian Social Workers – BCSocialWork – “scarcity of resources… beyond providing the most basic of needs such as food and water and medical care. Fears for one’s own safety…”
• How White Americans’ Hatred of Racism Can Actually Support and Protect Racism – Jon Greenberg – “associate “racist” with the symbols of the most egregious and deadly forms of White Supremacy… When we bolt, we don’t discuss…”
• Get Out The Vote Resources for Advocates – Rachel L. West – “video from Nonprofit Vote… explores how to register clients at a clinic to vote…nonprofit election rules…”
  • Join #SWRocktheVote Campaign! – “NASW… join Social Work Helper Magazine… AASWSW… We ask that each social worker and social work student get involved by registering five people to vote by September 30…”
• Moving from Conversation to Action – twitter chat hosted by #MacroSW on Sept. 8 – around “What was the tipping point that pushed you to work on a cause or issue? How has social media played a key role…” plus resources such as  The 4 Steps to Building a Successful Social Movement…”
• My Block, My Hood, My City Is Combining Social Justice with Service Learning – Arasha Reece – “expose youth to their impact within their communities and communities beyond… youth feel more connected… creating much needed social change…”

Therapy/Relationships

• Assertive Parenting: How to Stay Strong and Calm – Julie Hanks – “Self-soothe before you make a move… Validate their feelings… Stay firm on boundaries…”
• Can Sexting Increase Relationship Satisfaction? – Jeremy Adam Smith – “research to date says yes—but only in certain conditions… needs to be mutual, enthusiastic, and consensual… requires… emotional safety…”
• Childhood Emotional Neglect: The Invisible Experience – Lourdes Viado interview w/Jonice Webb – “It’s really about what DIDN’T happen… biggest myth… That only BAD parents emotionally neglect children… First steps in healing: acknowledgment and reclaiming emotions…”
• Counseling ‘unlikeable’ clients – Laurie Meyers – “The key is being able to set aside and even learn from those negative feelings when they pop up…Suttle…”
• Counseling survivors of sexual assault – Brooke Bagley and Joel Diambra – “five-phase model… assessment… building rapport… strengths… Cognitive intervention… emotion-based… interventions… trauma narrative…”
• Gender Inclusive Schools Toolkit – Relando Thompkins-Jones – “resource from Gender Spectrum… higher ed, community groups and other institutions can benefit…”
• Genograms: How to Use Them With Your Therapy Patients [own] – “Monica McGoldrick describes a powerful way of employing genograms… illustrate the generational wounds that have taken place, as well as a trajectory of survival, resilience and hope…”
• How to Differentiate between Different Personality Disorders – Christine Hammond – “five model factor as described in Widiger and Costa’s book, Personality Disorders and the Five-Factor Model of Personality…”
• How To Improve Your Social Skills – Stephen Borgman interview w/Daniel Wendler – “founded… ImproveYourSocialSkills.com… Social interaction is supposed to be fun. But when you are struggling with anxiety, it’s hard to enjoy spending time with others…”
• Inpatient or Intensive Outpatient? – Ricky Greenwald – “When the immediate concern is safety, I recommend inpatient placement… Although coping skills are useful, it’s far more useful to heal from the trauma, so you no longer have symptoms that need coping with…”
• Introverts vs Extroverts:Impacts parents connection with teen daughters – Launching Your Daughter podcast w/Stacey Horn – “uses Temperament Sorters by Ray W Lincoln and focuses on strengths… How do you restore your batteries?… take in information of the world?…”
  • Introvert, Shy, Socially Anxious: What’s the Difference? – Christine Reber – “Compared to shyness, introversion is not a characteristic that is outgrown or developed, but is rather a trait that is inherent in an individual… social anxiety disorder debilitates one’s functioning…”
• On Narcissism and its Discontents – Danna Bodenheimer – “narcissists are simply people whose developmental needs were not met… By seeing that there is tenderness and vulnerability behind the vicious veil that narcissism can often wear, we can help the need for the veil to diminish… “
• Rethinking Madness – Beyond Meds -“Paris Williams, the author, is now offering the PDF file of the complete book for free… Paradigm Shift in our Understanding and Treatment of Psychosis…”
• Transcript of a telephone session with an anxious client, with feedback – Steve Andreas – “The more specific and precise you are with your words, the easier it will be for the client to change…”
• Using Art and Creativity to Manage Transitions – Lisa Mitchell – “everyone is in some kind of transition at every point in their lives… the only way through the harder transitions is to embrace the slog… “
• Using Empathy As An Antidote For Bullying – Mercedes Samudio interview w/Michele Borba – “UnSelfie Why Emphatic Kids Succeed in an All About Me World… the best antidote for bullying is empathy. And it’s mobilizing 85% of the kids who are bystanders… helping them by giving them a skill of moral courage to be able to step in…”
  • The “Trump Effect” on Adolescent Bullying Behaviors at School – Justin W. Patchin – “rate of bullying overall is pretty much the same… Parents should take the time to point out to their children when a politician or public figure (or anyone else, for that matter) crosses the line…”
• The Science of Social Work – InSocialWork podcast interview w/Dr. Jeane Anastas and Dr. Cynthia Franklin- “how our profession attempts to integrate practice and research… factors that complicate practitioners’ adoption of evidence-based practices…”
• Webinar Recording: How to Have a Healthy Romantic Relationship When Talking About Money – SJS/Center for Financial SW – “How do familial relationships to money affect you and your partner now?… spot and treat the addiction of financial infidelity…”

Self-Care

• Eight Ways to Stop a Panic Attack in its Tracks – Tanya J. Peterson – “Breathing in the essence of certain plants, such as lavender or chamomile, can have an almost instant calming effect… Repeat a mantra… Drink something calming…”
• Humility over Heroism – Ermintrude – “Social work as hero implies sacrifice. Sacrifice, whether it’s time with family or hobbies leads to resentment. Resentment leads to burnout…”

NonProfit Career/Private Practice

• The Benefits of Podcasting for Therapists – Therapy Chat interview w/Melvin Varghese – “podcasting can help therapists grow their practices and help them scale their businesses away from simply trading time for money…”
• Giving Back – Interview with Paul Fugelsang of Open Path Psychotherapy Collectve – ZynnyMe – “network of therapists around the country who have agreed to see 1 client at rates that range from $30 to $50/session… we have over 2, 100 therapists…”
• How To Build An Amazing Community Around Your Blog – Tamara Suttle – “Ernesto Segismundo Jr… Building an online community is about building a web of caring connections through conversations…”
• How to Name a Private Practice | Step-by-Step – Joe Sanok – “Who are you as a clinician?… Who is your ideal client? What URLs are available? What name feels really awesome?…”
  • Build & Expand Referral Networks with Clinicians & Non-Clinicians – Selling the Couch interview w/Jennifer McGurk – “networking with other professionals who do the exact same thing that you do… you can support one another and help grow both of your practices at the same time…’
  • Safety in Your Private Practice – Wendy Williams – “Review Your Office Layout– Make sure your desk and chair is not position where you have to walk pass your client to get to the door…Learn Self-Defense…”
• Looking for a career change? Why you should switch to social work – Debbie Andalo – “18- to 34-year-old age group shows an unprecedented willingness to switch careers… career changers bring a different perspective to social work than that of new graduates…”
  • Making Your Social Work Resume Stand Out – Richard Poulin – “show what you’ve done by emphasizing the benefits for the organizations and people you’ve worked with… have as many numbers as possible…”
• Resource: The Social Media Toolkit for Nonprofits – Beth Kanter – “aim of the [free] toolkit is to equip the charity sector’s… professionals with the right foundations, tactics and inspirational case studies to use social media effectively…”
• Writing Therapy Notes for Insurance –  Maelisa Hall – “Have you addressed each condition listed?… identify a clear why for what you’re doing with this client… provide an accurate diagnosis… have a plan for how to treat this specific problem…”