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Mental health

Is age biological, psychological, social or all three?
Today we are beginning a series of articles on Growing Older Gracefully which appear usually on Thursdays and perhaps other days of the week, but…
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New Year's resolutions - make the practice work.
Periodically, as humans in the twenty first century, it is a good practice to “take stock” and reflect on where we are at, where we’ve come from, and…
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Social Workers advocate for social justice, equity, and compassion in human relations.
A person wrote in a post on a listserv I participate on for mental health professionals:
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Is Trumpism a public health problem?
Bandy X Lee is not only a forensic psychiatrist but also has a degree in public health.
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Assessing dangerousness as a mental health professional
According to the Tarasoff decision in California which has now become a standard of mental health professional practice across the states in the US…
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The optimism/pessimism scale
Should I continue my life?
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Trump Drastically Inflates Annual Fentanyl Death Numbers
By Jacob GardenswartzAugust 23, 2024
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The stories we tell each other matter.
How we socially construct our reality.
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Social Policies matter.
NASW - PACE endorses Kamala Harris for U.S. President
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What is Narrative Therapy?
In Narrative Therapy we talk about the telling of the story, and then the retelling of the telling of the story, and then the retelling of the retelling…
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New York State has the third lowest suicide rate in the U.S.
When I was in graduate school getting my MSW in the early 70s our class was divided into groups and we had to pick a social problem area to research…
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Rate your pain, thinking, energy, and optimism: my four indicator rating system
When I was in orthopedic rehab I was consistently asked by nurses to rate my pain on a 10 point scale with 10 being the worse possible and 0 being non…
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