WASHINGTON, DC- On March 24, 2014, President Obama announced the appointment of Douglas Brooks, MSW, as the Director of the White House Office of National AIDS...
In the field of social work and particularly with the protection of vulnerable people , we are presented almost daily with the opportunity to make a...
Are you curious about what medical social workers do? Read this interview with Sally Howell Dagerhardt, MSW, LCSW, a clinical social worker for a primary care...
Winterbourne View care home in the United Kingdom made headlines in May 2011 when the British Broadcasting Corporation, the BBC, aired an episode of their revered...
The Problem Behind the Problem Cancer biologists cannot solve the cancer problem by themselves, nor can anyone else for that matter. I’m a cancer biologist, so...
The article I wrote in January about a restaurant owner’s refusal to serve a veteran with a service dog raised questions about how businesses are to respond...
Economists Gary S. Becker and Julio J. Elias propose in the Wall Street Journal that they have calculated a system of legal payments for kidney donations...
Drug use is a significant contributing factor of poor health and rising mortality rates in Canada and the United States. In order to decrease these rates,...
by Vilissa K. Thompson, LMSW Recently, President Obama signed an executive order to increase the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour for federal contract workers. This...
You can’t take it with you.—Kaufman and Hart Unless you’ve been living on another planet, you’ve probably noticed the ever-increasing media coverage over the last few...
by Vilissa K. Thompson, LMSW In Enid, Oklahoma, outrage has spurred over claims that a restaurant owner refuses to serve those with disabilities, African Americans, Latinos,...
Deciding whether or not to disclose about your mental illness in the workplace can put you in a very compromising position. On one hand, you want...
Disability rulings are commonly issued by the Social Security Administration, although reaching a decision on what qualifies a person as disabled can be a long and...
by Vilissa K. Thompson, LMSW Last week, the Justice Department announced that it would promptly make funding available to provide free tracking devices for children with...
Recently in Utah, a group of up to 40 students at Uintah Elementary in Salt Lake City had their school lunches taken away. They were apparently taken...
Regardless of who you are rooting for when it comes to the Super Bowl, there is no denying the empowering story of Derrick Coleman, Seattle Seahawks’...
It can sometimes be difficult for parents to determine the difference between normal teenage mood swings and having a troubled teen. Therefore, it is imperative to...
The arguments for and against breastfeeding have been raging for years, with compelling arguments being made for both sides. However, recent research has begun to show...
Being “green” has become the newest fad, which few could argue is a bad thing. The part that many aren’t aware of, even the greenest environmentalists,...
What is a ‘Food Desert’? A generally accepted definition of a food desert is: an area where low-income people have restricted access to fresh fruit, vegetables,...
A recent study by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers provides evidence that CD4+ T lymphocytes — immune system cells also known...
Although extreme poverty in the United States is low by global standards, the U.S. has the worst index of health...
Recently, I had the opportunity to give a webinar on disability cultural competence to social service workers, but was met...
Pediatric neurologist Jane Tavyev, MD, has advice for parents looking to help their children learn social skills after pandemic isolation....