Maybe I am a hopeless romantic, but I believe that workplace environments are akin in many ways to romantic relationships. If we spend the majority of...
Who (or what) comes to your mind when you think about active listening? For me, I think about my girlfriend Jo. She gives her complete attention...
If you are a social worker, you probably know better than anyone just how much pressure has been put on professionals since the Covid-19 crisis began....
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We’re all public health nerds now, and many of us have stepped up our games when it comes to washing our hands and sanitizing surfaces at...
As we begin a new decade, 2020 is testing the mental health of humanity. After the world mourned the loss of Kobe Bryant to start the...
You know that being kind to others is good for the recipient (obviously), but did you know that it’s also good for the giver, too? Yep,...
For the nearly 36 million Americans who experience panic attacks, the coronavirus pandemic is a potentially significant new trigger, a recent story in the Washington Post reported. For...
Program Will Provide Critical Aid to the Maryland Health Department’s Effort to Address Disparities and Better Serve the Behavioral Health Needs of Underserved Communities The primary...
As the lead social worker in charge of the behavioral health screening protocol at Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Delaware, Jessica Williams, MSS, LCSW...
At a time when liquor stores have been deemed essential during the Covid-19 crisis, alcohol abuse can cause relationship problems that can destroy a family and...
The COVID-19 pandemic has quickly and drastically changed day-to-day life in the U.S., causing fear and anxiety. Loyola Medicine clinical psychologists Elizabeth Simmons, PsyD, and Laura...
Every day, an astonishing 115 Americans die from opioid overdoses, according to a 2017 report from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Approximately half of these...
There is a quote attributed to Sigmund Freud, “Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar”. So too of childhood behaviour and incidents; they may be simply...
The United States is suffering from several different simultaneous opioid epidemics, rather than just a single crisis, according to an academic study of deaths caused by...
As families gear up to celebrate the winter holiday season together, a course of politics is likely their least favorite topic to dish up at the...
Despite some claims that Americans are in the midst of a “loneliness epidemic,” older people today may not be any lonelier than their counterparts from previous...
Happily married couples enjoy better mental health status, according to researchers. They fall sick less often, have fewer instances of depression and anxiety, and suffer less...
Do you find yourself returning to the same abusive relationships time and again or choosing abusive partners over and over? Do you find yourself returning to...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) applauds a study released today by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine – Integrating Social Care...