Social Work

Dementia is a debilitating illness that is characterized by degeneration of memory, cognition, behaviour and the ability to perform activities...

Crowdsourcing can be defined as enlisting the services of a number of individuals for a particular cause usually via the...

New Year's resolutions are something a lot of us make, but very few of us ever actually stick with them....

Part one of this series analyzed the impact of the Bonus Army, and part two looked at the survival of...

It can sometimes be difficult for parents to determine the difference between normal teenage mood swings and having a troubled...

Being “green” has become the newest fad, which few could argue is a bad thing.  The part that many aren’t...

Grocery options are limited on the far South Side. (Image: Zol87 CC by/nc) What is a ‘Food Desert’? A generally...

Child Sexual abuse is still a taboo topic in many homes. We don’t talk about it, we don’t want to...

A new addition to the family brings with it lots of changes, and a myriad of emotions may be experienced...

Both multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary teamwork have been used in healthcare in the past. However, although there is a clear difference...

At Weber State University in Ogden, Utah, students in the Social Work department have the opportunity to complete a research...

Surveys are commonly used by market researchers to find out about prospective customers, but it's not the only time an...

Postpartum depression can be unexpected for new moms.  As discussed in the last article, new parents often expect to grapple...

New York City-NY According to researchers working on the American Cities Project, a study sponsored by the PEW Charitable Trust,...

Over 25 years as an Australian social worker, my experience is that a good proportion of the population relate “social...

Social Security Administration Most anyone who has gone through the Social Security or SSI disability system finds out how challenging...

Home is Where I Make It The foster care system is constantly seeking out people who are willing to provide...

by Debra Wright Glaring television, spending long hours surfing the Internet, playing video games the whole day, these are just...

Corporate Welfare vs Social Welfare I've dreamed of one day moving home again to have my future children surrounded by...

Ashley Qualls When the new season of The First 48 began, one of the first episodes on the A&E show...