Tag: Health

Social work has always used tools of the time period to help those in need. We are the helping hand, ...

Now Open: CSWE 2014 Call for Volunteers Response Deadline: 11:59 pm on Wednesday, April 30, 2014 Dear Colleagues, The Council on ...

Baby boomers, born between 1946 and 1964, are changing the definition of what it means to grow old. Baby boomers ...

As I finish up my first year in graduate school, I am reflecting on the reasons I chose to enroll ...

Termination is a highly important part of every therapeutic relationship that should be addressed throughout each stage of the process. ...

Practising social work teaches good bladder control. Social workers run from one bushfire to another, juggle complex, urgent demands and ...

Every two hours, someone in England takes their own life. Suicide is a leading cause of death amongst young men ...

If you’re like me -ambitious yet, admittedly, occasionally lost- you likely remember the song lyrics from the play Annie Get ...

Tragic and inspirational are the two words that come to mind after reading SJ Hart’s book, Lies In Silence. SJ ...

Art therapy is a commonly used and versatile medium for self-expression.  There are several exercises that can be completed at ...

Are you curious about what medical social workers do? Read this interview with Sally Howell Dagerhardt, MSW, LCSW, a clinical ...

Most coping techniques that teach people how to handle their abnormal anxieties focus on skills that reduce, replace, and avoid ...

The Problem Behind the Problem Cancer biologists cannot solve the cancer problem by themselves, nor can anyone else for that ...

I was the poster child for Vicarious Trauma at least that’s what I liked to tell myself. In the great oppression ...

Draft 2: 2015 Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) Opens on March 14, 2014  Feedback Closes on May 16, 2014 ...

I wish I was told in Graduate school and even in undergrad to some extent the real meaning of getting ...

I find it fascinating that we, as social workers, proclaim we want to help people make better choices and choose ...

The human services field is a broad one, and it encompasses various organizations that meet the needs of individuals and ...

Drug use is a significant contributing factor of poor health and rising mortality rates in Canada and the United States. ...

According to recent statistics and surveys, more than 10% of Americans shoplift. The vast majority of them shoplift not out ...