Trigger Warning: A Chinese Father Saved More Than 300 People at Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge
“I understand these people. I know they are tired of living here. They have had difficulties. They have no one ...
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Gay, Bisexual, Sexually Abused Male Inmates More Fearful of Prison Rape, More Open to Therapy
There is nowhere to escape in what often is referred to as a “sexual jungle,” especially for the most vulnerable. ...
Conscious Service in Mental Health
Nowadays, we are experiencing an almost epidemic of mental health challenges. Most of us will be touched by mental illness ...
A Qualitative Understanding of Trauma From A Helping Professional
Social Workers often work with trauma survivors and enter into the deepest parts of a victim's psyches in an effort ...
May is Mental Health Month – Risky Business Theme Highlights When Behaviors, Habits May Be Unhealthy
May is Mental Health Month (MHM) was started 68 years ago by Mental Health America (MHA) to raise awareness about mental ...
Four Tips for Dealing With Mental Health Needs in College
Photo Credit: Harvard University Utilization of mental health services on college campuses have been increasing quickly each year, and college ...
The Number of Mentally Ill in Prison
An activity therapy room is seen at the Psychiatric Inpatient Program at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, California ...
What Will a Trump Presidency Mean for Americans
Photo Credit: www.donaldtrump.com The Indiana, Nebraska, and West Virginia primaries have all ended, and Republican voters have made it clear ...
Mental Health Matters But What Happens When You Are Waitlisted
Buckeyes form MHM for Mental Health Matters Week Photo Credit: Scott Bletzinger Lately, you may have heard the term mental ...
Child Welfare and Psychotropic Drug Monitoring: The Role for Social Workers
Psychotropic treatments for children in foster care can be appropriate, but this form of therapy requires considerable oversight and advocacy ...
The Importance of Mental Health Awareness
Did you know that 1 in 4 American people suffer a mental illness? That is an estimate of 56% of ...
We Must Honor Kalief Browder and Work to End State Violence
Screenshot from rare video footage from Rikers Island showing Kalief Browder being held on the ground. On Saturday, June 6, ...
Mental Health Advocacy Must Remain A Top Priority
As of 2013, May is officially mental health month which was set in motion by President Obama, and it has made a ...
Interview with Teresa Butler: From Worrier to Warrior
As a child, Teresa Butler found herself overwhelmed with fear, anxieties and worries that a 4 year old shouldn't have ...
Older People Living Alone With Dementia
We are having a conversation, social worker to social worker, about the older constituents and clients who we each try ...
Wake Up Politicians, American Families Need Your Help With Mental Illness
The National Alliance on Mental Illness reports that one in four adults have a mental illness. Take pause for one second ...
Why You Haven’t Heard about the #DoubtfireFace Challenge
The ALS “Ice Bucket Challenge” is undoubtedly one of the most successful and engaging fundraising efforts in recent history. The ...
Mental Illness in ABC’s Black Box
ABC's Black Box ABC’s Black Box premiered on April 24th with Kelly Reilly as the main character. Reilly plays Dr. ...
Recidivism: Reducing Non-Compliance or Victim Blaming?
Court-mandated outpatient treatment in New York State, known as Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT), is a program designed to compel outpatient ...
Top Three Barriers to Quality Treatment for Mental Illness
Silver Linings Playbook Movie Poster-Weinstein Company In 2012 when Silver Linings Playbook was released, Social Work Helper examined how lack of ...
