Compulsory community treatment orders (CCTOs) were introduced in Scotland 20 years ago, to offer people with severe mental ill health the chance to get full support and treatment at home as they recovered. A new report from the Mental Welfare Commission showed there has been a 44% increase, from 941 in 2012 to 1,333 in 2022.
Archive for February 2024
An examination of the cross-cultural equivalence of the personality inventory for DSM-5 across Chinese and U.S. samples.
A Schema Conceptualisation of Psychosocial Functioning Among Transitioned Military Personnel
What Might Future Rights-Based Climate Litigation Look Like in Indonesia? A Preliminary Analysis
Sharp rise in use of legal orders for compulsory medication for mentally ill patients
Early Buddhist Meditation, Part 4: Mindfulness of Breathing
Interruptions, interventions, and innovations in social services during COVID‐19 in Bangladesh
Developing and strengthening services to achieve an integrated continuum of long-term care in Türkiye: EVIPNet evidence brief for policy, number 12
The borderline personality organization in Otto F. Kernberg’s psychodynamic perspective
As millions wait on food stamp approvals, feds tell states to speed it up
Thousands of residents in Alaska are stuck waiting for food assistance benefits as state officials scramble to clear the backlog. Alaska is one of 32 states that have fallen behind in processing claims for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, due to staffing shortages and a shaky return from pandemic-era procedures.
2024 Puffin Student Writing Fellows (Due by March 17)
Cognitive‐behavioral therapy for avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder: A proof‐of‐concept for mechanisms of change and target engagement
Scalable TELeheaLth Cancer CARe: The STELLAR Program to Treat Cancer Risk Behaviors (STELLAR)
Does information reduce interpersonal violence? Evidence from prisons
Relationships That Persist and Protect: The Role of Enduring Relationships on Early-Adult Outcomes among Youth Transitioning Out of Foster Care
Testing the Impact of a Peer-Delivered Family Support Program: A Randomized Clinical Effectiveness Trial
Toward a Humane Metaverse: Challenges and Opportunities
Economic Outcomes of Shared Placement among Divorced Mothers in Wisconsin
Order or Stability: The Role of Penal Administrators in the Transformation of Instability within Correctional Institution
Child and adolescent mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic: a call for submissions to CAPMH (Series will remain open until December 2024)
Assessment and Care Management: Its history and context within Social Work in Scotland today
Navigating the Medical Metaverse: Using Objective Measures to Stay on Course
Preliminary investigation of objective and subjective experiences of relatives of individuals with hoarding behaviors
What American Divorces Tell Us About American Marriages
Lyz Lenz on the Inseparable Histories of Matrimony and Disunion in the United States
Associations of dimensions of anger with distress following traumatic bereavement.
Opinion: Austerity and income assistance
James Mulvale is a Professor of Social Work at the University of Manitoba and a research affiliate at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
Parental separation and death during childhood as predictors of adult psychopathology: An examination of racial differences.
Routes of Drug Use Among Drug Overdose Deaths — United States, 2020–2022
Families Deserve Action to End Child and Family Poverty in Nova Scotia
Suicidal ideation and clinician-rated suicide risk in veterans referred for ADHD evaluation at a VA Medical Center.
Previous mental health care and help-seeking experiences: Perspectives from sexual and gender minority survivors of near-fatal suicide attempts.
Demystifying anxiety and demotivation in on-line assessment: a focus on the impacts on academic buoyancy and autonomy
The Ethics and Erotics of Permission: On Manon Garcia’s “The Joy of Consent”
States Can Use Medicaid to Help Address Health-Related Social Needs
A 12-Month Follow-Up of PROCARE+, a Transdiagnostic, Selective, Preventive Intervention for Adolescents At-Risk for Emotional Disorders
The State of Mental Health Services for Incarcerated Adults in Ontario: A Scoping Review
Telebehavioral health at a federally qualified health center pre- and peri-COVID-19.
Narrative identity characteristics and personality pathology: An exploration of associations from a dimensional and categorical perspective in a clinical sample of youth.
A Rescue Dog Saved Him From Addiction
The dog that saved Mike Favor’s life was a German shepherd puppy named Honey: 8 weeks old, heart condition, four months to live.
Moderators of the relationship between callous-unemotional traits and externalizing problems in youth.
Automated Paper Screening for Clinical Reviews Using Large Language Models: Data Analysis Study
Tools for Sustainable State Budgeting
Supervision in Older People’s Services
A diffusion decision model analysis of the cognitive effects of neurofeedback for ADHD.
Dissociating the impact of alexithymia and impaired self-awareness on emotional distress and aggression after traumatic brain injury.
Pioneering Ideas for An Equitable Future
Look Again: The Power of Noticing What Was Always There
More needs to be done to tackle child poverty in budget, say campaigners
New analysis carried out by the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) shows the financial support available to out-of-work families in Scotland through the social security system is around 40% short of the income needed to meet an acceptable standard of living.