Archive for April 2024
Gov. Hobbs vetoes two SNAP work requirement bills
Ballotpedia
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) vetoed two bills on April 2, 2024, aiming to implement work requirements for individuals enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps. Both bills passed along party lines in the Republican-controlled legislature.
Self-Burdensomeness, Self-Esteem and Suicidal Ideation
Economic Navigation and Strengthening to Research Unrestricted Services for Transgender Women (ENTRUST)
Altered Neural Activity during Negative Reinforcement in People with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Development of an action programme tackling obesity-related behaviours in adolescents: a participatory system dynamics approach
Emotional Wellbeing and Cognitive Appraisals Among Law Enforcement Exposed to Child Sexually Explicit Materials
An analysis of the contents of the young‐onset dementia helpline: profiles of clients who consulted the helpline themselves
Sounds boring: the causal effect of boredom on self-administration of aversive stimuli in the presence of a positive alternative
‘I believe in the value of social work’: launch editor looks back as Community Care turns 50
CommunityCare
This is the first in a series of interviews celebrating Community Care’s 50th anniversary. We will be speaking to key figures who have shaped the last 50 years in social work and those who will shape it in the years to come.
Interplay of intrinsic motivation and well-being at school
Basic psychological needs as an explanation of body image and eating pathways to adolescent adjustment: a prospective study testing an integrated self-determination theory model
About 16 Million Children in Low-Income Families Would Gain in First Year of Bipartisan Child Tax Credit Expansion
Seizing and freezing to life outcomes: Need for cognitive closure intensifies affective reactions to major events
The Right is Prepared For This Moment. Are We?
In These Times
So what do we do? How do we fight back? We asked some of the smartest people we know.
A deep dive into the genetics of alcohol consumption
ScienceDaily | UC:SD
She said their study opens numerous doors for future research, chasing down possible connections between the alcohol-protective alleles and conditions that have no apparent connection with alcohol consumption. “Understanding the underlying mechanisms of these effects could have implications for treatments and preventative medicine,” Sanchez-Roige noted.
School Absenteeism and Child Mental Health: A Mixed-Methods Study of Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms
Masculinity and Condom Use: Using a Rejection Sensitivity Framework to Understand Women’s Condom Negotiation in Mixed-Gender Sexual Encounters
Development of a Virtual Human for Supporting Tobacco Cessation During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Policy Opportunities to Expand Equitable Access to Telehealth Across New York State
A meta-analytic review of the associations of personality, intelligence, and physical size with social status.
The Tensions of Algorithmic Thinking: Automation, Intelligence and the Politics of Knowing
Intersex in the USA’s Best-Selling Undergraduate Psychology Textbooks: Uneven Critique in an Ongoing Scientific and Ethical Crisis
How to Enter for the NOMIS & Science Young Explorer Award (Deadlines: May 15)
Academic Webinar: Complex Humanitarian Emergencies
Repealing Missouri ban on food stamps for people with drug felonies would improve public safety
Missouri Independent | S Heins/Getty
People with drug felonies on their criminal record are uniquely excluded from receiving benefits in Missouri from Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps, after they are released from prison. This deprivation of SNAP benefits is solely because of their categorization as a former drug felon. This treatment of people charged with drug crimes — and not people with any other type of criminal record — is inconsistent with other ways in which Missouri promotes public safety in aiming to reduce recidivism post-incarceration.
How is NICE guideline 214 relevant to my role in clinical practice?
Do Coping Self-Efficacy, Coping Flexibility, and Substance Use Coping Mediate the Connection from PTSD Symptoms to Problematic Alcohol Use Behaviors?
Facts about teen drinking
Work precarity, employment characteristics and health among Canada’s long-term care and seniors’ home workers during the COVID-19 pandemic
New Federal 12-Month Continuous Eligibility Expansion: Over 17 Million Children Could Gain New Protections from Coverage Disruptions
The current state of complex systems research on socioeconomic inequalities in health and health behavior—a systematic scoping review
Ecological Momentary Assessment of Positive and Negative Affect in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Azerbaijan’s mine problem discussed at IFSW meeting
AZERNEWS
At the general assembly of the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) held in Panama, Azerbaijan’s mine problem was brought to the agenda… Representatives from 153 countries participated in the hybrid event.
IFSW Europe elects Dr Ruth Allen as new president
IFSW
Ruth brings a distinguished background to her new role as president. After a long career in social work practice, development and leadership, Ruth joined the British Association of Social Workers as Chief Executive. She is a member of the Executive committee of IFSW Europe and has a long commitment to IFSW and international social work. She brings commitment to our principles of social justice, transparency, accountability, responsibility, participation, responsiveness and inclusion in all we do.
A Survey of Educator’s Mental Health Literacy in Nova Scotia, Canada: Identifying Patterns by Training and Experience
Applying Quantitative Analyses to Qualitative Data: Investigating Latent Topics and Their Clinical Correlates in Treatment-Seeking Youth’s Top Problems
Quarterly Carers Statistics for Northern Ireland (December 2023)
The impact of COVID-19 on life expectancy across socioeconomic groups in Denmark
Carers threatened with prosecution over minor breaches of UK benefit rules
The Guardian | Pixel Youth movement/Alamy
DWP is forcing tens of thousands of people looking after relatives to repay huge sums after buildup of erroneous overpayments. MPs have called for an overhaul of the carer’s allowance, saying it was wrong that carers were being treated like fraudsters for mostly inadvertent errors.