Archive for October 2024

More than 2,000 unionized mental health workers in Southern California went on strike against Kaiser Permanente on Monday after the two sides failed to reach a new labor agreement.

Mackenzie Fierceton attended the University of Pennsylvania as an undergraduate in political science and then as a master’s student in social work.

Health workers and campaigners are furious with Labour’s plans for “job coaches” to tour mental health wards trying to push seriously ill people into work. Work and pension secretary Liz Kendall told BBC News she thought her plan would have “dramatic results”. She said she wanted it rolled out as part of her drive to shrink Britain’s annual disability and incapacity benefits bill.

From 14 to 18 October 2024, the European Youth Centre Budapest hosted 40 youth and social workers for the study session Transforming Social Work with the Power of Youth Work.

Swiss cantons and cities have decided to strengthen social welfare services and increase basic needs provisions for children in poverty.

In a career spanning five decades, Dr. Zimbardo (above in 1971) served as president of the American Psychological Association and pursued research on topics including shyness, the psychological roots of evil and the way dwelling on the past can affect decision-making. At the “core” of his interest… was “the process of transformation of human nature.”

Cigarette smoking kills nearly 500,000 Americans each year, and over 28 million adults currently smoke in the United States. Though most adults who smoke report that they want to quit, only 31% of those interested in quitting receive counseling and/or medications, and less than 8% effectively quit each year.