Archive for October 2024

A new study has lifted the lid on how couples living with rheumatoid arthritis cope with the debilitating disease finding that those who cope with problems together had less psychological distress and better relationships.

Uber terms mean couple can’t sue after ‘life-changing’ crash

BBC | pngimg

A couple who were left with life-changing injuries after their Uber crashed have been told they cannot sue the company because of the terms they accepted when using the app.

Experiential learning in generalist groups courses: skills and process of BSW and MSW students

Antecedents of mentors’ interpersonal behaviors at work: A cross‐sectional study

Native American college students in counseling: Results from a large-scale, multisite effectiveness study.

Virtue ethics, the next step in quality improvement? How virtue ethics supports medical professionals’ character development

A narrative review of the international literature on social work within the military

How can we measure psychological safety in mental healthcare staff? Developing questionnaire items using a nominal groups technique

Diagnostic discrimination of social network indicators in alcohol use disorder: Initial examination using high-resolution and brief assessments.

Deadline extended (to 9 Oct): Call for evidence – An inspection into the Home Office’s use of age assessments

“I don’t need my kid to be high”: prioritizing harm reduction when using cannabis during pregnancy

Free Time: The History of an Elusive Ideal

Charitable Food Assistance: USDA Can Enhance Guidance and Improve Program Performance Assessment

Effect of menstrual cycle on rewarding properties of alcohol cues in women.

“Longing and Hope and Sadness and Anger”: Disentangling the Social and the Human

Economic resilience and polystrengths: Identifying protective factors associated with economic self-sufficiency among survivors of intimate partner violence.

Examination of the mild, moderate, and severe alcohol use disorder severity indicators using a nationally representative sample.

New guide available on best practices for embedding social workers in police departments

Police 1 | PAARI

This resource from PAARI draws from the experiences of embedded social workers in Jeffersontown, Kentucky

Longitudinal measurement invariance of constructs derived from the addiction cycle.

Learning From People With Dementia What Works Well for Well-Being: Interviews and Focus Groups

Working for Debt: Banks, Loan Sharks, and the Origins of Financial Exploitation in the United States

How naloxone reverses opioid overdoses (and why it’s important to have on hand!)

NIH Medline Plus

Naloxone is an “opioid antagonist” medicine. It attaches to opioid receptors in the brain to reverse and block the effects of opioids. Opioids include heroin, fentanyl, oxycodone, and morphine, to name a few. When someone overdoses on opioids, their breathing can slow or stop altogether. Naloxone can quickly and safely restore regular breathing.