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The review was conducted by social work leader Clare Chamberlain and journalist Ashley John-Baptiste, who grew up in care himself. It found that isolation and a drop-off in support contributed to the early deaths of 112 care leavers aged 18 to 24 in England in 2025. This is a staggering death rate of 130 per 100,000 care leavers, a figure at least three times higher than the general population.
Western Cape social development workers have fallen victim to 22 hijackings and attempted hijackings so far this financial year, as concerns mount that attacks on already stretched social workers could leave vulnerable children and families without timely help.
This makes the NT the last Australian jurisdiction to legalise voluntary assisted dying. It will be available to Territorians in early 2028. So, why did it take so long for the NT to join other states and territories? And will voluntary assisted dying in the NT look different from other parts of Australia?
Dr. Joonmo Kang, Assistant Professor, and Cheryl Holmes, Research Project Director in KU’s School of Social Welfare, learned about the program in 2022 when Kang took one of his classes to the farm on a field trip. After that, the research team took part in the group’s monthly meetings, attended events and got to know staff, trainees and volunteers. They formed a research group and held focus groups with staff first to determine what they wanted to know about the program and interviewed farmers to learn about their experiences.
The American Psychiatric Association announced that it will release the next edition of the DSM in the coming years, and one of its major plans is to modernize the manual by introducing biology. I was a member of the DSM’s strategic committee between May 2024 and August 2026 and contributed to the subcommittee tasked with integrating neurobiology into the manual.
Researchers’ understanding of the biology of mental disorders is still slowly evolving. So my DSM colleagues and I decided to take a more nuanced approach to incorporate neurobiology into the diagnosis of psychiatric conditions.