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The Problem With Mental Health Awareness

The Nation | P Bannan/Getty
The Nation | P Bannan/Getty

Billboards and hashtags won’t fix America’s mental health crises.

Posted in: News on 01/27/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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‘Thinking and talking about BASW’s heritage prompted me to reflect on my own heritage and life in social work’

BASW
BASW

Nick Lovell, member of the BASW UK Heritage Steering Group and BASW Cymru

Posted in: News on 01/27/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Macau’s Social Welfare Bureau reports 30% decrease in gambling addicts

Gambling Insider
Gambling Insider
Posted in: News on 01/26/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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The Unfinished Business of Flint’s Water Crisis

ProPublica | L de Almeida/Folhapress/Pan​os/Panos Pictures/Redux
ProPublica | L de Almeida/Folhapress/Pan​os/Panos Pictures/Redux

A Flint, Michigan, resident returns home pulling a wagon loaded with donated mineral water given out by volunteers in a neighborhood church in 2019.

Posted in: News on 01/26/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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From New York’s fashion scene to social work in the North: Inuvialuit model looks homeward

msn/CBC | W Allen
msn/CBC | W Allen

Willow Allen is going to school in Saskatchewan, with the goal of following her mother’s footsteps into a career in social work. She hopes to work in the fields of mental health and addiction, with a focus on Indigenous people.

Posted in: News on 01/26/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Yes, You Still Need to Wear a Mask

NYT | G Lam
NYT | G Lam

Short of a total lockdown, universal mask-wearing is the most effective way to slow the relentless rise in hospitalizations and deaths from Covid-19.

Posted in: News on 01/26/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Will the Pandemic Result in More Suicides?

NYT | J Lee
NYT | J Lee

It’s too soon to know. But some recent data, especially from specific groups, is cause for worry.

Posted in: News on 01/26/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Oranga Tamariki: Gráinne Moss’s exit does not mean the Māori child welfare crisis is resolved

The Guardian | Oranga Tamariki
The Guardian | Oranga Tamariki

The resignation of Oranga Tamariki boss Gráinne Moss signals the end of a protracted ideological dispute over child protection policy. But as is often the case with social work in liberal capitalist states, this represents the end of a specific battle rather than the resolution of a long-running war.

Posted in: News on 01/26/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Opinion: #MeTooInceste — A blind spot, not just in France

DW | B Wesel
DW | B Wesel

A new book has opened up a conversation in France about the sexual abuse of children within the family. The discussion of this taboo topic, usually shrouded in silence, was long overdue, says Luisa von Richthofen.

Posted in: News on 01/26/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Joan Fratter obituary

The Guardian
The Guardian

Joan Fratter pioneered many changes in fostering and adoption with the children’s charity Barnardo’s, including addressing the lack of diversity in both applicant families, and social workers placing children

Posted in: News on 01/25/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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The Meaning of the Mittens: Five Possibilities

The Intercept | C Brehman/AP
The Intercept | C Brehman/AP

It is crucial to understand that this had nothing to do with anything Bernie did — other than be Bernie in the only way he knows how. Like so much of his historic 2020 primary campaign, the symbolic power of the mittens was the work of the “us” in “not me, us,” a decentralized movement of movements that represents thousands of grassroots organizations and tens of millions of voters, and that stands for policies supported by majorities of Democratic voters, according to many polls, but are still rejected by its elite.

Posted in: News on 01/25/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Is Mask-Slipping the New Manspreading?

NYT | Getty
NYT | Getty

It’s a male thing. It’s like manspreading, but with masks. Call it manslipping. Above: Bill Clinton at the Biden inauguration.

Posted in: News on 01/25/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Iowa Democrats elect first Black person to serve as state chairman

We Are Iowa | K Kremer/Des Moines Register
We Are Iowa | K Kremer/Des Moines Register

Iowa Democratic Party members selected State Rep. Ross Wilburn, MSW, as their state party chairman

Posted in: News on 01/25/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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How to Win Medicare for All Under President Biden

In These Times | Religious Action Center
In These Times | Religious Action Center

Advocates for Medicare for All have won the policy debate — a recent study from the Congressional Budget Office shows again that single-payer saves money, controls costs, and covers everybody, including for long-term care. There is tremendous popular support for Medicare for All. But we lack the backing among enough elected officials to win politically, including from the newly inaugurated President Joe Biden.

Posted in: News on 01/25/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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How could a new survey help us understand the scale and nature of child abuse?

ONS | Shuterstock
ONS | Shuterstock

Since publishing the first compendium of child abuse statistics for England and Wales, the Office for National Statistics has been exploring the feasibility of a survey to measure the current prevalence of child abuse in the UK.

Posted in: News on 01/25/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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German town installs sleep pods to give homeless people protection

Metro | UlmerNest/Cover-Images
Metro | UlmerNest/Cover-Images

The German city of Ulm has introduced a unique solution for rough sleepers during the winter months – warm sleep pods placed in parks and other places where homeless people are known to sleep.

Posted in: News on 01/25/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Donald Macdonald obituary: Melrose man got social work OBE

Peeblesshire News
Peeblesshire News

Born in Larbert, Donald was the son of psychiatric nurses and spent his early childhood living in the grounds of a psychiatric hospital, which was known at the time as ‘Stirling District Lunatic Asylum’.

Posted in: News on 01/24/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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When a Shower Counts as a Privilege, You Have to Get Creative

The Marshall Project | C Visions
The Marshall Project | C Visions

Doing time during a pandemic can mean fighting for your turn to wash your body or call your family. Inside one man’s battle with an inaudible loudspeaker, weary guards and a dysfunctional process.

Posted in: News on 01/24/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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How Nations Heal

Boston Review
Boston Review

We cannot simply put the past behind us. The framework of transitional justice offers a promising path forward.

Posted in: News on 01/24/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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After killing his cousin, Clyde Meikle found purpose in prison through service. Now he’s asking to go home.

ctmirror | Y Kim
ctmirror | Y Kim

A photo of Clyde Meikle from a graduation ceremony for his associate’s degree on display in his mother’s home.

Posted in: News on 01/24/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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The class composition of the Capitol rioters (First Cut)

MR online
MR online
Posted in: News on 01/24/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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The Grief Artist

Guernica Magazine | J Vosmaer/Metropolitan Museum of Art
Guernica Magazine | J Vosmaer/Metropolitan Museum of Art

In the wake of a loss comes the urge to create. Above: Detail from Jacob Vosmaer, A Vase with Flowers, c. 1613.

Posted in: News on 01/24/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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The history of humiliation points to the future of human dignity

Psyche | Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris/AKG
Psyche | Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris/AKG

From the Coutumes de Toulouse manuscript (1295-97).

Posted in: News on 01/23/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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A Tale of Two Systems: Police Response to Black Lives Matter and Proud Boys

NPQ | “Black Lives Matter Protest”/A Williams
NPQ | “Black Lives Matter Protest”/A Williams

On January 6th, as a Trumpist mob threatened to shut down Congress and the democratic process, a well-known picture of law enforcement bias was made evident once more. As white men and women broke police barriers, smashed windows, and stormed the Capitol, they were often treated with kid gloves by police who seemed surprised these people could turn violent.

Posted in: News on 01/23/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Many parents say teens with anxiety, depression may benefit from peer confidants at school

SD | UM
SD | UM

Three-quarters of parents in a new national poll think peers better understand teen challenges, compared to teachers or counselors in the school.

Posted in: News on 01/23/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Appearance, social norms keep students off Zoom cameras

SD | CU
SD | CU

Researchers surveyed 312 students found that while some students had concerns about the lack of privacy or their home environment, 41% of the 276 respondents cited their appearance, as their reason not to switch on their cameras on zoom.

Posted in: News on 01/23/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Massachusetts Must Focus On Root Causes Of Gun Violence: Racial, Economic Disparity

JJIE | BestStockFoto/Shutterstock
JJIE | BestStockFoto/Shutterstock

We will continue to push back on leaders who advocate for increased carceral responses to violence. Investment in our communities and in our youth will not only help put an end to gun violence, it will also create a support system for marginalized communities where the ripples of trauma are deeply felt.

Posted in: News on 01/23/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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College classrooms are still chilly for women, as men speak more, study finds

SD | DC/Wikipedia
SD | DC/Wikipedia

Posted in: News on 01/23/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Lockdown, quarantine and self-isolation: how different COVID restrictions affect our mental health

The Conversation | EPA
The Conversation | EPA

It is now well documented that the pandemic has generally contributed to a number of mental health problems including stress, anxiety and depression. But what role do restrictions on movement play in this? And how do they differ?

Posted in: News on 01/23/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Toxic air seen cutting thousands of lives short each year in Europe’s cities

TRFN | F Lo Scalzo
TRFN | F Lo Scalzo

Some 52,000 premature deaths could be prevented each year if cities met recommended levels on air pollutants, study shows

Posted in: News on 01/23/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Dutch PM, cabinet quit

Antelope Valley Press | M Corder/AP
Antelope Valley Press | M Corder/AP

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and his entire Cabinet resigned to take political responsibility for a scandal involving investigations into child welfare payments that wrongly labeled thousands of parents as fraudsters. Above: View of Binnenhof, the seat of the Dutch government in The Hague, Netherlands

Posted in: News on 01/22/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Hey, Minister. It’s Time to End Our Disgraceful Food Bank Dependency

Graham Riches is an Emeritus Professor of Social Work at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of Food Bank Nations: Poverty, Corporate Charity and the Right to Food.

Posted in: News on 01/22/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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COVID-19 Causes A Sharp Rise In Deaths Of NYC Homeless

Gothamist | V Carvalho/Shutterstock
Gothamist | V Carvalho/Shutterstock

Some 631 homeless New Yorkers died between July of 2019 and June of 2020, a 52% increase compared to the prior fiscal year, according to data released Tuesday by the de Blasio administration, a grim indicator of the effect of the coronavirus on people lacking permanent housing.

Posted in: News on 01/22/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Pressure Builds to Reduce Racial Disproportionality in New York’s Child Welfare System

The Imprint | M Conn
The Imprint | M Conn

Many protesters at a Harlem rally Monday held signs decrying the city’s child welfare agency in strong language.

Posted in: News on 01/22/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Researcher addresses barriers faced by Muslims seeking help with addictions

CBC | S Elkassem
CBC | S Elkassem

While describing her study as exploratory, Siham Elkassem, a graduate of King’s University College’s social work program and current doctoral candidate at Memorial University, found several key takeaways when looking at substance use and misuse among Muslims.

Posted in: News on 01/22/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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With Covid Cases High, U. of Florida Expands In-Person Classes Sixfold

CHE | B Lehan/UF
CHE | B Lehan/UF

Faculty members criticize ‘inherently risky’ protocols and charge that they were excluded from spring planning

Posted in: News on 01/22/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Should smartphone data be harnessed to track mental health?

Psyche | D Anies/Unsplash
Psyche | D Anies/Unsplash

In an era of data surveillance and ‘digital capitalism’, where our personal data is mined and collected for commercial purposes, we must give due consideration to the ethical and privacy issues surrounding this technology.

Posted in: News on 01/22/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Why do so many professional, middle-class Brits insist they’re working class?

The Guardian | V Jones/PA
The Guardian | V Jones/PA

Our findings indicate that such misidentifications are built on particular origin stories that people reach for when asked about their backgrounds. These accounts tend to downplay people’s own, fairly privileged upbringings and instead reach back into working-class extended family histories that incorporate grandparents and even great-grandparents.

Posted in: News on 01/22/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Madigan apologises in Dáil for remarks about ‘normal children’

Irish Times
Irish Times

Josepha Madigan (above) also clarifies comments about mother and baby homes

Posted in: News on 01/21/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Japan’s suicides jump 16% in COVID-19 2nd wave after fall in 1st wave

TRFN | I Kato
TRFN | I Kato

The July-October suicide rate rose 16% from the same period a year earlier, a stark reversal of the February-June decline of 14%, according to the study by researchers at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology.

Posted in: News on 01/21/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Newly graduated Stempel Ph.D. is dedicated to bettering the lives of refugees

FIU News
FIU News

Dr. Mitra Naseh grew up in Iran and had a first-hand view of what refugees from neighboring Afghanistan experienced as they fled their worn-torn country

Posted in: News on 01/21/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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‘No Slums In The Sunset’: Backlash over affordable housing development intensifies

San Francisco Chronicle | S Strazzante
San Francisco Chronicle | S Strazzante

The poster read, No Slums In The Sunset. It informed residents that a “7-story, 100-unit high-rise slum” was planned for the neighborhood and predicted that within two years the property in question — at 26th Avenue and Irving Street — would “become the best place in San Francisco to buy heroin.”

Posted in: News on 01/21/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Armies of the Right

In These Times | O Douliery/AFP/Getty
In These Times | O Douliery/AFP/Getty

For decades, the voter-suppression wing of the Republican Party (perhaps a distinction without a difference?) has promoted myths about voter fraud. These falsehoods are then deployed to push so-called election reform, such as enacting legislation that suppresses voters (rather than enfranchises them) in Black and marginalized communities.

Posted in: News on 01/21/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Social work lecturer who helped Bermuda students in US dies

The Royal Gazette
The Royal Gazette

Dr Nicholas (left), a strong supporter of Black students at WVU, spent 20 years as a faculty member in the social work department.

Posted in: News on 01/21/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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NHS crisis in charts: how Covid has increased strain on health service

The Guardian | Alamy
The Guardian | Alamy

The NHS is in the grips of a winter crisis like no other. Friday was the ninth day in a row in which the number of people being treated in hospital for Covid hit a new high, with 32,975 patients now on wards across England.

Posted in: News on 01/21/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Local authorities ‘intrinsically involved’ in mother and baby homes fees – Minister

Irish Times | J Behal Photography/PA Wire
Irish Times | J Behal Photography/PA Wire

Minister for Children Roderic O’Gorman acknowledged that some elements of the commission of investigation’s report into the mother and baby homes are a ‘disappointment’ to survivors.

Posted in: News on 01/20/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Indian police bust baby-trafficking ring in financial capital

TRFN | A Halim
TRFN | A Halim

Baby girls were sold for 70,000 rupees and boys for 150,000 rupees to childless couples, police said

Posted in: News on 01/20/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Police, soldiers bring lethal skill to militia campaigns against US government

The Conversation | M Elshamy/Anadolu Agency/Getty
The Conversation | M Elshamy/Anadolu Agency/Getty

Militia members associated with the Three Percenters movement conducting a military drill in Flovilla, Ga., in 2016, days after Trump’s election. After his 2020 defeat, Three Percenters were involved in the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

Posted in: News on 01/20/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Personalized brain stimulation alleviates severe depression symptoms

SD | UCSF
SD | UCSF

Targeted neuromodulation tailored to individual patients’ distinctive symptoms is an increasingly common way of correcting misfiring brain circuits in people with epilepsy or Parkinson’s disease. Now, scientists have demonstrated a novel personalized neuromodulation approach that — at least in one patient — was able to provide relief from symptoms of severe treatment-resistant depression within minutes.

Posted in: News on 01/20/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Reimagine Your Relationship to Alcohol

NYT | J Awan
NYT | J Awan

You don’t need an A.U.D. diagnosis to find your drinking problematic, though. Alcohol can impair sleep, cause weight gain, exacerbate anxiety, or subtly change your personality.

Posted in: News on 01/20/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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