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LGBTQ+ farmers are over three times more likely to “experience depression and suicidal intent,” a recent study found.

The 8-7 vote by Texas officials arrives as Christian nationalist groups nationwide intensify their efforts to inject religion into state curricula. Earlier this month, a federal judge temporarily blocked a Louisiana law requiring every public school classroom to display the Ten Commandments by January 1. Meanwhile, Oklahoma’s superintendent of public instruction, Ryan Walters, sent a memo in June ordering all 5th through 12th grade teachers to incorporate the Bible into their lesson plans.

In recent years, alternative ways to scrutinise research have emerged which attempt to fix some of the problems with the peer-review system. One of these is the “publish, review, curate” model. This reverses the traditional review-then-publish model. An article is first published online, then peer reviewed.

Warm, supportive parenting continues to be a good influence on development through the emerging adulthood years. Therefore, it is not surprising that emerging adults continue to seek guidance from their parents. Most parents and adult children find their new, more egalitarian relationship lets them connect in new, more mature ways.

Without downplaying these positive and beneficial aspects of having a sibling, what alarms my research colleagues and me is that the ‘bad’ in this story may be more invisible, serious and pervasive than is currently recognised. I’m talking about the often unspoken problem of sibling bullying.

Bob Hawke in the 1987 election campaign, when he pledged no child would live in poverty by 1990.

Alzheimer’s is named for Dr. Alois Alzheimer, a German psychiatrist who, according to the National Institute on Aging, “noticed changes in the brain of a woman who died of an unusual mental illness.” Her symptoms included memory loss, language problems, and unpredictable behavior. After she died, he examined her brain and found many abnormal clumps (now called amyloid plaques) and tangled bundles of fibers (now called neurofibrillary tangles.) These features, which Dr. Alzheimer observed in 1906, remain defining pathologies of Alzheimer’s.

Americans are fed up, and not just people who voted for Trump.

NHS managers who silence whistleblowers could be barred from working in the NHS, under proposals being announced this week.

The CSU’s Stephan Stracke, social policy spokesman for the CDU/CSU’s parliamentary group, told DW that while anyone fleeing “war and violence” had a right to protection, “This does not mean, however, that there must be an automatic entitlement to the citizen’s income in Germany.” Friedrich Merz, CDU chairman and Germany’s likely next chancellor, wants to revisit social welfare payments for Ukrainian refugees.

Outreach workers with Prevention Point, a social services center in Philadelphia, checking on a man who they believe injected tranq dope.

Micaurys Guzmán, M.S.W.’24, gave a presentation on providing care for Latinx people living with HIV at a summit at the White House in September.

Adolescents who snore frequently were more likely to exhibit behavior problems such as inattention, rule-breaking, and aggression, but they do not have any decline in their cognitive abilities, according to a new study. This is the largest study to date tracking snoring in children from elementary school through their mid-teen years and it provides an important update to parents struggling with what medical measures to take to help manage snoring in their children.

The federal government’s proposed social media ban for under-16s has sparked widespread debate, affecting millions of young Australians, their families and educators. But will it actually work?

In a significant move aimed at strengthening the country’s response to gender-based violence (GBV), the Ministry of Women’s Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprise Development in partnership with the Council of Social Workers Zimbabwe, has initiated a comprehensive review of the curriculum for social work studies in tertiary institutions.

The benefits of early intervention apply across age groups, but they may be especially important for adolescents, a fact that the World Health Organization recently emphasised in its guidance to improve access to mental healthcare for young people. “With one-third of mental health conditions emerging before the age of 14 and half before the age of 18, early action is essential to enable children and young people to thrive and realise their full potential,” it said. The challenge, however, is finding the appropriate means to deliver the support – and that may be easier said than done.

“What they’re saying when they make these appointments is that we don’t trust the people who are there,” said Dr. Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and an adviser to the Food and Drug Administration. Some doctors and scientists are bracing themselves for the gutting of public health agencies, a loss of scientific expertise and the injection of politics into realms once reserved for academics. The result, they fear, could be worse health outcomes, more preventable deaths and a reduced ability to respond to looming health threats, like the next pandemic. “I’m very, very worried about the way that this all plays out,” Dr. Offit said.

For more than a year, the building that houses SOYA, a multi-purpose food bank, clothing depot, and resource centre, has been without heat, with no way to reach the new owners of the building.

A bill, HR 9495, which would allow a presidentially appointed treasury secretary to unilaterally strip a nonprofit of its status if deemed a “terrorism-supporting” organization, has passed in the US House of Representatives. The bill passed 219-184, mostly along partisan lines, with Republicans in support and Democrats opposing; 15 Democrats broke with their caucus to vote in favor of the bill. It is important to know who voted in favor.

This month the Korean Association of Social Workers met their Swiss and British counterparts for shared learning and strengthening links.

We don’t yet know how the Australian teenagers came to be poisoned in this tragedy. But it is a good idea when travelling (particularly in areas with traditionally fremented drinks, such as south-east Asia, the Indian subcontinent and parts of Africa) to always be careful.

BASW UK Chair, Julia Ross reflects on issues being raised in the assisted dying debate.

Women in Afghanistan have been banned from speaking in public.

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill that would empower the Treasury Department to eliminate the tax-exempt status of any nonprofit it deems to be supporting terrorism. The Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act was approved in a 219-184 vote, with all but one Republican backing it and only 15 Democrats voting for it, on Nov. 21, 2024.

“We are in an era of exponentially increasing violence that is both targeted and politically motivated,” says Dr. Logan-Greene. “When individuals and hate groups are empowered to violence, there’s an increased need for trained professionals in the behavioral and mental health disciplines to prevent that violence, not only from those who are already radicalized, but also to strengthen communities and prevent future threats.”

Pelicot is an older survivor, victimised in her own home by her former husband and others she knew. This is far departed from the “stranger danger” stereotype and speaks to a harsh reality that most cases of sexual violence occur between people who know each other, and within private spaces – often the perpetrator’s or victim’s home.

Some vulnerable children in Stoke-on-Trent have spent their whole lives facing repeat interventions by social services due to ‘poor social work practice’ and ‘ineffective planning’, inspectors have found. Ofsted carried out a focused visit at Stoke-on-Trent City Council’s children’s service, after the department was rated as ‘requires improvement to be good’ in 2022.

The story of former Amazon worker Karolina Sobczak reveals much about the people who keep our society running – at huge personal cost

The study enrolled 260 teens who had bariatric surgery at six clinical centers. They received either gastric bypass (161 participants) or sleeve gastrectomy (99 participants). Their average age was 17. Health-related data were collected within 30 days before each operation and then at various intervals until about 10 years after surgery.

Sakura Lam, a social worker and trans advocate, talks about finding herself, family acceptance and helping others

Dr. Jennette Allen-McCombs awarded BRES grant to address ‘a critical gap in social work education’

Yukon’s Minister of Community Services Richard Mostyn said learning about Watson Lake-based Debbra Greig’s professional suspension on Wednesday was ‘compelling and troubling.’ Greig was suspended by B.C.’s regulating body for supporting conspiracy theories that could harm her clients.

The profession of social work cannot claim to be the bastion of fairness and social justice, while relying upon programs that directly exclude, oppress and discriminate against marginalized groups.

The report gives insight into recent activity by the service, which employs around 2000 people and helps to support around 30,000 people at any given time. Its main role is in providing various forms of protection for the vulnerable in society but the service also works with various partner organisations in fighting against poverty.

Thousands of young people will be left homeless this Christmas. Labour should build more council housing, not fund private businesses and property developers

Based on interviews by the Children’s Commissioner’s office with 15 children placed on Deprivation of Liberty orders by High Court judges, the research reflects the shared experiences of children living under these restrictions – and, crucially, the missed opportunities to give them a voice in the decisions affecting them.

Housing is the largest household expense across the EU, and the problem has worsened in recent years. Since 2010, EU house prices have increased by 47% and rents by 18%, outpacing inflation.

“Veterinary social workers study the spectrum of human-animal relationships,” says Bethanie Poe, PhD, LMSW, who is the Associate Director of Operations & Education at the Center for Veterinary Social Work at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. “They then combine this education with their great communication skills, knowledge about mental health and trauma, and the ability to connect people with the resources they need to help in a variety of circumstances.” According to Poe, there are approximately 200 veterinary social workers nationwide, and their numbers are growing.

Dr. Lea Caragata, the director of UBC’s School of Social Work, told CBC she felt “shock and horror” upon learning details of Debbra Greig’s views.

One of the arguments that has come to the fore in the debate surrounding whether assisted dying should be legalised in England and Wales is the “slippery slope” theory – that even if the legislation contains watertight qualifying criteria and safeguards, the law will inevitably be expanded in time and the restrictions loosened.

The dialogue brings the Government and 24 philanthropic partners together to agree to work collaboratively to empower vulnerable communities, the families that live in them and their children by addressing entrenched, intergenerational disadvantage.

In Bastard out of Carolina, Bone resents the rich rather than admiring them. In a conversation with one of her aunts, she says she “hates” them. Interestingly, her aunt provides the poor person’s counterpoint to hate.

“Could be they’re looking at you sitting up here eating blackberries … could be they’re jealous of you for what you got, afraid of what you would do if they stepped in the yard.”

School of Social Work professors Mark Plassmeyer and Kim Stauss.

Pungo Christian Academy opened in 1968 in the small town of Belhaven. It last reported a student body that was 98% white in a county that was 65% white.

The U.S. Justice Department is suing the company RealPage, Inc., accusing it of selling software to landlords that allows them to collectively set prices – the illegal practice of price-fixing.

Neighborhood watch groups have started up to keep an eye out for illegal behavior. But some fear rhetoric on social media has reached a boiling point.