The April – May 2023 issue of the magazine Social Work Advocates is now available online. Stories include: Improving Access to Mental Health Act Reintroduced in Congress Congress reintroduced the Improving Access to Mental Health Act this March, marking a...
NASW Staff
Read the April – May 2023 Issue of Social Work Advocates
The April/May 2023 issue of the magazine Social Work Advocates is online.
Social Work in This Unprecedented Time
March 20, 2020 The three largest social work organizations in the United States are calling social work practitioners, students, faculty, employers, regulators, policy makers, and all interested parties to action. The Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), the...
The Association of Acculturation with Overt and Covert Perceived Discrimination Against Older Asian Americans
Asian older adults are a fast-growing population in the United States. Because Asian older adults are a largely immigrant population, acculturation has an impact on their perceived discrimination, which is negatively associated with health and mental health....
Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Marginalized Population in the United States
The National Institutes of Health has identified polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) as a major public health problem for women in the United States. PCOS is a set of symptoms due to elevated androgens (male hormones) in females. PCOS is caused by a combination of...
Evidence-Based Assessment Tools for Common Mental Health Problems: A Practical Guide for School Settings
The most recent issue of the journal Children & Schools, co-published by NASW and Oxford University Press, is a themed issue on assessment tools for school social workers. Evidence-based assessment, which requires the use of reliable and valid measurement tools,...
Self-Care in an Interprofessional Setting Providing Services to Detained Immigrants with Serious Mental Health Conditions
A special issue of the journal Social Work, published by NASW and Oxford University Press, seeks to deepen the social work profession’s conceptualization of self-care and promote effective implementation of self-care in professional practice. The issue’s coeditors and...
Framing Community-Based Interventions for Gun Violence: A Review of the Literature
Social workers are uniquely situated to lead community-based efforts to reduce gun violence, which has been identified as a prevalent and pressing public health concern. The current literature, however, has not addressed the frameworks guiding community-based...