Prior research has found that the prevalence and severity of intimate partner violence increase in communities experiencing a disaster. Less studied are the associations between intimate partner violence, disaster exposure, and mental health outcomes following...
NASW Staff
Mental Health Impacts of Hurricane Harvey: Examining the Roles of Intimate Partner Violence and Resilience
Prior research has found that the prevalence and severity of intimate partner violence increase in communities experiencing a disaster. Less studied are the associations between intimate partner violence, disaster exposure, and mental health outcomes following...
Expectant Fathers’ Beliefs and Expectations about Fathering as They Prepare to Parent a New Infant
As the socio-cultural expectations for fatherhood have evolved in recent decades, men are now expected to (and are expecting to) participate more directly in raising their children. This rising expectation is not limited to any particular socio-economic group, but few...
Talking about Sexuality and Intimacy with Women Spousal Caregivers: Perspectives of Service Providers
Sex and intimacy are an important part of a physically and psychologically healthy life. Sex and intimacy also are not limited to young and middle-aged adults; older adults also enjoy lives of sex and intimacy. But when a partner becomes chronically ill, the...
Teachers’ Reports of Outreach to School-Based Providers of Mental Health Services following the 2013 Boston Marathon Attack
On April 15, 2013, two bombs exploded at the finish line of the Boston Marathon in downtown Boston that injured over 260 runners and spectators and killed three spectators, including an eight-year-old boy. In the days that followed, residents in the Boston...
Resilience Protective Factors in an Older Adult Population
Social work research is critical to discovering new insights into the needs of citizens, and to developing useful strategies for assisting and empowering people in times of stress and in their daily lives. Research is vital, but often the findings of the research are...
National Recovery Month
September is National Recovery Month! Every September, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) sponsors Recovery Month to increase awareness and understanding of mental and substance use disorders and celebrate the people who recover....
Arizona CHIP
Last week, enrollment for Arizona’s Child Health Insurance Program (CHIP) opened after being frozen for years. Now every state has a CHIP plan to cover low-income children and provide them with access to health services:...