A social worker reveals four hidden signs and offers remedies for people who are living and working in a state of chronic stress By Faye Beard Flight, fight, freeze and fawn are the body’s common psychological responses to stress, experts say. Survival mode, according...
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Surviving Survival Mode
A social worker reveals four hidden signs and offers remedies for people who are living and working in a state of chronic stress By Faye Beard Flight, fight, freeze and fawn are the body’s common psychological responses to stress, experts say. Survival mode, according...
Walking the Healing Path: Lessons from Carceral Social Work and Cross-Border Experience
By Seye Omiyefa, MSW As a clinician, I’ve had the unique opportunity to practice social work across borders, from Nigeria to Wisconsin, while navigating profound human struggles related to addiction, mental health, trauma, structural inequality, and policy...
Integrating 12-Step Support Groups for Christians Diagnosed with Addiction: A Consideration of Cultural and Spiritual Approaches in Social Work Practice
Research underscores the significance of acknowledging and respecting an individual’s faith and values
Alcohol Use Linked to Breast and Other Cancers, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
While it’s common knowledge that tobacco use increases the risk of cancer, under half of Americans are aware that even low amounts of alcohol use are a leading preventable cause of at least seven types of cancer. Every year, alcohol use contributes to nearly 100,000...
Social Work on the Front Lines of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Look Back, A Look Ahead (Part Three)
Article by Kim M. Simpson, Connect to End COVID-19 Communications Lead. A COVID-19 summer wave and new 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccines this fall—the virus is still a part of our day-to-day lives, but not the dominant force that it once was. Vigilance continues to be a...
Five Facts Social Workers Need to Know About Preventing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASDs)
Social workers across practice settings provide services to individuals, including pregnant people, who are consuming alcohol at risky levels. Reducing problematic alcohol use is crucial to preventing fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs)—neurodevelopmental...
Social Work on the Front Lines of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Look Back, A Look Ahead (Part Two)
Article by Kim M. Simpson, Connect to End COVID-19 Communications Lead. As each day passes, we move farther and farther away from being dominated by the COVID-19 Pandemic that began in 2020. We view the pandemic in the rear-view mirror. COVID-19 strains continue to...