Youth suicide rates have consistently risen over the past decade, and stigma related to mental health may create a barrier to young people seeking help. Schools are a common intercept point for mental health and suicide prevention programming. In the latest Children...
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Reducing Suicide-Related Stigma through Peer-to-Peer School-Based Suicide Prevention Programming
Youth suicide rates have consistently risen over the past decade, and stigma related to mental health may create a barrier to young people seeking help. Schools are a common intercept point for mental health and suicide prevention programming. In the latest Children...
Learn about postpartum depression during Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month
May is Maternal Mental Health Month Awareness Month. This is a good time for social workers and the public to become more educated on postpartum depression among women.
Social work efforts aim to prevent suicide deaths
By Paul R. Pace, News staff Social worker Chris Gilchrist is passionate about raising awareness and lifting the stigma surrounding depression and suicide. She organizes the Out of the Darkness Community Walk in her hometown in Hampton Roads, Va. The annual event,...
Self care in social work: Compassion fatigue a growing concern
By Paul R. Pace, News staff Social worker Lisa Wessan knows personally how debilitating compassion fatigue can feel — emotionally and physically. She was one of many social workers who volunteered to help the people of New York City cope with the grief and uncertainty...
Stories of Complicated Grief: A Critical Anthology
Loss. Yearning. Anger. Bitterness. Shock. Estrangement from friends and family. What constitutes normal, versus complicated, grief? Grief is often a difficult issue for people to deal with, and there is no right or wrong way to grieve, but there are healthy ways to...
A Depression Prevention Program for Rural Adolescents: Modification and Design
Major depression has become a common, persistent, and debilitating condition that has been associated with elevated psychiatric problems and an increased risk for academic failure, interpersonal problems, suicide attempts and legal problems in adolescents. Depression...
NASW Helps Joint Commission Develop Consumer Brochure on Memory Problems & Dementia
The Joint Commission recently published a consumer education brochure on memory problems and dementia. The brochure, developed in collaboration with NASW, is part of the Joint Commission’s Speak Up™ initiative, which encourages consumers to play an active role in...