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02/04/2025

Regardless of your immigration status, you have guaranteed rights under the Constitution. Learn more here about your rights as an immigrant, and how to express them.

06/21/2024

People on their deathbed share a single most-common regret: "I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me."

Most people, on their deathbeds, wish they'd lived more for themselves, says Australian author Bronnie Ware. Here's how you can get ahead of that regret earlier.

11/16/2023

Save 10% by preordering the revised 3rd edition of “Ethical Standards in Social Work.” Written by Frederic G. Reamer, this is a practical guide designed to help social workers protect clients, make sound ethical decisions, and minimize the risk of professional malpractice and disciplinary action. Follow this link to learn more and place your preorder: https://buff.ly/3G26Uzg Shipping December 2023.

Visit NASW Press for all things social work, including books, CEU books, reference works, journals, brochures, and standards: https://naswpress.org. Have questions? Please email NASWPress@BrightKey.net or call 1-800-227-3590.

11/13/2023

SLEEP HEALTH is a social justice issue:

Sleep is as essential to human well-being as food and air. Poor sleep habits and sleep deprivation can have negative effects on our physical and mental healt...

11/11/2023

10/06/2023

"Among those the people most at risk of life-threatening disease are Latino, Asian and Native American people, who contract Valley fever at two to four times the rate of white people."
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/valley-fever-is-a-growing-fungal-threat-to-outdoor-workers/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nature-outlook&utm_content=link&utm_term=SA_ENGMT__environmental_v1_s1&fbclid=IwAR3PvG1-sAkoXcy67sVRJBOEAsDdJPnWwEFcFo4GPbNa-86zFvBlvq-ucuo

The disease hits farmworkers and outdoor laborers disproportionately hard

09/19/2023

"Drugs like Ozempic are revolutionizing the treatment of obesity. The medications, originally used to treat diabetes, keep gaining attention as celebrities and other influencers describe taking them to lose weight quickly."

Dani Blum, a reporter for The Times, tells the story behind the drugs and describes some of the ramifications of using them.

The stories of two people who took the medication and had two very different experiences.

06/30/2023

: The Supreme Court may have struck down a debt cancellation plan, but other new programs have been announced, and payments are set to resume Oct 1 this year. Read more from about what you need to know to prepare for payments to resume. https://buff.ly/3Nzyqrb

It’s a busy time for student loan borrowers! Several new programs have been announced, and payments are set to resume later this year. Read on for a summary of everything you need to know to prepare for payments to resume.

06/14/2023

Legislators in the 118th Congress reintroduced the Improving Access to Mental Health Act (S. 838/ H.R. 1638) during 2023 Social Work Month, marking a significant first step in the bill’s legislative process.

06/27/2022

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2022/06/25/jen-jordan-georgia-heartbeat-bill-miscarriages-supreme-court-roe-v-wade-nr-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/

Georgia Democratic State Senator Jen Jordan, who gave an impassioned speech about her several miscarriages in response to Georgia's "heartbeat bill," discusses the consequences of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

04/19/2022

Strategies and key lessons for developing, implementing, financing, and sustaining behavioral health services for individuals who have severe mental illness (SMI) and live in rural and remote communities.

https://smiadviser.org/knowledge_post/improving-behavioral-health-services-for-individuals-with-smi-in-rural-and-remote-communities?utm_source=NASW&utm_medium=April2022

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03/28/2022

"A recent study found that during the pandemic's surge after surge, a majority of American health care workers experienced psychiatric symptoms. And yet, very few got help for these symptoms."

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https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/2022-03-28/researchers-track-the-pandemics-toll-on-health-workers-mental-health

A recent study found that during the pandemic's surge after surge, a majority of American health care workers experienced psychiatric symptoms. And yet, very few got help for these symptoms.