Keith Cunniffe is a member of NASW-NYS:
“Here
Comes Jimmy Hendrix”: A Psychiatrist and Patient Reconnect and Recollect
Psychiatric Occasions
Cunniffe: I began faculty at Fordham College within the
fall of 1986 trying ahead to creating new mates and, hopefully, having a
girlfriend. I vividly recall early on strolling previous Keating Corridor, the pastoral
campus’s centerpiece, and pondering that I felt a sort of darkness that I had
by no means felt earlier than. I questioned, “Is it actually potential for an individual to really feel this
horrible?” It was. I sensed that this darkish curse could be my companion for
years to come back, which turned out to be right.
Rebekah Gewirtz is government director of NASW-RI:
Sen.
DiMario sponsoring two bills to recruit more mental health professionals
What’s Up Newport
“Social staff are uniquely skilled professionals who’re very a lot
wanted proper now, particularly in our faculties,” mentioned Rebekah Gewirtz with the
Nationwide Affiliation of Social Staff RI. “Social staff can handle
behavioral and psychological well being points so educators can focus on educating.
Focused pupil debt aid is a giant step, and we’re grateful to Senator
DiMario for specializing in the psychological well being wants of our college students.”
Amelia Lochner Malavé is director of Operations &
Growth for NASW-NYS:
NYS
Social Workers Group Calls for More Funding for Veterans’ Mental Health Program
Chautauqua At this time
A bunch of New York State social staff desires extra funding for a
veterans’ psychological well being program. The Veterans Psychological Well being Coaching Initiative
educates group suppliers about veteran-specific points and cultural
competency for working with them. The group seeks $100,000 to fund a place
to hyperlink the Joseph P. Dwyer Veterans Peer Assist Venture with the clinicians
within the initiative. Amelia Lochner-Malavé with the Nationwide Affiliation of
Social Staff New York Chapter says it’s essential to learn to assist
suppliers.
Karen Bullock is a member of NASW-MA:
Medicare
tests a solution to soaring hospice costs: Let private insurers run it
WUSF
Many consultants imagine that harsh alternative between giving up hope and
getting assist from hospice — together with the arbitrary six-month cutoff — mix
to repel many sufferers who might in any other case profit. Solely about one-third of Native, Asian, Black and Hispanic
sufferers elect hospice in comparison with about half of white sufferers. “One in all
the explanations that Black folks shy away from hospice is as a result of there isn’t room to
reevaluate,” mentioned Karen Bullock, a licensed medical social employee
and a professor at Boston Faculty. “It’s too finite.”
Hillary Vervalin is a member of NASW-CO:
Opinion:
We tried lock-’em-up before, and it didn’t work
The Colorado Solar
Throwing cash at a correctional
crisis will solely exacerbate Colorado’s reliance on prisons over
folks. As a substitute, we should enhance entry to group psychological well being and
substance abuse remedy and reasonably priced housing — not bankroll extra jail
beds. Contact Gov. Polis at this time and inform him the corrections division doesn’t
want a price range of greater than $1 billion.
Senate
committee considers removing restrictions on fentanyl tests
Columbia Missourian
Jessica Petrie, a lobbyist representing the Missouri chapter of the Nationwide
Affiliation of Social Staff, testified in favor of the invoice, stating that
entry to check strips permits folks to behave extra safely and take precautions
to forestall overdose. “Research have proven that people who’ve entry to
fentanyl take a look at strips really do modify their habits,” Petrie mentioned. “By
doubtlessly discarding a batch or having (anti-overdose treatment) Naloxone on
hand, or regardless of the case could also be.”
Lenore Shepard is a member of NASW-MA:
Serious
about sleep: Body’s restorative process crucial to health
Greenfield Recorder
One of many largest elements affecting our capability to really feel replenished
upon waking is our stress response. Aside from bodily sleep problems,
stress is among the largest elements that impacts and inhibits our capability to
get nourishing, routine sleep. So what occurs throughout sleep and the way can we
improve our sleep hygiene and by extension our well being?
Jennifer Staffero is a member of NASW-CA:
Alvarado-Gil
brings fight for rape legislation to Stan State
Turlock Journal
Sharing the dais with Alvarado-Gil had been Jennifer Staffero, a licensed
medical social employee and the medical lead counselor for counseling and
psychological companies at CSUS; Brandy Spencer, director of youth and
prevention companies for Haven Girls’s Heart; pupil consultant Camrynn
Loveall, affiliate dean of scholars Clarissa Lonn; and Chief Clint Strode of
the CSUS police division.
Shakti Sutriasa is a member of NASW-WA:
Embracing
Change May Be The Key To Long-Term Marital Success
The Listing
Shakti Sutriasa, a Washington-based licensed medical social employee,
wrote for the Huffington Put up, suggesting that {couples} make room for a brand new
regular that enables for brand new routines as adjustments happen. Moreover, she
means that {couples} make room for change by offering one another with a
nonjudgmental area to share. Marriage is a dedication in addition to an
alternative for self-discovery and attending to witness somebody you’re keen on and care
about increasing right into a fuller model of themselves.
Zhaniizha Khanii-Kevii is a member of NASW-NYS:
Social
worker staffing is at ‘bare-bones’ level in New York
Spectrum Information
Zhaniizha Khanii-Kevii has served greater than 30 years as a employees
supervising social employee with Sullivan County Division of Neighborhood
Providers Psychological Well being Clinic. She knew she wished to enter social work beginning
when she was a junior in faculty. “I’ve been with Sullivan County since 1985.
June 1985 is once I began, per week after I graduated from Fordham College,
and I’ve been with the county ever since,” mentioned Khanii-Kevii. She mentioned her
faculty professor impressed her to enter the sector devoted to serving to
others.
