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Justice, delays, diversion and seclusion: a mental health roundup
My Community Care colleagues have written some excellent mental health articles over the past day or so: Detained patients could be denied access to justice under government plans to axe a key watchdog There are too many delays when patients appeal to...
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30 Mar 2011 6:03 PM
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March 26, social workers and defence mechanisms
It seems lots of social workers joined their public sector colleagues, unionists and other on the 26 March demo. You can see a few pics here . And now for something completely different - a quiz to test your knowledge of psychologicial defence mechanisms...
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28 Mar 2011 5:16 PM
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Neil Morrissey's experience in care and how to deal with an office bully
Two items caught my eye today (my colleagues are still processing the budget). Neil Morrissey speaks to the Guardian about a new TV programme revisiting his experience as a child in care. A particularly strong message is the low expectations people had...
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23 Mar 2011 4:17 PM
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Welfare reform, mental health and miserable jobs
Research suggests poor quality jobs can be worse for your mental health than no job at all. This quote from the story in Wales Online is particularly significant: The authors of the research said: "Work-first policies are based on the notion that...
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22 Mar 2011 1:59 PM
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A different way to look at vulnerability
US social work academic Brene Brown argues that accepting vulnerability is an important personal step in becoming "wholehearted" and therefore more at ease with ourselves. Check out the video below. Read More...
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21 Mar 2011 3:34 PM
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Scotland's mental health manifesto and the afternoon nap
If you're reading this in the afternoon, unplug your computer straight away and go to sleep. For scientists have found that an afternoon nap is linked with a decrease in negative emotions and an increase in positive ones. Ok, it was a tiny study Read...
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21 Mar 2011 2:58 PM
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Is this the best picture of Eric Pickles you've seen?
I was trawling around flickr and found this picture which purports to be of Eric Pickles . I've not met the communities secretary but I'm not convinced this is actually him. I'd appreciate if anyone could give me a definitive answer. Pic taken...
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18 Mar 2011 12:43 PM
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Melancholia and World Social Work Day
Ok, these two topics aren't really connected, well, hopefully not anyway. Firstly Providentia has a fascinating look at an 1861 guide to melancholy. And of course don't forget that it's World Social Work Day tomorrow - surely an excuse for...
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14 Mar 2011 3:11 PM
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Social workers urged to fight council cuts
Ok, things haven't quite got as a far as a general strike in the UK yet but I really like this striking image produced by Industrial Workers of the World principally in response to events in Wisconsin where the governor is attempting to introduce...
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9 Mar 2011 3:52 PM
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Israeli social workers go for all out strike
It seems Isreali social workers could show their colleagues here in the UK a thing or two about radical industrial relations. According to Haaretz , social workers in Isreal are planning an indefinite strike with the aim of winnning a 35-40% pay rise...
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7 Mar 2011 3:47 PM
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New Community Care social work podcast launches today
If you are interested in social work stuff and like listening to things on the internet then you'll love the new Community Care podcast. Be gentle with us - it is our first attempt - but in this episode we discuss the glass ceiling facing black and...
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4 Mar 2011 9:24 AM
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