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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...

Published 30 Mar 2011 6:03 PM by Mad World

Filed under: Mental Health, adults, detention
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...

Published 28 Mar 2011 5:16 PM by Mad World

Filed under: Mental Health, social care, social work, workforce
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...

Published 23 Mar 2011 4:17 PM by Mad World

Filed under: social care, children, children in care, bullying
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...

Published 22 Mar 2011 1:59 PM by Mad World

Filed under: Mental Health, work, employment, adults
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...

Published 21 Mar 2011 3:34 PM by Mad World

Filed under: Mental Health, social work
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...

Published 21 Mar 2011 2:58 PM by Mad World

Filed under: Mental Health, scotland, Politics, sleep, adults
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...

Published 18 Mar 2011 12:43 PM by Mad World

Filed under: social care, local government
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...

Published 14 Mar 2011 3:11 PM by Mad World

Filed under: Mental Health, depression, social work
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...

Published 9 Mar 2011 3:52 PM by Mad World

Filed under: social care, social work, Politics, cuts
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...

Published 7 Mar 2011 3:47 PM by Mad World

Filed under: social work, industrial action, israel, pay, strike
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...

Published 4 Mar 2011 9:24 AM by Mad World

Filed under: media, social care, podcast, social work, children, adults, workforce

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Justice, delays, diversion and seclusion: a mental health roundup

March 26, social workers and defence mechanisms

Neil Morrissey's experience in care and how to deal with an office bully

Welfare reform, mental health and miserable jobs

A different way to look at vulnerability

Scotland's mental health manifesto and the afternoon nap

Is this the best picture of Eric Pickles you've seen?

Melancholia and World Social Work Day

Social workers urged to fight council cuts

Israeli social workers go for all out strike

New Community Care social work podcast launches today