Correction to: The Role of Social Isolation in the Relationships Between Psychosis and Suicidal Ideation
The original version of the article unfortunately contained an error in corresponding author name. Author name was incorrectly published as ‘Lindsay A. Borhneimer’ and the corrected name is ‘Lindsay A. Bornheimer’. (Source: Clinical Social Work Journal)
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - February 6, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Resource and Network Predictors of Multiple Volunteering Cessations: Implications for Social Policy and Practice
AbstractThe benefits of volunteering are well-documented, however, studies specifically investigating the cessation of volunteering in old age are relatively limited, especially on multiple stops of volunteering. The present study explores the number of times older people stop volunteering over 14 years, and examines its association with financial resources, health, family demands, social networks, neighborhood environment as well as the sociodemographic characteristics. Using eight-wave data from the Health and Retirement Study, the sample included 3914 volunteers who were 50 + in 1998 and were alive throughout 2012...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - February 3, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Eradicating Social Isolation: A Grand Challenge for Social Work
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Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - February 3, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Productive Aging in the Social Work Profession: A Comparison of Licensed Workers 60 Years and Older with Their Younger Counterparts
This article reports the findings of an online survey in 13 U.S. states that compared the self-described demographics, wellness factors (mental health, physical health, and substance misuse), practice factors (fields of practice and work environment issues), and feelings about being a social worker (compassion satisfaction, workplace stress, being glad one chose social work and feeling valued as a professional in society) of 870 employed licensed social workers age 60 and older to 4076 licensed social workers under age 60. The results indicate that the older social workers were more likely to be male and white, less likely...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - January 27, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Evaluating and Intervening in the Trauma of Solitary Confinement: A Social Work Perspective
AbstractClinical social work has yet to address the trauma that prisoners experience from solitary confinement. This paper examines the relationship between trauma and solitary confinement from a social work perspective. The conservation of resources (COR) theory and structural racism provide frameworks from which clinical social workers can evaluate and intervene in the traumatic effects of solitary confinement for prisoners. A review of the literature suggests that few concrete interventions exist for clinical social workers to provide evidence-based treatments to prisoners traumatized by the experience of solitary confi...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - January 23, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Private Practice Social Workers ’ Commitment to Social Justice
AbstractThe privatization of mental healthcare among social workers has situated them under scrutiny by others in the profession who question private practice clinicians ’ commitment to social justice. Some social workers accuse colleagues in private practice of a dereliction of duty, while others in the profession contend that the entrepreneurship of mental healthcare is the only way to freely realize real-world social justice change. Hence, this qualitative rese arch study explores how clinical social workers define social justice as well as if and how they integrate it in a private practice setting. This small qualita...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - January 20, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
A Case Study Using Shame Resilience Theory: Walking Each Other Home
AbstractHomelessness is an epidemic that affects thousands of people in the United States, the majority being single adults. Stigma and shame are emotions that can saturate the homeless experience. People who are experiencing homelessness can be subjected to shame from society, their community, and themselves, but also by the very organizations and social workers who are meant to help end their period of homelessness. When a person feels shamed and stigmatized by a social worker or organization, they are less likely to seek out or return and receive the services that can help them change their circumstances. Incorporating ...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - January 7, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Social Work and Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies: Practice Considerations for Breakthrough Treatments
AbstractThe re-emergence of therapeutic uses for mind-altering, psychedelic drugs has brought the field of mental health to a new frontier in research, practice, and policymaking. In the past two decades dozens of clinical trials investigating therapeutic applications of psychedelics—including MDMA, psilocybin, and ketamin e—have shown promising results in the treatment of trauma-related disorders, some forms of anxiety, and depression. These substances have also garnered preliminary support from the Food and Drug Administration, which has fast-tracked their development. As the field of psychedelic science continues ...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - January 6, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Social Isolation ’s Influence on Loneliness Among Older Adults
This study fills this gap by examining social isolation ’s overall influence on loneliness and how specific social isolation indicators influence loneliness. Data comes from 2014 Wave of the Health and Retirement Study, a nationally representative study of adults aged 50 and older. Social isolation was operationalized using seven indicators as social i solation from: (1) adult–children, (2) other family members, (3) friends, (4) living alone, (5) being unmarried, and (6) not participating in social groups or (7) religious activities. Loneliness was operationalized by the Hughes 3-item loneliness scale. Loneliness was r...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - December 22, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Social Isolation Loneliness Among LGBT Older Adults: Lessons Learned from a Pilot Friendly Caller Program
This article shares lessons learned from 35 participants across a 12-month pilot program that matched LGBTQ + older adults to mostly LGBTQ + volunteer callers of various ages. Over one-third of participan ts identified as people of color and over 20% as transgender or gender nonbinary. This project employed community-based participatory action research to identify, implement, and evaluate the program. Data includes information from questionnaires and telephone interviews prior to and during the progr am. Nearly all participants identified the importance of LGBTQ + community in addressing social isolation and lo...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - December 11, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The “Wrong Kind” of Immigrants: Pre-migration Trauma and Acculturative Stress Among the Undocumented Latinx Community
AbstractThere has been an increase in Latinx immigration to the United States as citizens of Mexico and Central America move to escape perilous situations in their countries of origin. These immigrants ’ traumatic experiences may include gang violence, political oppression, war, and physical or sexual abuse, among other experiences, many related to increased drug trafficking activity. While Latinx immigrants often experience acute acculturative stress, particularly if they are undocumented, it i s frequently overlooked that the experience of acculturation will be worse if they suffered traumas in their countries of origi...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - December 4, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
“That’s Why I Stay to Myself”: Marginalized Youth’s Meaning Making Processes of Social Disconnectedness
AbstractNearly 15% of youth in New Orleans have been labeled “socially disconnected” from formal educational and economic systems (Babineau et al. in No longer invisible: Opportunity youth in New Orleans,http://www.thecoweninstitute.com.php56-17.dfw3-1.websitetestlink.com/uploads/OY-Data-Guide-2016-Revised-FINAL-1506966101.pdf, 2016). Socially disconnected youth face barriers to social, psychological, and economic well-being (Mendelson et al. in Public Health Rep 133:54S –64S, 2018). While there has been attention to the detrimental impacts associated with isolation in adolescence, there is a limited examination of h...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - December 4, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
“They Kept Away”: Social Isolation of Cisgender Women Living with HIV in Hyderabad, India
AbstractSocial isolation of cisgender women living with HIV has been recognized as a barrier to early detection of the virus, disclosure of HIV status to partners, and access to healthcare and social work services. The goal of this study is to explore how social isolation and depression affect cisgender women living with HIV in Hyderabad, India. Sixteen cisgender women living with HIV were asked to complete in-depth interviews regarding their experiences with HIV stigma and depression. All interviews were digitally audio-recorded in Hindi or Telugu, then translated, transcribed, and analyzed using thematic content analysis...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - December 3, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Trauma-Informed Groups: Recommendations for Group Work Practice
AbstractThe need for helping professionals to provide services from a trauma-informed perspective has been receiving increasing attention. The primary goal of adopting a trauma-informed approach is to prevent inadvertent re-traumatization during service provision, and to ensure people receive appropriate services in a non-pathologizing manner. However, despite the growing recognition of trauma-informed approaches, there is lack of clarity in the literature about their application to group settings. This paper examines this area of service provision by: outlining the key concepts of trauma-informed practice; describing the ...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - December 2, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Job Training and so Much More for Low-Income Older Adults: The Senior Community Service Employment Program
We describe the complexity of the program and the people it serves and argue that using select measures that do not encompass the breadth of SCSEP’s benefits creates an inaccurate appear ance of ineffectiveness. We conclude with recommendations for SCSEP administrators and grantees, social workers, and others to enhance the promise of this important program. (Source: Clinical Social Work Journal)
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - November 25, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
