The Evolving Roles of Social Workers in Mental Health Care

Posted by GVT Admin on Aug 23, 2023 10:30:00 AM

Research from the National Alliance on Mental Illness found that 1 in 5 U.S. adults experience mental illness each year. As more people seek treatment for their mental illnesses, behavioral disorders and emotional hardships, the need for qualified mental health professionals is booming, and the social worker’s role in actively supporting the mental health of individuals has become a vital part of the modern mental health care tableaux.

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Topics: mental health, what social workers do

Mental Health Caseworkers Take Note...How to Avoid Compliance Issues

Posted by GVT Admin on Jul 27, 2023 10:06:00 AM

Maintaining compliance with legal criteria is crucial in the field of mental health case management. Caseworkers are essential in ensuring that clients receive the right assistance and services while adhering to legal and ethical guidelines. 

Caseworkers now have strong tools at their disposal to increase compliance and raise the standard of treatment overall thanks to developments in human services and mental health case management software. This article will examine methods for avoiding compliance problems while maximizing the advantages of human services and mental health case management software.

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Topics: mental health, human services software

Everything You Need to Know About Mental Health Case Management

Posted by GVT Admin on Jun 29, 2023 10:30:00 AM

Mental health issues have been identified in more than 50 million Americans. The most prevalent mental ailment among Americans is depression, but they also have bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety, OCD, and PTSD. 

Due to the vast amount of mental health difficulties that the American populace is dealing with, case managers for mental health are in high demand. Every day to help their patients, these staff members, who usually work in psychiatric hospitals, rehabilitation centers, nonprofits, and public mental health institutions, go through mental health case management procedures.

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Topics: mental health

4 Ways Mental Healthcare Providers Can Improve Service Quality

Posted by GVT Admin on May 30, 2023 10:45:00 AM

Did you know that according to statistics, around one billion individuals worldwide suffer from mental health illnesses? Unfortunately, these figures are rising by the day. Such alarming statistics highlight the growing need for mental healthcare professionals to increase their efficacy and improve mental healthcare.  Let's look at some suggestions that can help mental healthcare providers improve the quality of their services.  

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Topics: mental health

Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

Posted by GVT Admin on May 24, 2023 10:45:00 AM

 

Steve Jobs famously said, “The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” We are only now beginning to understand to what degree the digital revolution that he inspired has changed the world.

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Topics: mental health, what social workers do, social issues

988

Posted by GVT Admin on May 17, 2023 10:45:00 AM

During the COVID pandemic social workers became concerned with the country’s mental health, especially the teenage population. They initiated a new (988) mental health crisis hotline and immediately began to receive significantly more calls in August 2022 than they had received in August 2021 on the old 10-digit suicide prevention line it replaced. The 988 number received 216,000 calls in August 2022, compared with 141,400 calls to the old number in August 2021. The new crisis line also received 39,900 texts, compared with 3,400 to the old crisis line.

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Topics: mental health

Public Health Bulletin

Posted by GVT Admin on Apr 26, 2023 10:45:00 AM

NARCAN® Nasal Spray has been approved by the FDA as an over-the-counter treatment. 

In February this blog reported on the public health crisis of opioid addiction and the dramatic spike in sudden deaths by overdose caused primarily by the widespread use of synthetic fentanyl.

FAMCare Blog - February 7, 2023

Opioid addiction is here to stay,” said a social work professor we interviewed. “However, we do have treatment for this particular addiction. But as long as we turn away from the horrors of this widespread addiction and choose to remain in denial, we will not make a concerted effort to widely administer treatment. The pharmaceutical industry has already created both long term treatments and emergency life-saving medications that are simply not being administered on a wide enough scale. I believe that a nationwide effort to make these medications available to anyone trapped in this particular substance abuse disorder should be a number-one priority for the social work profession at large.”

Drug overdose persists as a major public health issue in the United States, with more than 101,750 reported fatal overdoses occurring in the 12-month period ending in October 2022, primarily driven by synthetic opioids like illicit fentanyl. 

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Topics: Special Reports, mental health

Person-Centered Care

Posted by GVT Admin on Mar 29, 2023 12:03:30 PM

Traditional mental health settings assign sole treatment authority to the therapist reducing patients to a classified diagnosis followed by the indicated treatment. Traditionally, after reviewing the case history and a brief initial interview, patients are assigned a diagnosis and “told what is good for them.” The caseworker retains total authority over the patient’s treatment plan usually focused on symptom reduction. Case notes are kept confidential even from the patients themselves. Providers feel pressure to document primarily for billing purposes and must submit notes within 24 hours for Medicaid reimbursement. There is little time allotted for consulting with patients to illicit their input on their treatment plan.

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Topics: mental health

Opioid Addiction Is Here to Stay

Posted by GVT Admin on Feb 1, 2023 10:45:00 AM

“Opioid addiction is here to stay,” said a social work professor we recently interviewed. “But as long as we turn away from the horrors of this widespread addiction and choose to remain in denial, we will not make a concerted effort to widely administer treatment. The pharmaceutical industry has already created both long term treatments and emergency life-saving medications that are simply not being administered on a wide enough scale. I believe that a nationwide effort to make these medications available to anyone trapped in this particular substance abuse disorder should be a number-one priority for the social work profession at large.”

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Topics: mental health, social issues

Homeless Youth Have a Higher Risk of Mental Health Disorders

Posted by GVT Admin on Nov 8, 2022 10:45:00 AM

An estimated 4.2 million teenagers and young adults are homeless each year. Children who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless have higher rates of mental health problems such as behavioral issues, anxiety, and depression than children who live in unstable households.
The importance of mental health in programs for homeless young people cannot be overstated. Furthermore, most people's willingness to seek therapy is limited by a lack of access to mental health care. For organizations and services that work with at-risk youth, emphasizing mental health is critical to long-term sustainability.

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Topics: Child Welfare, Homeless & Food Pantry, mental health

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