2025 Article Archive

Summer 2025 Issue

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AI-Powered Social Work Training
AI is changing every facet of life, but the question is, how do those within the education field ensure the ethicality of its use?

Treating Suicidal Ideation Among Autistic People
Autistic individuals are at an elevated risk of suicide. Find out how best social workers can work with this community to better support and understand them.

Mobilizing Against the Manosphere
The rise of polarizing male figures online has seemingly led to an uptick in misogynistic views, particularly among adolescent boys. Social workers are looking to counter these narratives.

Supporting Clients in Today’s Political Reality
Politics has become more divided than ever, and social workers can meet clients where they’re at to facilitate empathy and acceptance.

departments

Editor’s Note
This Whole World

Letters to the Editor

School Social Work
All about the University of Maryland, Baltimore’s School-Based Mental Health Fellowship program.

Public Health
Michigan’s mental health code mentions homelessness one time—that’s a problem social workers are equipped to address.

Shining a Light
The children of mentally ill parents often undergo a silent struggle. Social workers are drawing attention to these children.

Neurodiversity
Understand how autism, ADHD, and premenstrual dysphoric disorder intersect.

Annual Directory

Datebook

Technology
Integrating technology in social work plays a role in improving communication and accessibility.

News Brief

Spring 2025 Issue

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Keeping the Balance
Maintaining a healthy work/life balance is essential to reduce social worker burnout.

Navigating Ambiguous Loss
Social workers can help patients and families navigate this unique form of grief.

Bridging the Gaps
Navigating Medicare is incredibly complex. It’s up to social workers to assist vulnerable populations and ensure they have access to necessary care.

Advocates in Danger
Social work can be dangerous, and those within the field are speaking up about how to make it safer.

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Editor’s Note
To Ease Your Mind

Letters to the Editor

Children and Family
Learning of a parent’s affair can profoundly impact a child as they grow.

Mental Health
Learn how to spot and treat binge eating disorder.

Safe Space for All Bodies
Social workers are pushing back against body shaming and diet culture.

Social Safety Net
The Trump Administration is proposing legislation that threatens the United States’ social safety net.

Legal Issues
Behavioral health workers must understand how to mitigate the threat of legal action against them.

Education Guide

Datebook

Winter 2025 Issue

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Improving Foster Care Adoptions
Adoption is more than a once-and-done happening. Adoptees are speaking up and requesting support for the lifelong experience that is adoption.

The Value of Certification Programs
Certifications offer long term care employees additional knowledge, skills, and opportunities.

Supporting Siblings
Children with siblings suffering health issues often face unique struggles learning to process their brother or sister’s ailment. These struggles deserve to be heard and eased.

Starting a Group Practice
Starting a group practice requires commitment and a full understanding of all it entails.

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Editor’s Note
When Winter Comes Around

Elder Abuse Training
Proper training enables social workers to identify and treat elder abuse wherever they may see it.

Letter to the Editor

Youth Homelessness
The solution to youth homelessness may lie in social workers’ ability to reach people across walks of life and lived experiences.

Leadership
Social workers can address gun violence in the most impacted communities.

Advanced Degree Programs
The rising relevance of gerontology has prompted colleges and universities to bolster their advanced degree programs in the field.

Discrete Choice Experiments
Aligning social work efforts with patients’ values is a long-standing objective—discrete choice experiments give social workers insight into patient goals.

News Briefs

Datebook