The Mental Health Social Worker

SYDNEY —  An Australian scientist is doping up honey bees with cocaine to study how their brains react to the drug, and possibly find a way to stop addiction in humans. Read more

  APA Denounces New Health and Human Services Regulations ARLINGTON, Va. (Dec. 22, 2008) –The American Psychiatric Association (APA) decries the enactment of new regulations by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to deny federal funding to health organizations that don’t allow workers to refuse to provide medical services that they oppose [...]

Science Update December 24, 2008 Life’s Hard Knocks Can Leave Marks That Turn Genes On and Off The first study of its kind to pinpoint environment-triggered genetic changes in schizophrenia has been launched with $9.8 million in funding from NIMH. The five-site study seeks telltale marks in the genome that hold clues to how nurture interacts with [...]

Commendation honors NASW Foundation’s sound fiscal management Washington –The National Association of Social Workers Foundation (NASW Foundation) has achieved its third consecutive 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, America’s premier charity evaluator.  This honor notes the ability of the NASW Foundation to efficiently manage and grow its finances.  The NASW Foundation is among only 10% of [...]

(Press) 12.12.08 Returning Vets Now Getting Counseling They Need ALEXANDRIA, VA……Thousands of soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are now receiving the rehabilitation counseling and mental health services they need thanks to a major new initiative funded by the federal government and launched in October. The new program matches vets with professional counselors who have [...]

An NIMH-funded program already shown to reduce risky sexual and substance abuse behavior among HIV-infected adults also appears to be effective in improving the lives of HIV-infected homeless or near-homeless adults, according to a new report. The study was published in the November 2008 issue of the American Journal of Public Health. Background Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus, [...]

By Carey Goldberg Boston Globe Staff / December 15, 2008 Sexual “numbness.” Lack of libido. Arousal that stalls. Such sexual symptoms have long been known side effects of the popular Prozac class of antidepressants, but a growing body of research suggests that they are far more common than previously thought, perhaps affecting half or more [...]