“[S]chools of social work don't emphasize perinatal mood disorder as much anymore, and social workers are the leading group providing therapeutic care in the United States. So I would ask [that] schools of social work begin to focus on that again.”
“I think it's so important to see that, [regarding] our childhood environment, we have a mechanism within our genetics to adapt to our environment within our lifetime. If you have an environment that says this is the way to thrive in this...
“I believe, as a researcher, as a practitioner, and as a professor, . . . now it is more important than ever to really understand that we have a responsibility to our clients and to our field to be engaged in these policy levels–in policy...
How the Use of Apps Helps People with Mental Illness Forge Relationships and Develop Social Networks
“We often are underestimating our clients’ ability to use technology and their access to technology.”
“So psychological [self-sufficiency] is less about just somebody's mindset or their internal motivation alone, but is largely this process of how one would become empowered over time and throughout the whole life course to reach goals as a piece of...
“[W]e know from the research that LGBTQ youth, as a population, really experience disproportionate risks to their well-being. So, for example, they frequently experience family and peer rejection, discrimination, bullying and harassment, and many...
“[W]e wanted to look at how. . . attitudes about LGBT people differ between teachers at rural middle and high schools compared to those teaching at an urban middle and high school setting. We also wanted to look at how. . . the teacher’s observances...
“Gentrification can be thought of as a form of community loss.”
"Interventions are really needed in the field of social work to help address some of these disparities, so for example, using a patient-centered approach in discussing cost-related nonadherence as well as medication concerns or insuring that we are...
“[As] social workers, we are uniquely positioned in school systems, in hospitals, in community agencies. We are in the centers where people come for help when they are normally on their last leg. And so for social workers to be aware of what...