Maintaining Clinician Wellness During the COVID-19 Pandemic

• By: Richard Juman, PsyD TeamHealth
• May 20th, 2020
• burnout, clinicians, COVID-19, family, health and wellness, mental health, stress, summer 2020 issue
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The COVID-19 pandemic has almost instantly raised the stakes on our perception of stress in our lives. Think about the things that until very recently kept you up at night- the prosaic stressors of “normal life” in the professional, financial, community and familial realms- and you will likely...

Talking with Teens in Residential Treatment During COVID-19: The Opportunity in The Crisis

• By: John M. Venza, LCSW-R, LMHC Outreach Development Corporation
• May 20th, 2020
• community, COVID-19, family, mental health, residential treatment program, summer 2020 issue, teens
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Teenagers who make the bold decision to enter a residential treatment program for their mental health and substance use disorders are a unique subset of the adolescent population. They are a group of young people who have committed to temporarily separating from their families, schools, communities...

Living with Addiction: The Role of the Family

• By: Phyllis Elliott, LCSW Parent Advocate
• July 1st, 2015
• addiction, advocacy, family, recovery, relapse, stigma, support groups, treatment
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As you can see by the letters after my name, I am a Social Worker by profession but one of the most significant roles in my life has been as a mother. For the last 6 years I have been the mom of a 28-year-old son who is suffering from the disease of addiction. Prior to my knowing about his drug use...