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In Texas, People With Mental Illness Find Work Helping Peers
Reading the headline “In Texas, People with Mental Illness Find Work Helping Peers” my mind flashed to Recovery coaches and peer mentors — known in Alcoholics Anonymous as “sponsors”. These individuals have helped those addicted to alcohol or drugs for … Continue reading
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Tagged clinical experience, clinical social worker, Community Mental Health, Continuing Education Credits, effective listening, ethics, holistic care, mental health professionals, mental illness, peer mentors, Peer specialists, peer support, Psychiatrist, Recovery, Recovery coaches, sponsors, Texas, therapist
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Should therapists have the right to diagnose patients?
Should therapists have the right to diagnose patients? That was the question behind a seven-year court battle that had implications for mental health patients throughout the country. It was a relief to learn that “Texas State Supreme Court ruled in … Continue reading
Posted in Career Journal, Clinical Supervision, Reading
Tagged interdisciplinary team, internship, lawsuit, legal and ethic issues, Medical Association, medical doctors, medicine, mental health, Mental health assessment, mental illness, nurses, providers, psychologists, social worker, stigma, Supreme Court, Texas, therapist, universities
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Real Life of an MSW 