Economy Sends Many to Therapy
from The Chicago Sun-Times
 The economic downturn is hurting many Americans' mental health: Anxiety, depression, sleep problems and money-rooted marital conflicts are growing, experts say. Requests for therapists increased 15 percent to 20 percent in the last three months, ''primarily driven by concerns about the financial situation,'' said Richard Chaifetz, chairman and CEO of Chicago-based ComPsych. More
Options in Life
from the NASW IL
 One of the great things about being a social worker is the opportunity that can come your direction. One of those opportunities presented to me this year has been the chance to work for the Chicago Cubs as an EAP clinician for the players and coaches of their class A affiliate, the Peoria Chiefs. More
Fostering Social Work
from WLCY-TV
It's another day at the office for Derrick Riggins: processing paperwork and crunching numbers. A graduated from Florida A&M University, Riggins is actively working on a Masters in Administrative Social Work. Riggins is one of nearly 150 former foster care children in Florida to work in the industry. More
22,000 Vets Call Suicide Hotline
from Time
More than 22,000 veterans have sought help from a suicide hotline in its first year, and 1,221 suicides have been averted, according to figures being released this week. The Veterans Affairs Department and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration launched the hotline last July.
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Family Meals Can Help Teen Girls Avoid Drugs, Alcohol
from The Washington Post
Eating meals together as a family can reduce a teen girl's risk of turning to alcohol or drugs, a new study suggests. In families who ate at least five meals a week together, the teen girls were much less likely to drink alcohol, or smoke marijuana or cigarettes five years later. The same effect wasn't seen for boys. More
Study Suggests New Tack in Treating, Caring for Alzheimer's Patients
from The Chicago Tribune
How people experience Alzheimer's disease, especially in its latter stages, is a mystery because those who suffer the illness lose the ability to articulate their thoughts and feelings. Researchers tried to get around this hurdle by videotaping 20 elderly men and women living in three nursing homes during the course of a day as aides helped them bathe, brush their teeth, dress, eat and take their medicines, among other activities.
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Teen Nicotine Addiction is Linked to Genes
from The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Teenagers may start smoking because of peer pressure, but they become addicted to nicotine in part because of their genes. Young smokers with a particular set of “high risk” genes are more likely to become hooked on cigarettes for life than their peers with different DNA, according to a new study published this month in the journal Public Library of Science Genetics. More
Compulsive Shopping: Is It a Disorder?
from The Los Angeles Time via The Chicago Tribune
Is compulsive shopping a biologically driven disease of the brain, a learned habit run amok, an addiction in its own right, or a symptom of the other dysfunctions - most notably depression - that so often accompany it? Where is the line between avid shopping and compulsive shopping? And how, if this is an illness, is it best treated? More
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