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  Social Work Month 2011
  Social Workers Change Futures - Targeted outreach and promotional ideas, including tips for securing endorsements, hosting events, publishing articles and marketing your private practice.

  Social Work Month 2010
  Social Workers Inspire Community Action - Visual guides to three social work public education websites, profiles of inspiring social workers, and tips for promoting the profession.

  Social Work Month 2009
  Social Work: Purpose and Possibility - Information and tools for social work student recruitment, sample consumer radio PSAs, and specific tips for working with the media.

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Media Coverage and Depictions

	Social Worker: Charlie Sheen May Discourage People from Getting Addiction Help
	Social Workers Honored at Voice Awards
	Film “A Sister’s Call” Charts Woman Struggle to Help Mentally Ill Brother
	Expert: Hoarding TV Programs Can Show How Social Workers, Psychologists Treat Obsession
	Eating Disorder Expert to be Featured in New Documentary
	“Miss Representation” Could Raise Awareness of Media’s Negative Images of Women
	Social Worker to Appear on Animal Planet’s “Confessions: Animal Hoarding”

When Anger Is An Illness
Wall Street Journal 3/9/2010
If so, you may find yourself headed to anger-management classes, ... George Anderson, founder of Anderson & Anderson, a Brentwood, Calif., firm, ...

Suicide on the Rise
KFDA 4/16/2010
A licensed clinical social worker who everyday helps people with suicidal thoughts. But he can only aid those who reach out for help.

Spill Takes Toll on Gulf Workers' Psyches
New York Times 6/16/2010
Beyond the environmental and economic damage, the toll of the mammoth spill in the Gulf of  Mexico is being measured in hopelessness, anxiety, stress, anger, depression and even suicidal thoughts among those most affected, social workers say.

With Help After Storm, a Chance to Give Back
New York Times 7/11/2010
Ms. Heintz and the staff — two psychiatrists, two psychologists and a clinical social worker for about 300 clients — are reaching out to the wives of the fishermen, holding focus groups to learn about their needs and teaching them breathing techniques and other coping mechanisms.

Why There's 'No Health Without Mental Health'
Huffington Post 12/8/2010
Old or young, neglecting your mental health is bad for your physical health and vice versa.

Traumatized and brutalized, torture survivors learn to thrive
CNN International 12/21/2010
Social workers also aid with English lessons, connections for employment and housing. The Survivors of Torture program, in a cramped, somewhat decrepit corridor of Bellevue Hospital, is like an international refugee center.

Testimony: Cutting services to disabled, mentally ill will boost homelessness ...
The Spokesman Review (blog) 1/28/2011
Rick Heikkila of Nampa, a licensed clinical social worker, said if lawmakers cut psycho-social rehabilitation services, “Idaho will see an increase in homelessness, an increase in psychiatric care at inpatient hospitals, an increase in emergency room visits,” and more people landing in jail.

Trauma expert advises East Texans to be prepared
KTRE 3/11/2011
SFA social work students are learning from Tiner how to help trauma victims get their life back in order. "A lot of social workers deal on the individual and family level," said Kristin Wallace, a faculty member in the SFA School of Social Work.