Clinical Social Work Policy & News

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Student mental health has been the focus of a sustained wave of attention caused by the disruption of the coronavirus pandemic, building on years of concern from educators, who have long worried about escalating rates of depression, anxiety, and isolation among students.

In July 2022, many NASW members alerted their state chapters to a disturbing and potentially deceptive marketing practice impacting social workers nationwide involving CareDash, a healthcare review and referral website for a wide variety of healthcare providers, including clinical social workers.

CareDash had been posting the profiles of thousands of social workers — without their consent or knowledge — in order to drive their prospective clients to provider networks that partner with CareDash.

Apps are incredibly powerful tools for health activity and monitoring, but in the wake of Roe v. Wade being overturned, there are a lot of questions and concerns about how they collect data and how it could be used, says NASW New Jersey Chapter Executive Director Jennifer Thompson.

NASW-Connecticut Executive Director Steve Wanczyk-Karp says mental health providers need support now.