News Archive
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A new book by Margaret Fetting, an adjunct professor with the USC School of Social Work, draws on her 30 years of clinical experience in chemical dependency treatment to offer a comprehensive and reflective overview of the field, as well as an imaginative treatment model.
In Perspectives on Addiction: An Integrative Treatment Model with Clinical Case Studies, released this month by Sage Publications, Fetting outlines the underlying causes and consequences of substance use disorders and presents a reader-friendly guide to developing effective treatment skills.
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Mexican-American neighborhoods are often characterized as areas with high poverty rates, poor access to health care, and low educational and socioeconomic attainment, but they also seem to offer protective health benefits for the older adults who live there, a new USC study finds.
The study, published in the Journal of Aging and Health, suggests older Mexican-Americans who live in ethnically dense Mexican-American neighborhoods have a lower risk for increased frailty than those who live in more ethnically heterogeneous neighborhoods.
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The USC Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans and Military Families (CIR) at the USC School of Social Work has received nearly $1 million in funding from Prudential Financial, Inc.
CIR is one of 10 organizations to benefit from Prudential’s initial $6.2 million in grants to groups that help U.S. military veterans and their families transition back into civilian life.
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A delegation from the University of Southern California will visit academic, government and business leaders in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, Brazil this week to learn about national trends in higher education policy, build ties with top universities, corporations and policymakers, and reconnect with USC alumni across the country.
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CarolAnn Peterson, an adjunct associate professor at the USC School of Social Work, received the Humanitarian Award from Face Forward, a non-profit organization that provides reconstructive surgeries to women and children who have been victims of violence.
Peterson, who was honored at Face Forward’s 2nd Annual Gala for a New Beginning fundraiser at the InterContinental Hotel in Century City, was recognized for spearheading transformative work in domestic violence.
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PhD candidate Anamika Barman-Adhikari was selected by the American Public Health Association as the recipient of its 2011 Robert Keefe Social Work Section Student Award, which recognizes the top research abstract submitted by a student.
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MSW student Keyon Mitchell is one of four national winners of the inaugural Gold Standard Scholarship Program, sponsored by the National Basketball Association and Bacardi USA, Inc.
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Young girls who are the victims of sexual abuse experience physical, biological and behavioral problems that can persist for decades after, a new study shows.
Researchers, who tracked a group of girls ranging in age from 6 to 16 at the start of the study in 1987 for the next 23 years, found that they had higher rates of depression and obesity, as well as problems with regulation of brain chemicals, among other issues, compared to a control group of girls who were not abused.
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As members of Congress debate proposals for the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, they have an opportunity to improve public school experiences for the children of men and women who are serving our country, according to a new article from researchers at the University of Southern California, San Diego State University and Bar-Ilan University in Israel.
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Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Petry, a Medal of Honor recipient, shared the story of his life-changing service in the military and emphasized the importance of a support system at “A Wounded Warrior’s Experience and Physical Rehabilitation,” an event sponsored by the USC Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans & Military Families along with the Division of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy, in the Ronald Tutor Campus Center on Wednesday.