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If you didn’t know it, you might think it was a party.
There’s music, food, a live talk show complete with host, guests and video clips – even a “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” type game show with prizes. People ask questions, they engage each other, they laugh.
But looks aren’t always what they seem.
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Over her 35-year career, Hortensia Amaro has taken the time to mentor a large cadre of scholars and researchers, helping them grow into change agents whose work has touched people across the globe.
From developing internationally recognized measurement tools for gender-based power relationships to creating a model for HIV prevention in child brides in India and models for treatment of homeless individuals with serious mental illness, the work these students went on to do has profoundly impacted communities far and wide.
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Late-life depression exerts significant physical and emotional burden on older adults, their families and health care systems. Studies indicate that older adults face unique challenges in battling depression. Unlike younger individuals with depression, older adults have a decreased likelihood of remission than younger populations, are more prone to suffer from functional disability and are less likely to receive quality mental health care.
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These students had no idea what they were in for.
“We weren’t given any details,” said Lindsey Etheridge. “From the invitation, it had an air of exclusivity to it. So I felt privileged and accepted immediately, but I really didn’t know what to expect.”
No one knew what to expect. But 15 USC Master of Social Work students, of which Etheridge was one, gave up their last free weekend of the summer to participate in two days of critical thinking designed to change the way students – and social workers – think about their roles in society.
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Many service members leaving the military and returning to Los Angeles County are not prepared for the transition home and have a range of needs that cannot be easily provided by a single organization, according to a new University of Southern California School of Social Work report released Tuesday.
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Suzanne Wenzel is the Richard M. and Ann L. Thor Professor in Urban Social Development at the USC School of Social Work.
A sprawling metropolis of nearly 10 million people, Los Angeles County has the unenviable distinction of being home to the largest jail system in the United States, housing an inmate population of approximately 19,000 on any given day.
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Karen Lincoln is an associate professor at the USC School of Social Work and director of the USC Hartford Center of Excellence in Geriatric Social Work.
Over 10 million Americans now require long-term care annually and Medicaid is the primary source of coverage. Medicaid spending on long-term care services has been rising sharply.
With 10,000 baby boomers turning 65 every day, the United States is in a long-term care crisis.
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For the next year, the USC School of Social Work will benefit from the research and practical expertise of the Israeli Defense Forces mental health department.
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Social work is historically and inherently based in clinical practice.
From the settlement houses of the late 1800s to the therapeutic treatments offered to veterans of the recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, the profession has focused on providing services to the most vulnerable individuals in society.
In recent decades, however, scholars have sought to bring a decidedly more scientific approach to social work by emphasizing evidence-based interventions shown to be effective in research studies, an effort that has been embraced by some but challenged by others.
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In the world of academic research, streams of funding from federal and state agencies are king.
A large grant from the National Institutes of Health can propel a young faculty member’s career forward and sustain ongoing research for years.
But as public institutions tighten their purse strings and the federal funding environment grows increasingly competitive, researchers at the USC School of Social Work have begun exploring previously overlooked forms of support, particularly from private foundations, businesses and philanthropic donors.