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Lt. Col. Stéphane Grenier returned home to Canada after serving in Rwanda for nine months in the mid-1990s with the Canadian Forces. Though he didn't experience combat while he was there, he wasn't the same when he came back. Grenier soon descended into a deep depression and became suicidal.
It turned out he had post-traumatic stress disorder, but since he hadn't seen combat, was he even allowed to have those feelings?
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The USC School of Social Work's Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans and Military Families (CIR) co-hosted a consortium with the Army Behavioral Health Division's Marriage and Family Therapy Program to develop a competency model for training mental health professionals treating military personnel and their families.
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Real-life application of revolutionary virtual technology to train and teach in the classroom will be the focus of the University of Southern California's display and presentations at the Consumers Electronics Show (CES) Jan. 6-10 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
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While the public's yearning for health news and information can be seen in the popularity of such TV shows as "The Doctors" and websites like WebMD, these outlets only hint at the possibilities that technology will have on health care in the near future, says Maryalice Jordan-Marsh, a USC professor of social work.
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The USC School of Social Work hosted a visit from Michael B. Donley, Secretary of the U.S. Air Force, on Nov. 19 to discuss the military social work initiatives the school's Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans and Military Families (CIR) supports.
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A study by William A. Vega, the executive director of the Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging at the USC School of Social Work, and other researchers found that foreign-born Latino patients had a more positive perception of health care quality when clinical service providers spoke to them in the same language.
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At an international conference organized by the World Psychiatric Association (WPA), William A. Vega, the executive director of the Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging at the USC School of Social Work, discussed the mental health challenges facing Latinos in the United States.
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The USC School of Social Work and the Chinese Cochrane Center have launched the first online clearinghouse for human services professionals and policy makers in China seeking easy access to culturally relevant social work practices.
The Chinese Clearinghouse for Evidence-Based Practice and Policy (CCE) will introduce the latest evidence-based interventions in social work from around the world into a rapidly globalizing society beginning to look outward for solutions to modern mental-health problems.
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It's a pop quiz straight out of Workplace Relations 101.
Q. Tapping out replies to email on your smart phone during a morning meeting will earn you a reputation as a:
A) Multitasker intent on maximizing the workday.
B) Rude jerk who doesn't care about others.
C) It all depends.
Q. Flirting with that cute temp in your cubicle pod will lead to:
A) Dinner and a movie.
B) An emergency meeting with the human resources department for a mandatory sexual harassment refresher course.
C) Could be either.
Answer Key: C, C
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The University of Southern California School of Social Work, ranked among the top 10 social work schools in the United States, is revolutionizing the field of social work through its innovative use of advanced technology to train and prepare future social workers. Whether using patient avatars to train students on the mental health needs of soldiers returning from war, or delivering education via a newly opened, web-based Virtual Academic Center, the USC School of Social Work is breaking new ground in social work practice.