social worker

What Do Social Workers Actually Do?

Published November 13, 2013

Question by Mz Lopez: What do social workers actually do?
I wanna go to school for psychology but I wanna work more along troubled teenagers or people in need of help like a social worker I guess. not giving medicine.… Continue reading →

Where Can a Teen Find Help or Information on Drug Use?

Published November 12, 2013

Question by 4everEmily: Where can a teen find help or information on drug use?
It has to be a website, or an organization (that is in San Diego), or a hotline….This info is for an article i am writing on… Continue reading →

Headstone for Christian Choate, Indiana Boy Starved and Beaten to Death …

Published November 5, 2013

Headstone For Christian Choate, Indiana Boy Starved And Beaten To Death …
The officer allegedly observed blood on the center console and fresh injection marks on Warburton's arms. Warburton allegedly told police … Sabrina Howard. Howard's addiction to morphine drove… Continue reading →

Focus on Addicts' Welfare, Not Drug Tests, Say Social Workers

Published October 18, 2013

Focus on addicts' welfare, not drug tests, say social workers
Authorities should put more resources into social welfare organisations and rehabilitation instead of a mandatory drug testing scheme to tackle the city's drug problem, social workers say. They were speaking… Continue reading →

Couple Launches Center to Help Healing in Newtown

Published October 7, 2013

Couple launches center to help healing in Newtown
During her tenure at the Legal Aid Society in Brooklyn, Stephanie Cinque encountered some of the most troubled kids anywhere – victims of drug addiction and street violence, abuse, neglect and abandonment.… Continue reading →

AAP Had Hand in First Poison Control Center

Published October 3, 2013

AAP had hand in first poison control center
Beginning around the 1930s, Duke University pediatrician Jay Arena, M.D., FAAP, was recording information on index cards and giving advice on treatment of ingestions, an interest spurred by his care of patients… Continue reading →