MOBILE SOCIAL WORK
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Category Archives: Depression
DBT Self-help – An App To Support Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is a form of psychotherapy that was originally developed by Marsha M. Linehan, a psychology researcher at the University of Washington, to treat people with borderline … Continue reading
How Social Workers can fight Cyberbullying
Rena Malai, member of the news staff of the American National Association of Social Workers (NASW), shared her thoughts about on- and offline bullying. Here are the statements I find … Continue reading
Feelings in a Flash – An Android App For Kids To Track And Share Their Moods
Feeling in a Flash is an Android app by teens and for teens that enables children to track and share their feelings with friends on Facebook. The free app helps … Continue reading
Online Tools for Psychotherapy with Young People
Here is a list of online tools that psychologist Dr Michael Carr-Gregg uses in the work work with young people. This list of online tools is taken from an interview … Continue reading
Will this virtual human replace social workers and psychotherapists?
Can machines read human face expression? And can they do it like a social worker or psychotherapist? … Professionals that are trained to focus on empathy and the diagnosis of … Continue reading
The Fifth Army | An App for Young People dealing with Depression, Bullying or Homophobia [VIDEO]
THE FIFTH ARMY is a movement tackling three big issues affecting young people today – depression, homophobia and bullying. By completing missions and earning points to move up the army … Continue reading
Can your phone tell you if you suffer from depression?
Here is the abstract of a study on the possibility of measuring depression through your phone. The interactive voice response technology used in this study shows that patients responding to … Continue reading
Is Facebook a substitue for basic physiological needs ? [VIDEO] [INFOGRAPHIC]
Why do we use social networks like Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Linkedin, or blogs? One approach to this question is to look a Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. The following video is … Continue reading
Social Media Will Study Emotional Distress | HealthWorks Collective
by Michael Sherman, http://healthworkscollective.com Every day, we share so much data about our lives on Facebook and other social networks. It shouldn’t be a surprise to consider that people who suffer from … Continue reading
