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Today’s question: Below are three quotes. Can you guess to whom each of these three quotes belongs? (Hint: They are either social workers, therapists, or researchers - or all of the above)

Quote 1: “Don't aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one's surrender to a person other than oneself.”

Quote 2: “The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life.”

Quote 3: “The bottom line is that if you are in hell, the only way out is to go through a period of sustained misery. Misery is, of course, much better than hell, but it is painful nonetheless. By refusing to accept the misery that it takes to climb out of hell, you end up falling back into hell repeatedly, only to have to start over and over again.”

Social work-related happenings

• Meet clinical social worker Meg Mertaugh-Graber, who runs a mobile mental health service that operates out of a school bus. Did we mention that she uses llamas in her treatment?

• We’ve often talked about how apps are becoming more widespread in the treatment of mental health. But how do you go about finding a mental health app? What should you look for?

• We must incorporate technology and entrepreneurship into social work (personal promotion 😎)

• Yet another agency is having trouble due to turnover among child protection workers. Why? Hint: It may involve an unsustainable caseload, low pay, dangerous work, intense pressure, and a few other factors.

• Health systems are using machine learning to predict high-cost care. Will it help patients?

Reads on research

• Can ‘magic mushrooms’ be used in therapy?

• Researchers explore an unlikely treatment for cognitive disorders: video games

Social work-related policy

• Bipartisan push on mental health crisis that COVID worsened

• Police surveillance and facial recognition: Why data privacy is imperative for communities of color

• Expansion of Kendra's Law, Funding for Psychiatric Beds Among State Budget Decisions on Mental Illness Policy

Answer:

Quote 1: Viktor frankly (Founder of logotherapy)
Quote 2: Jane Addams (pioneer of the social work profession)

Quote 3: Marsha M. Linehan (Founder of Dialectical Behavior Therapy)

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