March 2009

I am now a contributor to the New Social Social Worker Blog. I’ll be posting about the role of technology in social work, which will tie in with my upcoming column, sw 2.0. In fact, Social Work 2.0 is now listed in Wikipedia. Stay tuned for details!

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Accountability needed in Ard Greíne abuse scandal as adult safeguarding reform continues to be delayed – David Cullinane TD

The Dáil has called for HIQA to be given interim authority on this matter and supplemented with the social workers needed to do this job until a safeguarding authority is in place. The post Accountability needed in Ard Greíne abuse scandal as adult safeguarding reform continues to be delayed – David Cullinane TD was curated by information for practice.

Associations between Patient Personality, Symptomatic Change and Therapy Dropout

Abstract Background Studies show that 16-77% of psychotherapy patients abandon therapy within the first sessions. The aim of this study is to examine how patient personality variables, specifically the patients’ structural integration and the personality traits dependency and self-criticism, are associated with symptomatic change and therapy dropout. Method […]

The Pandora Papers and the threat to democracy

The ‘Pandora Papers’, a new investigation led by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, has fuelled outrage around the world. Politicians, businesspeople, sports stars and cultural icons have been caught in the act of hiding their wealth and lying about it. But how likely is a reckoning for the lawyers and accountants who helped them? The […]

Mental imagery‐based self‐regulation: Effects on physical activity behaviour and its cognitive and affective precursors over time

Objectives (1) Test whether a mental imagery-based self-regulation intervention increases physical activity behaviour over 90 days; (2) Examine cognitive and affective precursors of change in physical activity behaviour. Design A randomized control trial with participants (N = 500) randomized to one of six intervention conditions in a 3 (risk communication f […]

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