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There is a drastic shortage of Social Workers to meet the on-going demand for mental health services. This discovery necessitates the opportunity to explore alternative treatment options such as digital applications. Patients managing comorbid conditions require an integrated model of care approach and with layering complexities, this vulnerable population may need care outside of the primary care setting. Social workers play a vital role in these models of care, but the shortage has impacted patients the most.Literature validates that digital applications can support mental health conditions however, research for patients with complex issues is sparce. This particular study focused on individual qualitative interviews with patients managing long-haul COVID-19 physical and mental health conditions within a specialty care clinic.\ The outcomes demonstrate that patients perceived the digital application to be effective in supporting their mental health conditions in the absence of social workers. This intervention may be used as an alternative to care allowing social workers to engage with patients that may be experiencing more severe symptoms or to support their conditions in their absence.\ This opens the door for social work educators to bring innovative treatment options into the curriculum. As technology expands, social workers can advocate \ for policy changes to ensure privacy laws associated with digital applications.The outcomes of this study will impact social work practice, education and leadership.\ 

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Models of care, long-haul COVID-19, social workers, mental health, comorbid conditions, digital applications, specialty care

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Little research has reported the role of parental monitor and help seeking in the relationship between cyberbullying (CV) and suicidal thoughts/behaviors (SU) among college students. There is a growing awareness of the importance of CV and its relationship to SU, particularly what may serve as a protective factor in the relationship for female and male college students. Thus, this study examined if parental monitoring and help seeking moderate the relationship between CV and SU among male and female students based on general strain theory. The data was collected at two universities via an online survey in fall 2021. A total 336 college students (females = 241, males = 95) are included in the study. The ages in both groups were 18-24 years old or older. In the female and male groups, 68.9% and 87.4%, respectfully were heterosexual. Logistic regression was used to examine the association between CV and SU, which included the interaction terms for the two moderators: Parental monitoring and help seeking.For females, CV was positively associated with SU (B = .070, p < .05) and help seeking was negatively related to SU (B = -.121, p < .01), However, parental monitoring and help seeking were not a significant moderator in the relationship between the two. For males, CV was positively related to SU (B = .203, p < .05). The interaction term of CV and parental monitoring was negatively related to SU (B = -.155, p < .05). But help seeking were not a significant moderator in the model.The results provide evidence of differential associations among CV, parental monitoring, help seeking and SU in female and male college students. Male college students whose parents monitored about being safe on the computer had dramatically fewer suicidal thoughts/behaviors.Campus mental health providers may consider fostering open dialogue with parents related to student experiences of cyberbullying, particularly for male students. 

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Cyberbullying victimization, suicidal thoughts and behaviors, parental monitoring, help seeking, gender, college students

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A three-year transdisciplinary teaching and learning project between social work and nursing is examining the following research question: How can educators, field instructors (FI)/preceptors, and practice leaders create innovative, sustainable work integrated learning experiences (WIL) for students in a rapidly changing practice context of diminished resources? This project aims to integrate the essential areas of teaching, learning and research in an iterative way to establish innovative approaches to support field education. The project is grounded in experientially-based learning, from the integral role of students throughout all phases of the project, to student and supervisor experiences in the WIL context. The research team is engaged in building capacity for students, Field Instructors/Preceptors,  service providers and educators in promoting teaching excellence via a) community connections supporting  service provision to consumers through virtual field practicums and optimizing student/stakeholder experiences via service/support to rural, northern, remote communities, and underserved urban populations across the province of Alberta during the pilot phase; and b) interprofessional collaboration and education opportunities—a partnership to stimulate the value/benefits of interprofessional education (IPE) that will build capacity for WIL opportunities for students and professionals supporting this learning. The disruptions of the pandemic and its lasting impacts have forced universities to re-imagine the field education landscape. These unprecedented times are pushing us to create thoughtful and purposeful experiences where learners develop skills that create resilience, flexibility, adaptability, and entrepreneurial thinking—WIL and IPE support these skills. Learnings from a scoping review of the literature, planning, and implementation of innovative models of WIL (i.e., virtual practice field models, group-based interprofessional WIL) will be shared and may elucidate novel knowledge about teaching and learning in the social work and nursing field contexts, that may be relevant on a much broader transdisciplinary scale.

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transdisciplinary, work integrated learning, interprofessional education, field education, social work, nursing, teaching and learning

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In Japan, early traditional mental health policies did not protect the rights of patients with mental illnesses. Most people with mental health problems tended to be confined at home or ignored. At that time, public safety was prioritized over human rights, although the Mental Health Act of 1950 abolished home confinement and promoted in patient treatment and during the 1990s community-based support was promoted. Although the previous environment has been improved, these early perceptions of people with mental illness have inevitably had some bearing on current mental health policies and approaches in Japan. The Psychiatric Custody Law, which was established in 1900, is the first nationally unified law in Japan related to people with mental illness. This law established the assignment of a custody officer to all patients. A custody officer was almost always a family member. When a family member assumed the role of custody officer, it was necessary to apply for permission for custody from the local police chief.  Japan's "family system" was used to create a new system in which the family protected the patients, and the police monitored the family. The meaning of "protection" was not the direct protection of the people with mental illness, but the indirect protection as continuous monitoring of their family by a strong police power. Therefore, the patients were under double control, but the protective effect was extremely weak. In this study, I will analyze the first private organization in Japan that developed charitable activities for the people with mental illness in the early 1900s, when many patients were left in private homes and society had little interest. This study will also clarify how the treatment of the people with mental illness in Japan evolved from charity to social work.

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Mental health policies in Japan, The Psychiatric Custody Law (1900), first private charitable organization for the people with mental illness in the early 1900s in Japan, from charitable endeavors to social work