The rate of depression is about 15% in the general population.
Among Social Workers, it is about 30% - double the rate of the average person.
What are our ideas about the 30% among us - stigma or acceptance?
And why is the rate of depression so much higher among trained professionals who probably know more about the symptoms, treatment and resources available for depression than the general population?
Is it harder to recognize when it happens to us?
Is it hard to acknowledge in ourselves when we compare our general good fortune to the often difficult circumstances of our clients?
There is more research about secondary traumatic stress (STS) now. What individual and organizational changes can we put into place to prevent and treat the impact of STS - for everyone's sake?
My high school senior. When she was born and breastfeeding every two hours, 24-7, and I couldn’t shower or read the Sunday paper anymor...
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