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Spring is here!
We once again welcome a new season with open arms. Sunday, March 20th marks the first day of Spring for 2022.
Don't forget to set your clocks ahead on March 13th as we "spring forward" into Daylight Savings.
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World Bipolar Day
March 30th, 2022
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Bipolar disorder dramatically affects the mood and may result in episodes of depression and elation, which can affect one’s health, productivity, and relationships.
World Bipolar Day educates and promotes the spread of information on bipolar disorder through international collaborative efforts.
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Why March 30th?
World Bipolar Day is observed on March 30 every year, on the birthday of Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh — one of the most influential artists in the history of Western art. His creativity was paralleled with his mental illness and he was posthumously diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
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How to observe World Bipolar Day?
Help a friend
It is possible that a friend or loved one may be suffering from bipolar disorder. Pay attention to anyone showing extreme mood swings and get them to seek a professional opinion.
Talk about it
Talk openly and honestly about bipolar disorder. There is no shame in it! Share your experiences and get involved on World Bipolar Day.
Wear a ribbon
Black and white stripes represent the two extremes of bipolar disorder. Wear a striped ribbon to show your solidarity.
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March is Women's History Month! |
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Take a moment to learn about a few women who have contributed immeasurably to the field of Mental Health! |
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Psychologist Mamie Phipps Clark, PhD was one of the first African-Americans awarded a doctoral degree in psychology from Columbia University. Prior to that, Dr. Clark earned a master’s degree from Howard University (where she also studied as an undergraduate) and, as part of her thesis, worked with children in an all-black nursery school. This sparked Dr. Clark’s deep interest in understanding self-identification in black children—a focus that ultimately led to her now-famous doll experiments, which not only exposed internalized racism, but shed light on the negative effects of segregation.
Though she left academia behind in 1973, Dr. Clark received the American Association of University Women achievement award for her contributions to the field of mental health. Ten years later, she received the Candace Award for humanitarianism from the National Coalition of 100 Black Women.
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Mamie Phipps Clark, PhD
Learn more about her story here:
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Kay Redfield Jamison, Ph.D., M.A.
Learn more about her story here:
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Kay Redfield Jamison, an American psychologist and leading authority on bipolar disorder, was born on June 22, 1946. She completed her Master’s from University of California, Los Angeles in 1971 and her Ph.D. in 1975. She is credited with founding the Mood Disorders Clinic at UCLA. After teaching for several years at UCLA, she went to the John Hopkins University School of Medicine where she was offered a post as Professor of Psychiatry, the first time such a post had been offered to a psychologist.
Unbeknownst to her colleagues, Dr. Jamison herself was suffering from manic-depressive illness or bipolar disorder. It was her disorder in part that motivated her to choose this occupation. She co-authored the standard medical text on bipolar disorder, titled Manic-Depressive Illness which the American Association of Publishers nominated in 1990 as “Most Outstanding Book in Biomedical Science”. In 1995, Kay Redfield Jamison published An Unquiet Mind: Memoirs of Moods and Madness detailing her own personal experiences with the illness. The book stayed on The New York Times Bestsellers List for five months and was translated into 15 languages.
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Marsha Linehan was the Professor Emeritus of Psychology in the Department of Psychology at the University of Washington and was Director Emeritus of the Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics, a consortium of research projects developing new treatments and evaluating their efficacy for severely disordered and multi-diagnostic and suicidal populations. Her primary research was in the application of behavioral models to suicidal behaviors, drug abuse, and borderline personality disorder. She also worked to develop effective models for transferring science-based treatments to the clinical community.
She received awards recognizing her clinical and research contributions to the study and treatment of suicidal behaviors. She was recognized for her clinical research. She was president of both the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy and of the Society of Clinical Psychology, Division 12, American Psychological Association. She was a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the American Psychopathological Association and was a diplomat of the American Board of Behavioral Psychology. And she is the developer of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), a treatment originally developed for the treatment of suicidal behaviors and since expanded to treatment of borderline personality disorder and other severe and complex mental disorders.
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Marsha Linehan, Ph.D., ABPP
Learn more about her story here:
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Let's Celebrate Social Workers!
Social Work Month
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This year's theme for Social Work Month is
The Time is Right for Social Work!
The need for social workers is great.
There are nearly 720,000 social workers in our nation. That number is expected to grow by 12 percent by the end of the decade, making social work one of the fastest growing professions in the nation, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Social workers have been an integral part of our nation for decades. Social workers played key roles in the Civil Rights and Women’s Rights movements and pushed for social programs we now take for granted, including the minimum wage, a 40-hour work week, Social Security and Medicare.
The time is always right for social work. However more people are entering the field because the life-affirming services that social workers provide are needed more than ever. This is especially true as our nation continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, systemic racism, economic inequality, global warming, and other crises.
That is why the theme for Social Work Month 2022 is The Time is Right for Social Work.
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Happy Anniversary to one of Samaritan's own Social Workers! |
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We want to wish an enormous Happy Anniversary to Sue Gruen. She is celebrating her 15th Anniversary with Samaritan Counseling Center!
We are so lucky to have had her on our team for all of these wonderful years and we are looking forward to continuing to work with her into the future.
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Did you know that you can generate donations while shopping for yourself on Amazon, at no extra cost?
Simply start your shopping at smile.amazon.com/ch/39-1799176 to confirm "Samaritan Counseling Center of Southern Wisconsin Inc" as your charity of choice and AmazonSmile will donate a portion of your eligible purchase price to our organization.
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As a non-profit, we cannot do this work without YOU. Accept our sincere gratitude for everything you continue to do to support our mission! |
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www.samaritancounselingcenterwi.org |
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