Document Type
Research Report
Original Publication Date
2021
Faculty Advisor/Mentor
Nicole O-Pries
Date of Submission
February 2021
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic will have long-lasting mental health impacts on hundreds of millions more worldwide than the contagion itself. Social workers are seeing increases in depression, anxiety, suicidality, and post-traumatic stress disorder and other negative mental health impacts. Because of this, social workers in all environments and modalities of practice need to be well-trained, agile, and energized while facing the pandemic themselves. This report compiles the impacts and concerns for a variety of social workers and their clients into a single, digestible source, supplemented by the “COVID-19 Resource Compendium for Social Workers and Their Clients”. Social workers must practice self-care, maintain connections with professional resources, and seek out practical tools for themselves and their clients in order to best serve those in need long after a COVID-19 vaccine is readily available.
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Compendium of resources.