Social work has made significant strides in providing mental health services. However, advancement in mental health practices grounded in social work values, such as trauma-informed care and cultural humility mental health practice (CHMHP), is still lacking. One possible reason is that many strategies overlook clients' historical contexts, particularly the collective history held by the community to which the client belongs. By centering "history" in social work practices, clinical social workers can be more equipped to provide high-quality, client-centered services. This article advocates for adopting trauma-informed CHMHP as a critical strategy to elevate history in clinical social work practice and proposes that trauma-informed CHMHP can improve mental health service quality among clients of color who are profoundly disrupted by historical trauma. Specifically, this article proposes that using trauma-informed CHMHP to address historical trauma can enhance mental health treatment outcomes and experiences for African American women. Clinical social workers trained to address these interconnected issues can help reduce disparities in quality treatment access.

A study was conducted on how emotional intelligence and compassion fatigue (CF) interact in social workers. The hypothesis was that social workers with higher emotional intelligence were less likely to suffer/develop CF. A sample of 264 subjects was selected from among 2,014 active social workers in Seville (Spain). They were administered a sociodemographic questionnaire (α = .710), the Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire-Short Form (α = .790), and the Compassion Fatigue Scale (α = .770). Authors carried out a reliability analysis (Cronbach's alpha), a frequency study, contingency tables, a Pearson-type correlations analysis, a linear regression analysis, and analysis of variance-type significance tests (with values between p = .001 and p = .005). The social workers who participated in this study presented high emotional intelligence, yet high rates of CF were found. Specifically, the lower the social worker's manifest level of emotional intelligence, the greater the suffering of CF. Overall, social workers with higher emotional intelligence were less likely to suffer or develop CF.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over 61 million Americans have a disability, which translates to about 26 percent of the national population. The most common types of disability are physical (13.7 percent), or those that impact mobility, and intellectual (10.8 percent), or those related to cognitive processing. The Bureau of Justice Statistics has reported that 32 percent of people in state prisons and 40 percent of people in county jails have at least one disability, rates that demonstrate alarming disproportionality. Yet the history of the disability rights movement, the impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act for people with disabilities who are involved with the criminal justice system, and the implications of disability justice and critical disability theory for the field of social work are not well understood. The purpose of this article is to review these under-recognized topics and offer recommendations for addressing this neglected area of social work education, research, policy, and practice.

Journal Article Who Is Helping Us? Exploring the Transition to Parenthood in Infant–Family Professionals during the COVID-19 Era Get access Tanika Eaves, Tanika Eaves PhD, LCSW, is assistant professor, Marion Peckam Egan School of Nursing and Health Studies, Fairfield University, 1073 North Benson Road, Fairfield, CT 06824, USA teaves@fairfield.edu Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Joshua Neitlich, Joshua Neitlich LCSW, is instructor and director of field education, BSW program graduate, Marion Peckham Egan School of Nursing and Health Studies, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT, USA Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Maegan Emmert Maegan Emmert LMSW, is a BSW program graduate, Marion Peckham Egan School of Nursing and Health Studies, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT, USA Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Work, swad031, https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/swad031 Published: 17 July 2023 Article history Received: 26 June 2022 Revision received: 20 August 2022 Editorial decision: 29 August 2022 Accepted: 30 August 2022 Published: 17 July 2023

Journal Article Organizing for Power and Empowerment: The Fight for Democracy (2nd ed.). Jacqueline B. Mondros and Joan Minieri Get access Organizing for Power and Empowerment: The Fight for Democracy (2nd ed.). Jacqueline B. Mondros Joan Minieri. Columbia University Press, 2023. 424 pages. ISBN: 9780231189453. $35.00 paperback. Steve Burghardt, PhD, MSW Steve Burghardt, PhD, MSW Silberman School of Social Work Hunter College, City University of New York New York, NY, USA sburghar@hunter.cuny.edu Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Work, swad028, https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/swad028 Published: 07 July 2023

In recent years, social workers have paid increased attention to ethical issues. The profession's literature has burgeoned on topics such as ethical dilemmas in social work practice, ethical decision making, boundary issues and dual relationships, ethics-related risk management, and moral injury. This noteworthy trend builds on social work's rich and long-standing commitment to the development of core values and ethical standards evident throughout its history. Unlike allied human service and behavioral health professions, social work's ethics-related literature has not focused on the critically important issue of moral disengagement. Moral disengagement is typically defined as the process whereby individuals convince themselves that ethical standards do not apply to them. In social work, moral disengagement can lead to ethics violations and practitioner liability, particularly when social workers believe that they are not beholden to widely embraced ethical standards in the profession. The purpose of this article is to explore the nature of moral disengagement in social work, identify possible causes and consequences, and present meaningful strategies designed to prevent and respond to moral disengagement in the profession.

Journal Article Emotionally Preparing Doctoral Students as They Enter Academia Get access Derrick Kranke, PhD Derrick Kranke, PhD Veterans Emergency Management Evaluation Center U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs North Hills, CA, USA Email: dakranke@gmail.com Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Work, Volume 68, Issue 3, July 2023, Pages 255–256, https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/swad015 Published: 25 April 2023 Article history Accepted: 05 April 2023 Published: 25 April 2023

Extreme risk protection orders (ERPOs), which allow for the temporary restriction of firearm access for individuals at substantial risk of harming themselves and/or others, are a promising policy tool to address increasing rates of firearm-related suicide, homicide, and mass shootings. Social workers frequently assess clients at risk of firearm-related harm, positioning social workers to play a key role in ERPO implementation. This study sought to understand social workers' perspectives on ERPOs. Authors invited 6,910 licensed social workers in Washington state to participate in a survey in May and June of 2021 about facilitators and barriers to their willingness to counsel clients' family members, contact law enforcement, or independently file ERPOs for clients at risk of harm to self (HTS) or others (HTO). Of the 1,381 survey participants, most were willing to counsel (96 percent for HTS; 96 percent HTO), contact law enforcement (84 percent for HTS; 87 percent for HTO), or independently file an ERPO (78 percent for HTS; 79 percent for HTO). Common barriers associated with willingness were lack of understanding about the ERPO process and concerns with involving the legal system/law enforcement. Key facilitators included training social workers about ERPOs and availability of legal experts for consultations. Social workers are willing to incorporate ERPOs into their practice for clients, but remaining barriers need to be addressed to support the practice.