Telling patients that they have only months to live can be distressing for the healthcare provider, the patient and the patient’s family. But in a recently published article of Palliative and Supportive Care, Jennifer Currin-McCulloch and Barbara Jones suggest that, when framed in the proper context, hope can thrive in conversations about a patient’s terminal […]
Fall 2018
Relationships matter
For decades, the child welfare system has worked on the assumption that legal permanency (through adoption, reunification or kinship care) was enough to ensure that children in foster care have a successfully transition to adulthood. A new study by Upbring and the Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing calls into question this assumption and […]
Uniting communities in recovery
In organizing the 2018 Austin’s NEDA (National Eating Disorders Association) Walk, master’s student Niki DuBois’s goal was to create a community for people recovering from eating disorders and substance-use disorders. “As someone who struggled with both disorders, I went so many years switching from one to the other because there wasn’t a facility that will […]
Support for military and veteran families
In a joint effort with colleagues in Dell Medical School’s Department of Psychiatry, social work professor Elisa Borah is leading the new Military & Veteran Family Program. Through this program, university researchers and community members collaborate to develop and test interventions for service members, veterans, and their caregivers and families. The program also partners with […]
Fall 2018 Class Notes
We are proud of our alumni and the positive impact they are making in their communities. Below, we celebrate the accomplishments that have been shared with us, starting with the 2018 Distinguished Alum awardee. Are you a Steve Hicks School alum who would like to submit recent news? Submit your update here. CURRENT POSITION: […]
Fall 2018 Community
Why I give Catherine Mullan (MSSW ’05) was working as a hospital social worker after graduating. She decided that she wanted a nursing degree, too. “I am a better nurse because I was a social worker first, and I always tell people this when they ask me,” she said. Mullan is now a day hospital […]