A man with the words “Pimpin’ Ken” tattooed on his forehead was on the witness stand as Laurie Cook Heffron entered the Bexar County courtroom last October. The man was the defendant in the human trafficking case for which Cook Heffron was about to testify as an expert witness. He was… read more
Issues
The DSM-5: What social workers need to know
Countless workshops and presentations on the Fifth Edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) have garnered professors Beth Pomeroy and Cynthia Franklin a nickname: the DSM-5 Ninjas. We asked Pomeroy what social workers should know about the new manual, and this is what she shared: There… read more
Trauma and recovery
According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s most recent National Survey on Drug Use and Health, an estimated 22.7 million Americans needed treatment for problems related to drug or alcohol abuse in 2013. Suzanne Bartholomew (MSSW ’11) is the manager for women’s program at The Arbor Treatment Center… read more
