Anna Scheyett
Biographic Data
| ID | 3454940 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anna Scheyett |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anna |
| FAMILY NAME | Scheyett |
| SIGNATURE | SCHEYETT A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3459-3794 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 41 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 74 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 41 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Identifying Populations with High Opioid Use Disorder Public Stigma
The United States is facing an ongoing opioid epidemic. Despite tragic outcomes and the availability of effective treatments, only a small proportion of people with opioid use disorder (OUD) receive care. A primary barrier to treatment is public stigma. This study surveyed the general population in 13 states to explore characteristics and subpopulations associated with high OUD stigma, with the goal of informing community anti-stigma education st…
Spirituality, social work practice, and sustainable development
Based on human experience and history we know faith and culture are distinct and different. Cultural expression is a fundamental aspect of one’s identity and a human right that must be protected. Culture is a universal phenomenon, that is shaped primarily by one’s socialization. All people have a culture and may belong to a particular faith/spiritual tradition. They may also relate to others who belong to a cultural group or identify with a parti…
“A great life, if you can stand it”
Pandemic distress on the farm
Cooperative Extension offices as mental health hubs
Rural communities in the U.S. face multiple mental health challenges, with lack of accessible, acceptable services, skepticism towards those outside the community, and stigma towards help-seeking. Mobilizing rural communities to address mental health may be possible if facilitated by a trusted local organization such as Cooperative Extension Service (Extension). Extension promotes community wellbeing through evidence-based programming, extending …
Final Thoughts
Journal Article Final Thoughts: Hope, Kindness, and Gratitude Get access Anna Scheyett Anna Scheyett PhD, MSW, is professor, School of Social Work and College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA; email: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Work, Volume 68, Issue 4, October 2023, Pages 265–266, https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/swad033…
A Liminal Moment in Social Work
Journal Article A Liminal Moment in Social Work Get access Anna Scheyett Anna Scheyett PhD, MSW, is professor, School of Social Work and College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA; email: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Work, Volume 68, Issue 2, April 2023, Pages 101–102, https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/swad010 Published: 10 F…
Social Work’s Role in Rebuilding the Child Welfare Workforce
There has been a great deal of discussion in academia and the media about how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the workforce. Many question whether these changes are permanent shifts in who is working, how we work, and how we balance work and the rest of our lives. These are important conversations at all levels. At the individual level it is an opportunity to reprioritize and engage in self-reflection. At the organizational level it is an oppo…
The Time Is Right for Social Work
March is Social Work Month, and the theme for 2022 has been “The Time is Right for Social Work” (https://www.socialworkers.org/News/Social-Work-Month) This is a powerful statement, and one deserving of real thoughtfulness. Our time is one of challenge and conflict, with a syndemic of concatenated crises—COVID-19, racism, chronic health disparities, structurally unjust systems, a failing economy where people are differentially vulnerable and have …
Quiet Quitting
O ver the past few months, I have heard more and more in the media about quiet quitting. Headlines in the news include questions
Voice and Justice
There’s really no such thing as the ‘voiceless’. There are only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard” (Roy, 2004, para. 4). For justice to occur, all voices must be heard. For justice to occur, all voices must be free to speak their truth. For justice to occur, we must attend to all voices. According to United Nations and the Rule of Law (n.d.), “In the absence of access to justice, people are unable to have their voice heard, exe…
The Responsibility of Self-Care in Social Work
Recently my colleague and former editor-in-chief of Social Work, Tricia B. Bent-Goodley (2018), wrote an editorial on the importance of intentional self-care in social work practice. Since that time, self-care has become even more essential for us. We have all been battered by a pandemic, by images and experiences of police violence against Black individuals and communities, by news of the murder of Asian women in Atlanta, by job loss and economi…
A Time for Transformation
I can’t wait until things get back to normal.” How many times have you heard this? With COVID-19 cases decreasing (as of this writing) and vaccine distribution increasing, people are talking about the aftertimes, when the pandemic subsides and things go back to the way they used to be. All of us can breathe a sigh of relief and return to our regular lives. However, if we return to life the way it was pre-COVID-19, social work has failed. If we le…
Immigration and the World in 2021
The social work profession has a long history of supporting the rights and promoting the well-being of people who are immigrants (people who make a conscious decision to leave their home and settle in a new country), migrants (people moving from place to place, often linked to work), refugees (people forced to flee their home due to war, violence, or persecution), or asylum seekers (people seeking refugee status) (International Rescue Committee, …
Pandemics, Economic Systems, and the Future of Social Work
Thoughts in the Time of Covid-19
Suicide Prevention
Suicide is a critical and growing problem in the United States. This major health challenge results in tragic early loss of life, devastates families, disrupts communities, and affects all of us. One recent study (Cerel et al., 2016) estimated that 48 percent of the population has known at least one person who has died by suicide in their lifetime. Social workers have multiple pivotal roles to play in suicide prevention, intervention, and postven…
Social Work in Fractured Times
The Velocity of Research
Social work is a profession with burgeoning research activity and a wealth of research-based knowledge. Our scholars tackle the grand challenges of our times, seeking to understand and address the problems that erode well-being and social justice. Each year there are more research initiatives, more journals, and more peer-reviewed publications. With all of this research, social work practice should be awash with innovation and cutting-edge interv…
The interaction of serious mental disorder and race on time to reincarceration
Individuals with a serious mental disorder (SMD) are disproportionately incarcerated in state prisons, and research has shown that individuals with SMD are more likely to recidivate upon release. Persons of color are also disproportionately incarcerated and at risk for repeat incarcerations. However, minimal research has yet to examine whether the relationship between SMD and recidivism is conditioned on race. This study used proportional hazards…
Strength and Motivation
College athletes develop many strengths and skills during their athletic career, such as dedication, ability to work across cultures, leadership, and community building. Social workers need many of these same skills. This study explores the potential transfer of skills from athletics to social work among 15 former college athlete MSW students. Qualitative interviews asked about transferability of skills developed as college athletes to social wor…
Acceptability of a Social Support Intervention for Re-entering Prisoners
A relatively unexplored area of prisoner reentry programs involves actively engaging the prisoner’s naturally occurring social support in the reentry interventions. Most reentering prisoners rely on loved ones for social support, but that support is often fragile. Interventions that strengthen the sustainability of social support are crucial to a successful reentry. This study evaluates the acceptability of a social support intervention for male …
Using Randomized Controlled Trials to Evaluate Interventions for Releasing Prisoners
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are rarely used to evaluate social and behavioral interventions designed for releasing prisoners. Objective: We use a pilot RCT of a social support intervention (Support Matters) as a case example to discuss obstacles and strategies for conducting RCT intervention evaluations that span prison and community contexts. Method: First, we summarize existing studies with current and former prisoner samples that highl…
Multilevel challenges to engagement in HIV care after prison release
These findings underscore the need for comprehensive evidence-based interventions to prepare inmates to transition from incarceration to freedom, particularly those that strengthen linkage to HIV care and focus on realities of reentry, including stigma, meeting basic needs, preventing substance abuse, and identifying community resources
Recovery in Severe Mental Illnesses
Recovery is an increasingly important construct in mental health services for adults with serious mental illnesses. It is defined as an active process of integrating mental health care with daily existence, creating a purposeful life regardless of diagnosis. Social work principles align with central values of recovery. Social workers who provide services to consumers may find it helpful to use a standardized recovery instrument in practice. The a…
Quiet Quitting
O ver the past few months, I have heard more and more in the media about quiet quitting. Headlines in the news include questions
Silence and Surveillance
Evidence-based practice (EBP) has had a significant impact on aspects of social work practice in mental health. It is important for social work to consider EBPs and their implications, particularly around the dynamics of power and potential for coercion and oppression. This paper uses a post-modern lens to examine EBPs and explore the dominant discourses of science and mental illness that are its foundation. Specifically, it uses the work of Mich…
Naturally Occurring Social Support in Interventions for Former Prisoners with Substance Use Disorders
Can We Talk
To facilitate the recovery of people with mental illness (consumers of mental health services), social workers must be strengths-focused and believe in the potential for consumer growth and improvement. Unfortunately, social workers often share the negative, stigmatizing view of mental illness held by much of the general population. In this article, the authors describe a facilitated dialogue process between consumers and master's level social wo…
Women and Men With Mental Illnesses
Women with mental illnesses have reported that one painful aspect of living with their diagnosis is the loss of personal identity when they are labeled “mentally ill.” Although a number of studies have focused on services to address issues of relevance to women, few have explored the different ways in which women and men view services within the mental health system. Using a focus-group approach, the authors conducted a study that examined the se…
A Liminal Moment in Social Work
Journal Article A Liminal Moment in Social Work Get access Anna Scheyett Anna Scheyett PhD, MSW, is professor, School of Social Work and College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA; email: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Work, Volume 68, Issue 2, April 2023, Pages 101–102, https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/swad010 Published: 10 F…
Pandemics, Economic Systems, and the Future of Social Work
Danger and Opportunity
Evidence-based practice has received increased emphasis within the social work field in the past decade and social work educational programs are including more evidence-based practice content in their curricula. This article examines some issues social work educators may wish to consider as they teach evidence-based practice to social work students, including encouraging student critical thinking, rather than simple acceptance of any practice gui…
The Responsibility of Self-Care in Social Work
Recently my colleague and former editor-in-chief of Social Work, Tricia B. Bent-Goodley (2018), wrote an editorial on the importance of intentional self-care in social work practice. Since that time, self-care has become even more essential for us. We have all been battered by a pandemic, by images and experiences of police violence against Black individuals and communities, by news of the murder of Asian women in Atlanta, by job loss and economi…
Social Work in Fractured Times
Acceptability of a Social Support Intervention for Re-entering Prisoners
A relatively unexplored area of prisoner reentry programs involves actively engaging the prisoner’s naturally occurring social support in the reentry interventions. Most reentering prisoners rely on loved ones for social support, but that support is often fragile. Interventions that strengthen the sustainability of social support are crucial to a successful reentry. This study evaluates the acceptability of a social support intervention for male …
Social Work and Criminal Justice
Social workers are needed but infrequently involved with criminal justice systems. One way to increase the number of social workers in the criminal justice system is by exposing students to work in these settings. This study examined the number, types, and utilization of criminal justice field placements in MSW programs by surveying field education directors. On average, 7.73% of field placements were in criminal justice settings. When asked abou…
Screening and Access to Services for Individuals with Serious Mental Illnesses in Jails
Consumer and Family Views on Evidence-Based Practices and Adult Mental Health Services
The Oppression of Caring
Caring is central to the experience of women. It is also a form of oppression for women, since this culture demands that women care for, as well as care about, others, yet does not acknowledge the value of caregiving tasks. Women who are caregivers to relatives with a severe and persistent mental illness carry an intolerable burden of care, with little support from the state. This article delineates these issues and proposes specific changes in s…
Marriage Is the Best Defense
Marital rape is a serious problem in this country. However, in 36 states, husbands are protected from prosecution by a marital rape exemption. The origins of this exemption are found in antiquated patriarchal concepts of women. The State is reluctant to abolish the exemption because of the fear that abolition will further the disintegration of the patriarchal family and will shift the balance of power between women and the male State. Feminist so…
A Time for Transformation
I can’t wait until things get back to normal.” How many times have you heard this? With COVID-19 cases decreasing (as of this writing) and vaccine distribution increasing, people are talking about the aftertimes, when the pandemic subsides and things go back to the way they used to be. All of us can breathe a sigh of relief and return to our regular lives. However, if we return to life the way it was pre-COVID-19, social work has failed. If we le…
Thoughts in the Time of Covid-19
Using Randomized Controlled Trials to Evaluate Interventions for Releasing Prisoners
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are rarely used to evaluate social and behavioral interventions designed for releasing prisoners. Objective: We use a pilot RCT of a social support intervention (Support Matters) as a case example to discuss obstacles and strategies for conducting RCT intervention evaluations that span prison and community contexts. Method: First, we summarize existing studies with current and former prisoner samples that highl…
Preparation of Social Workers to Support People with Developmental Disabilities
We examine how well schools of social work prepare students to work with people with developmental disabilities (DD). Using websites of 50 U.S. schools of social work, we examine their curricula to determine the number and nature of disability studies courses. We examine tenure-line faculty to identify potential for current staff to expand DD courses. We provide evidence of growing demand for DD services, and show minimal opportunities exist for …
Marriage Is the Best Defense
Marital rape is a serious problem in this country. However, in 36 states, husbands are protected from prosecution by a marital rape exemption. The origins of this exemption are found in antiquated patriarchal concepts of women. The State is reluctant to abolish the exemption because of the fear that abolition will further the disintegration of the patriarchal family and will shift the balance of power between women and the male State. Feminist so…
The Oppression of Caring
Caring is central to the experience of women. It is also a form of oppression for women, since this culture demands that women care for, as well as care about, others, yet does not acknowledge the value of caregiving tasks. Women who are caregivers to relatives with a severe and persistent mental illness carry an intolerable burden of care, with little support from the state. This article delineates these issues and proposes specific changes in s…
Can We Talk
To facilitate the recovery of people with mental illness (consumers of mental health services), social workers must be strengths-focused and believe in the potential for consumer growth and improvement. Unfortunately, social workers often share the negative, stigmatizing view of mental illness held by much of the general population. In this article, the authors describe a facilitated dialogue process between consumers and master's level social wo…
Danger and Opportunity
Evidence-based practice has received increased emphasis within the social work field in the past decade and social work educational programs are including more evidence-based practice content in their curricula. This article examines some issues social work educators may wish to consider as they teach evidence-based practice to social work students, including encouraging student critical thinking, rather than simple acceptance of any practice gui…
Silence and Surveillance
Evidence-based practice (EBP) has had a significant impact on aspects of social work practice in mental health. It is important for social work to consider EBPs and their implications, particularly around the dynamics of power and potential for coercion and oppression. This paper uses a post-modern lens to examine EBPs and explore the dominant discourses of science and mental illness that are its foundation. Specifically, it uses the work of Mich…
Women and Men With Mental Illnesses
Women with mental illnesses have reported that one painful aspect of living with their diagnosis is the loss of personal identity when they are labeled “mentally ill.” Although a number of studies have focused on services to address issues of relevance to women, few have explored the different ways in which women and men view services within the mental health system. Using a focus-group approach, the authors conducted a study that examined the se…
Consumer and Family Views on Evidence-Based Practices and Adult Mental Health Services
Front Line Workers’ Attitudes towards Psychiatric Advance Directives
HIV-Infected Prison Inmates
Screening and Access to Services for Individuals with Serious Mental Illnesses in Jails
Intensive Case Management Before and After Prison Release is No More Effective Than Comprehensive Pre-Release Discharge Planning in Linking HIV-Infected Prisoners to Care
Psychiatric Advance Directives and Social Workers
Psychiatric advance directives (PADs) are legal documents that allow individuals to express their wishes for future psychiatric care and to authorize a legally appointed proxy to make decisions on their behalf during incapacitating crises. PADs are viewed as an alternative to the coercive interventions that sometimes accompany mental health crises for people with mental illness. Insofar as coercive interventions can abridge clients' autonomy and …
Preparation of Social Workers to Support People with Developmental Disabilities
We examine how well schools of social work prepare students to work with people with developmental disabilities (DD). Using websites of 50 U.S. schools of social work, we examine their curricula to determine the number and nature of disability studies courses. We examine tenure-line faculty to identify potential for current staff to expand DD courses. We provide evidence of growing demand for DD services, and show minimal opportunities exist for …
Assertive Community Treatment as Community Change Intervention
Individuals with severe mental illnesses (SMI) are a vulnerable population, struggling to cope with fragmented and often unwelcoming community service systems. Research has examined Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) as an intervention for SMI individuals, but little research has explored ACT's potential as a community system change intervention. Using focus groups with ACT teams, we explored changes in community service systems as a result of A…
Naturally Occurring Social Support in Interventions for Former Prisoners with Substance Use Disorders
Social Work and Criminal Justice
Social workers are needed but infrequently involved with criminal justice systems. One way to increase the number of social workers in the criminal justice system is by exposing students to work in these settings. This study examined the number, types, and utilization of criminal justice field placements in MSW programs by surveying field education directors. On average, 7.73% of field placements were in criminal justice settings. When asked abou…
Recovery in Severe Mental Illnesses
Recovery is an increasingly important construct in mental health services for adults with serious mental illnesses. It is defined as an active process of integrating mental health care with daily existence, creating a purposeful life regardless of diagnosis. Social work principles align with central values of recovery. Social workers who provide services to consumers may find it helpful to use a standardized recovery instrument in practice. The a…
Multilevel challenges to engagement in HIV care after prison release
These findings underscore the need for comprehensive evidence-based interventions to prepare inmates to transition from incarceration to freedom, particularly those that strengthen linkage to HIV care and focus on realities of reentry, including stigma, meeting basic needs, preventing substance abuse, and identifying community resources
Acceptability of a Social Support Intervention for Re-entering Prisoners
A relatively unexplored area of prisoner reentry programs involves actively engaging the prisoner’s naturally occurring social support in the reentry interventions. Most reentering prisoners rely on loved ones for social support, but that support is often fragile. Interventions that strengthen the sustainability of social support are crucial to a successful reentry. This study evaluates the acceptability of a social support intervention for male …
Using Randomized Controlled Trials to Evaluate Interventions for Releasing Prisoners
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are rarely used to evaluate social and behavioral interventions designed for releasing prisoners. Objective: We use a pilot RCT of a social support intervention (Support Matters) as a case example to discuss obstacles and strategies for conducting RCT intervention evaluations that span prison and community contexts. Method: First, we summarize existing studies with current and former prisoner samples that highl…
Strength and Motivation
College athletes develop many strengths and skills during their athletic career, such as dedication, ability to work across cultures, leadership, and community building. Social workers need many of these same skills. This study explores the potential transfer of skills from athletics to social work among 15 former college athlete MSW students. Qualitative interviews asked about transferability of skills developed as college athletes to social wor…
The interaction of serious mental disorder and race on time to reincarceration
Individuals with a serious mental disorder (SMD) are disproportionately incarcerated in state prisons, and research has shown that individuals with SMD are more likely to recidivate upon release. Persons of color are also disproportionately incarcerated and at risk for repeat incarcerations. However, minimal research has yet to examine whether the relationship between SMD and recidivism is conditioned on race. This study used proportional hazards…
Social Work in Fractured Times
The Velocity of Research
Social work is a profession with burgeoning research activity and a wealth of research-based knowledge. Our scholars tackle the grand challenges of our times, seeking to understand and address the problems that erode well-being and social justice. Each year there are more research initiatives, more journals, and more peer-reviewed publications. With all of this research, social work practice should be awash with innovation and cutting-edge interv…
Thoughts in the Time of Covid-19
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