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Purpose: This study evaluated the possible effects of empathy-focused group work on the participants, which is designed by bringing together cisgender heterosexual and LGBTQ+ people. Method: The study group of the research consists of 28 people (14 people in each of the experimental and control groups) who receive social service from a municipality in Istanbul, Turkey. The empathy-focused group work lasted 8 weeks, and pretest and posttest measurements were performed using the Affective and Cognitive Measure of Empathy (ACME) Scale and the Social Dominance Orientation Scale. Results: The result of this study showed that the participants were able to experience positive contact experiences in group work with heterogeneous groups, and an increase in the emotional and cognitive empathy levels of the participants and a decrease in their social dominance orientation. Conclusions: Implications for future research and professional practice are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This study aims to evaluate the synthesis of isoindole-1,3-dione analogues and their cytotoxic potential. A549 and HeLa cells exposed to 250–100–50–25 µM doses of each derivative were incubated for 24, 48, and 72 h. The cytotoxicity of the isoindole-1,3-dione derivatives was analyzed using the cell growth inhibition assay and the cell membrane damage test. (3aR,5R,6R,7aS)-5-Azido-2-benzyl-6-hydroxyhexahydro-1H-isoindole-1,3(2H)-dione (1d), (3aR,5R,6R,7aS)-5-azido-6-((tert-butyldiphenylsilyl)oxy)-2-ethylhexahydro-1H-isoindole-1,3(2H)-dione (2a), and (3aR,5R,6R,7aS)-5-azido-6-((tert-butyldiphenylsilyl)oxy)-2-methylhexahydro-1H-isoindole-1,3(2H)-dione (2b) compounds inhibited the growth of the A549 and HeLa cells caused membrane damage and exhibited a dose-dependent cytotoxic effect on lung and cervical carcinoma cells. The effect of tert-butyldiphenylsilyl (TBDPS) groups on cytotoxicity was observed in compounds 2a and 2b, but not in the other compounds. Considering the effect of groups attached to the nitrogen atom, the best activity was exhibited in 2b molecule to which the methyl group is attached. Additionally, the interactions of compounds (3aR,5R,6R,7aS)-5-azido-6-hydroxy-2-methylhexahydro-1H-isoindole-1,3(2H)-dione (1b), 1d, 2a and 2b with mammalian rapamycin target, human ribosomal S6 kinase 1 and human epidermal growth factor receptor were investigated by molecular docking studies,. According to the docking results, 2a and 2b compounds containing a TBDPS group have stronger binding energies than 1b and 1d compounds against all target receptors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Individuals who are disabled may have to struggle with more challenging conditions compared to other members of the society, together with processes such as pandemics. This study aims to determine the level of benefit from the social work intervention applied according to the "Problem Management and Excess" (PM+) interview techniques, regarding the deterioration of physical therapy compliance and depressive symptoms of M.F., who suffered a physical accident just before the pandemic process. In the study, the social work intervention applied to the male and adult client who applied to the Healthy Life Center Mental Health Unit was discussed. A total of 6 interviews were conducted, including 1 preliminary interview, which was conducted according to the "Problem Management and More" (PM+) interview techniques. A follow-up interview was conducted 1.5 months after these interviews were completed. RUSOP questionnaire was used in the interview process, WHODAS, Patient Health Questionnaire and Suicide Risk Assessment and Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale were used before and after the interview, pretest and posttest were applied and it was understood that there was improvement in the bio-psycho-social functionality of the case. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ecological deterioration and its consequences are becoming more noticeable every day. In some cases, people's lives can be directly affected by the consequences of ecological deterioration due to the discipline and/or the interest of the profession (extinction of species, animal rights or taking care of plants), and in some cases, the change, loss and deterioration of habitats. Ecological grief becomes visible with a mourning response to the losses caused by ecological degradation, and it is predicted in the relevant literature that it will become widespread as ecological problems increase. There is a need for social work to add ecologically-related loss/mourning/grief issues to existing mourning and loss practices, in bringing these issues to its agenda within the scope of ecological social work and updating its practice in this direction. Based on this need, in this study, it is aimed to draw attention to the transformative and motivating power of grief for ecological benefit and ecocentrism in practice, and inferences are made for social work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this study, it is aimed to reveal the lack of associating social work and queer theory in Turkey and reflecting it to professional practices. In this framework, first, it is aimed to understand how the social work discipline has historically handled queer theory and how this approach has changed (or not) and how critical social work, radical social work and antioppression social work approaches look at the subject, then the queer theory's approach to the issue. It is envisaged to present a gender-neutral approach on how it can be applied in social work intervention processes. An approach independent of gender roles embodies the idea that the roles, facts, and situations assigned to women and men through the binary gender system are socially constructed, changed, and differentiated from society to society, from culture to culture, rather than biologically determined. Along with all these discussions, it is aimed to make a critical analysis of the transformations social work has undergone in the context of queer theory and to reveal the perspective of queer theory from this point of view, and to reveal the possibilities that social work can provide to social work by providing the queer perspective. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study demonstrates that social workers who participate in online group work that utilizes LGBTQIA+ films, discussion, and didactic training on LGBGQIA+ history, term, and issues can strengthen their empathy for LGBTQIA+ people and reduce their homophobia in preparation for serving people in LGBTQIA+ communities better. A total of 24 social workers from the Istanbul Branch of the Association of Social Workers, 12 in the experimental group and 12 in the control group, participated in the research. It has been observed that online group work, which is carried out with nested design, which is one of the mixed methods, significantly reduces the homophobia levels of social workers. Workshops and group work should be carried out to reduce the LGBTQIA+phobic attitudes of social workers, and these studies should be prepared in a way that includes the life experiences of LGBTQIA+ people. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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