| Description |
xvi, 478 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Foundations of social work knowledge |
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Foundations of social work knowledge.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Critical perspectives / Stuart A. Kirk -- Part I. Assessment and diagnosis -- Balancing act : assessing strengths in mental health practice / Dennis Saleebey -- The limits of diagnostic criteria : the role of social context in clinicians' judgments of mental disorder / Derek K. Hsieh and Stuart A. Kirk -- Mapping practice : assessment, context, and social justice / Mark A. Mattaini -- Disorders versus problems of living in DSM : rethinking social work's relationship to psychiatry / Jerome C. Wakefield -- The probabilistic nature of diagnosis : rolling the dice in social work practice / William R. Nugent -- Assessing the scientific states of 'Schizopherenia" / John R. Bola and Deborah B. Pitts -- Part II. The social context of intervention -- "To stem the tide of degeneracy" : the eugenic impulse in social work / Amy LaPan and Tony Platt -- Assertive community treatment (ACT) "the case against the best tested" evidence-based community treatment for severe mental illness / Tomi Gomory -- Empowerment : the foundation for social work practice in mental health / Stephen M. Rose -- Self-help mental health agencies / Steven P. Segal -- Power, gender, and the self : reflections on improving mental health for male and females / Sarah Rosenfield and Kathleen J. Pottick -- Part III. Evidence-based practice -- Evidence-based practice : breakthrough or buzzword? / William J. Reid and Julanne Colvin -- Critical thinking, evidence-based practice, and mental health / Eileen Gambrill -- Mental health practice guidelines : panacea or pipe dream? / Matthew O. Howard, Tonya Edmond, Michael G. Vaughn -- Part IV. Psychotherapy and social work -- Putting Humpty together again : treatment of mental disorder and pursuit of justice as parts of social work's mission / Jerome C. Wakefield -- The problem of psychotherapy in social work / William M. Epstein -- The misfortunes of behavioral social work : misprized, misread, and misconstrued / Bruce A. Thyer -- Part V. Questioning psychiatric medications -- Clinical psychopharmacology trials : "Gold standard" or fool's gold? / David Cohen -- Treatment of newly diagnosed psychosis without antipsychotic drugs : the Soteria Project / John R. Bola, Loren R. Mosher, David Cohen -- Psychosocial side effects of drug treatment of youth / Tally Moses and Stuart A. Kirk -- Part VI. Ethics, laws, and regulations -- Social work, mental health, and mental disorders : the ethical dimensions / Frederic G. Reamer -- Managed care and mental health / Kevin Corcoran, Stephan Gorin, Cynthia Moniz -- Involuntary medication of the mentally ill : continuing controversy, changing scene / Donald T. Dickson. |
| Subject |
Mental illness -- Treatment.
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Social psychiatry.
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Community mental health services.
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Mental Disorders. (DNLM)D001523
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Social Work, Psychiatric. (DNLM)D012949
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44.16 mental health service. (NL-LeOCL)077596323
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Community mental health services. (OCoLC)fst00871055
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Mental illness -- Treatment.
(OCoLC)fst01016606
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Social psychiatry. (OCoLC)fst01122811
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Mental health care. (NL-LeOCL)078513766
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Community psychiatry. (NL-LeOCL)078668433
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Social work. (NL-LeOCL)078580390
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| Added Author |
Kirk, Stuart A., 1955-
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| ISBN |
0231128703 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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9780231128704 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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0231128711 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780231128711 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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