Mental Health in Social Work A Casebook on Diagnosis and Strengths Based Assessment Plus MySocialWorkLab with eText -- Access Card Package
by Corcoran, Jacqueline; Walsh, Joseph M.Edition: 2nd
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Pub. Date: 2011-12-30
Publisher(s): Pearson
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Summary
Consistent with social work's concern with strengths and the environmental context for human behavior, Mental Health in Social Workwill cover strengths-based assessment and the biopsychosocial risk and resilience perspective.
Author Biography
Jacqueline Corcoran, Ph.D, is Professor of Social Work at Virginia Commonwealth University, and has written 11 textbooks in her field, as well as a self-help book, DEPRESSION SOLUTIONS. Visit her website at http://www.jacquelinecorcoran.com/.
Joseph Walsh, Ph. D., is also a Professor of Social Work at Virginia Commonwealth University. His primary area of academic interest is interventions with persons who experience severe mental disorders.
Joseph Walsh, Ph. D., is also a Professor of Social Work at Virginia Commonwealth University. His primary area of academic interest is interventions with persons who experience severe mental disorders.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 : Diagnosis and the Social Work Profession
The DSM Classification System
Mental Status Examination (MSE)
Limitations of the DSM
Chapter 2 : Biopsychosocial Risk and Resilience Framework
Definitions and Description
Individual Factors
Social Mechanisms
Societal Conditions
Guidelines for Eliciting and Enhancing Client Strengths
Conclusion
Chapter 3 : Autistic Disorder
Prevalence and Comorbidity
Assessment of Autism
Biopsychosocial Risk and Resilience Influence
Interventions for Autism
Critical Perspective
Chapter 4 : Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Prevalence and Comorbidity
Assessing ADHD
Biopsychosocial Risk and Reslience Influences
Intervention
Critique
Critical Perspective
Chapter 5 : Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder
Prevalence and Comorbidity
Assessments of ODD and CD
Biopsychosocial Risk and Resilience Influences
Chapter 6 : Alzheimer’s Disease
Prevalence and Comorbidity
Assessment Guidelines
Intervention
Critical Perspective
Chapter 7 : Substance Use Disorders
Prevalence and Comorbidity
Assessment
Biopsychosocial Risk and Resilience Influences
Intervention
Critical Perspective
Chapter 8 : Schizophrenia
Prevalence and Comorbidity
Assessment
Biopsychosocial Risk and Resilience Influences
Course and Outcome
Intervention
Critical Perspective
Chapter 9 : Depressive Disorders
Prevalence and Comorbidity of Depression
Assessment
Biopsychosocial Risk and Resilience Influences
Intervention
Medication
Youth
Adults
Critical Perspective
Chapter 10 : Bipolar Disorder
Prevalence and Comorbidity
Assessment of Bipolar Disorder
Biopsychosocial Risk and Resilience Influences
Intervention
Critical Perspective
Chapter 11 : Anxiety Disorders
Prevalence and Comorbidity
Assessment of Anxiety Disorders
Biopsychosocial Risk and Resilience
Intervention
Critical Perspective
Chapter 12 : Eating Disorders
Prevalence and Comorbidity
Assessment
Biopsychosocial Risk and Reslience Influences
Intervention
Critical Perspective
Chapter 13 : Borderline Personality Disorders
Characteristics of Personality Disorders
Borderline Personality Disorder
Prevalence and Comorbidity
Assessment
Biopsychosocial Risk and Resilience Influences
Intervention
Critical Perspective
Appendix: Case Workbook
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