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This user-friendly textbook not only guides social workers in developing competence in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR) system of diagnosis, it also assists them in staying attuned during client assessment to social work values and principles: a focus on client strengths, concern for the worth and dignity of individuals, appreciation of environmental influences on behavior, and a reliance on evidence-based approaches.The authors, seasoned practitioner-scholars, provide an in-depth exploration of fourteen major mental disorders that social workers commonly see in practice, integrating several perspectives in order to meet the challenges social workers face in client assessment. A risk and resilience framework helps social workers understand environmental influences on the emergence of mental disorders and the strengths that clients already possess. Social workers will also learn to apply critical thinking to the DSM when it is inconsistent with social work values and principles. Finally, the authors catalog evidence-based assessment instruments and treatments so that social workers can intervene efficiently and effectively, using the best resources available.Students and practitioners alike will appreciate the wealth of case examples, evidence-based assessment instruments, and treatment plans that make this an essential guide to the assessment and diagnostic processes in social work practice.

Tabla de contenidos provista por Syndetics

• 1 Introduction and Overview
• 2 Social Work and the DSM
• I Disorders with Onset in Childhood
• 3 Mental Retardation
• 4 Autism
• 5 Oppositional Defiant Disorder/Conduct Disorder
• 6 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
• 7 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
• 8 Anxiety Disorders
• II Disorders with Onset in Adolescence
• 9 Eating Disorders
• 10 Depression
• 11 Substance Use Disorders
• 12 Sexual Disorders - Pedophilia
• III Disorders with Onset in Adulthood
• 13 Bipolar Disorder
• 14 Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders
• 15 Personality Disorders - Borderline Personality Disorder
• IV Disorders with Onset in the Elderly
• 16 Cognitive Disorders

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Jacqueline Corcoran, Ph.D., is Associate Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social Work. Her recent books include Clinical Applications of Evidence-Based Family Interventions (OUP, 2003) and Building Strengths and Skills (OUP, 2005).Joseph Walsh, Ph.D., is Associate Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social Work. He is the author of Theories for Direct Social Work Practice and coauthor of The Social Worker and Psychotropic Medication.