Corcoran, Jacqueline.

Clinical assessment and diagnosis in social work practice Jacqueline Corcoran, Joseph Walsh. - New York Oxford University Press 2006. - x, 518 p. 24 cm.

Introduction and overview -- Social work and the DSM -- Disorders with onset in childhood -- Mental retardation -- Autism -- Oppositional defiant disorder/conduct disorder -- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Posttraumatic stress disorder -- Anxiety disorders -- Disorders with onset in adolescence -- Eating disorders -- Depression -- Substance use disorders -- Sexual disorders - pedophilia -- Disorders with onset in adulthood -- Bipolar disorder -- Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders -- Personality disorders - borderline personality disorder -- Disorders with onset in the elderly -- Cognitive disorders.

"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, and assists them in staying attuned during client assessment to social work values and principles"--Provided by publisher.

0195168305 (hardcover : alk. paper)

2005027740


Mental illness--Classification.
Social service
Psychiatric social work
Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders
Mental illness--Diagnosis.

RC455.2.C4 / C72 2006

616.89075 / C793c

WM 30.5 / C793c 2006