A Context and Vision for Excellence in Social Work Practice in Contemporary Mental Health Settings | p. 1 |
Contemporary Context of Social Work Practice in Mental Health | p. 3 |
A Vision for the Nature of Helping | p. 8 |
Characteristics of the Excellent Social Worker | p. 13 |
Summary | p. 16 |
References | p. 16 |
Social Workers as Crisis Counselors | p. 18 |
The Intellectual Base of Crisis Intervention | p. 19 |
Major Goals | p. 24 |
Techniques, Strategies, and Skills | p. 24 |
Exemplary Program | p. 35 |
Unique Challenges for Crisis Counselors | p. 37 |
Case Example | p. 38 |
Summary | p. 40 |
Key Terms | p. 40 |
Web Resources | p. 40 |
References | p. 41 |
Social Workers as Diagnosticians | p. 43 |
The Intellectual Base of the Diagnosis and the Diagnostic Process | p. 46 |
Major Tasks and Goals in the Practice of Diagnosis | p. 56 |
Exemplar Programs and Models: Alternative Approaches to Diagnosis | p. 62 |
Unique Challenges for Social Workers as Diagnosticians | p. 64 |
Key Terms | p. 68 |
Web Resources | p. 69 |
References | p. 69 |
Social Workers as Therapists | p. 73 |
The Intellectual Base of Therapy | p. 73 |
Defining Therapy | p. 74 |
Therapy Credentials | p. 76 |
Therapy Theories | p. 76 |
Major Tasks and Goals | p. 80 |
Techniques, Strategies, and Skills | p. 80 |
The Increased Prevalence of Short-Term Therapies | p. 84 |
Exemplar Programs and Models | p. 84 |
Unique Challenges for Social Workers as Therapists | p. 88 |
Outcome Research | p. 88 |
Summary | p. 94 |
Key Terms | p. 94 |
Web Resources | p. 95 |
References | p. 96 |
Social Workers as Mediators | p. 100 |
The Intellectual Base of Mediation | p. 100 |
Major Tasks and Goals | p. 110 |
Techniques, Strategies, and Skills | p. 111 |
Case Dilemma: "Find Her Somewhere Else to Live" | p. 117 |
Key Terms | p. 119 |
Web Resources | p. 120 |
References | p. 120 |
Social Workers as Educators | p. 122 |
The Intellectual Basis of Education as Practice | p. 122 |
Major Goals | p. 125 |
Techniques, Strategies, and Skills | p. 127 |
Exemplary Programs and Models | p. 135 |
Unique Challenges for Social Workers | p. 137 |
Key Terms | p. 138 |
Web Resources | p. 139 |
References | p. 139 |
Social Workers as Skills Trainers | p. 143 |
Intellectual Foundations of Skills Training | p. 144 |
Overview of Rationale, Goals, and Application of Skills Training | p. 144 |
Techniques, Strategies, Skills, and Applications | p. 153 |
Exemplar Programs and Models | p. 165 |
Unique Challenges for Social Workers | p. 167 |
Summary | p. 171 |
Web Resources | p. 171 |
Additional Resources | p. 172 |
References | p. 172 |
Social Workers as Case Managers | p. 180 |
The Emergence of Case Management | p. 182 |
The Intellectual Base of Case Management Practice | p. 182 |
Major Tasks and Goals in Case Management Practice | p. 190 |
Techniques, Strategies, and Skills in Strengths-Based Case Management | p. 197 |
Exemplar Programs: The Research on the Strengths Model | p. 202 |
Unique Challenges for Social Workers | p. 204 |
Case Dilemma | p. 205 |
Key Terms | p. 206 |
Web Resources | p. 207 |
References | p. 207 |
Social Workers as Medication Facilitators | p. 211 |
Intellectual Base of Medication Facilitation | p. 212 |
Major Tasks and Goals | p. 218 |
Techniques, Strategies, and Skills | p. 222 |
Exemplar Programs | p. 224 |
Unique Challenges for Social Workers | p. 225 |
Summary | p. 227 |
Key Terms | p. 228 |
Web Resources | p. 228 |
References | p. 228 |
Social Workers as Consumer and Family Consultants | p. 230 |
The Intellectual Base of Family Consultation | p. 232 |
Major Goals and Tasks | p. 236 |
Techniques, Strategies, and Skills | p. 236 |
Exemplar Programs and Models in Family Consultation | p. 240 |
Unique Challenges in Family Consultation | p. 241 |
Case Dilemma | p. 242 |
The Intellectual Base of Consumer Consultation | p. 244 |
Major Goals and Tasks | p. 247 |
Techniques, Strategies, and Skills | p. 248 |
Unique Challenges in Consumer Consultation | p. 249 |
Summary | p. 249 |
Key Terms | p. 250 |
Web Resources | p. 250 |
References | p. 251 |
Social Workers as Collaborators on Interagency and Interdisciplinary Teams | p. 254 |
The Intellectual Base of Practice | p. 254 |
Major Tasks and Goals | p. 266 |
Techniques, Strategies, and Skills | p. 269 |
Exemplar Programs | p. 272 |
Unique Challenges for Social Work | p. 275 |
Case Dilemma | p. 276 |
Web Resources | p. 277 |
References | p. 277 |
Social Workers as Advocates and Community Organizers | p. 281 |
The Intellectual Base of Practice | p. 282 |
Major Tasks and Goals | p. 284 |
Techniques, Strategies, and Skills | p. 285 |
Exemplar Programs and Models | p. 287 |
Unique Challenges for Social Workers | p. 290 |
Case Dilemma | p. 292 |
Key Terms | p. 294 |
Web Resources | p. 294 |
References | p. 295 |
Social Workers as Program Evaluators and Researchers | p. 297 |
The Intellectual Base | p. 297 |
Major Tasks and Goals | p. 301 |
Techniques, Strategies, and Skills | p. 308 |
Outcome Measures Used by Social Workers in Program Evaluation and Research | p. 311 |
Exemplar Study: Empowerment Evaluation | p. 314 |
Unique Challenges for Social Workers | p. 315 |
Case Dilemma: Homelessness Study | p. 317 |
Key Terms | p. 317 |
Web Resources | p. 318 |
References | p. 319 |
Social Workers as Administrators and Policy Analysts in Mental Health Settings: Living with Uncertainty | p. 322 |
The Intellectual Base of Practice | p. 323 |
Major Tasks and Goals | p. 324 |
Techniques, Strategies, and Skills | p. 327 |
A Case Study | p. 338 |
Exemplar Programs and Models | p. 349 |
Unique Challenges for Social Workers | p. 350 |
Case Dilemma | p. 355 |
Summary | p. 356 |
Key Terms | p. 356 |
Web Resources | p. 357 |
References | p. 357 |
Emerging Knowledge and Future Trends in Mental Health: Implications for Social Work | p. 361 |
Advances in Neuroscience Research | p. 362 |
Epidemiological Research and Intervention Outcomes Research | p. 365 |
Cultural Competence | p. 369 |
Erosion of Societal Support | p. 372 |
Recovery and Prevention | p. 373 |
Special Developmental Issues in Children and Adolescents | p. 375 |
Special Developmental Issues in the Elderly and Aging | p. 377 |
Diagnostic Conventions | p. 377 |
Dual Diagnosis: Co-occurring Mental Illness and Substance Abuse | p. 378 |
The Managed Care Juggernaut: Organization and Funding of Mental Health Services | p. 379 |
Consumer and Family Organizations | p. 383 |
The Macroeconomic Context | p. 385 |
Key Terms | p. 386 |
Web Resources | p. 386 |
References | p. 387 |
Index | p. 393 |
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