Description
Book SynopsisOver the past 30 years, findings in the neurosciences have grown exponentially and have provided a profound understanding of the link between behavior and biology. Although the Social Work community has long taken pride in using a bio-psycho-social-spiritual (BPSS) framework in conceptualization and intervention, the biological aspect of this BPSS framework has been sorely missing. Neuroscience and Social Work Practice provides the critical missing link. Introducing the latest neuroscience research, it gives practitioners essential datain an easily accessible formwith which to take on the challenges of increasingly complex human problems and diagnoses.
Key Features
- Takes readers on a tour of the brain and makes dense scientific material more engaging
- Provides a framework for how human service professionals can understand and implement neuroscience clinical data with the use of the Transactional Model
- Uses case
Table of Contents
1. Linking to the Neuroscientific Revolution Linking What′s Neuroscience, in a Nutshell? Social Neuroscience Book Contents 2. Tour of the Brain Selected Characteristics Selected Functions Selected Geographical Features 3. Neuroscience as Link: Transactional Model Overenthusiasm Underenthusiasm The Model 4. Linking to Social Work: Attaching and Bonding Attachment Theory: Bowlby’s Missing Link Bonding (and Oxytocin) Understanding? 5. Linking to Social Work: Trauma Increase Reliance on Science-Based Explanations Incidence and Severity of Problems Linked to Trauma Darryl: The Quest for Better Social Work Practice A Neurodevelopmental View A Multidimensional View Advocating Deeper Than It Need Be 6. Linking to Social Work: Psychotherapy Understanding Practice Opportunities 7. Linking to Social Work: Psychotropic Medications and Drugs of Abuse Psychotropic Medications That Help Drugs That Hurt Transactional Model Revisited Clients’ Peril Appendix: Teaching Suggestions References Index About the Author
