Description
Book SynopsisAn essential desk reference for all helping professionals
Social Work in Mental Health: An Evidence-Based Approach is a comprehensive and contemporary guide to the delivery of evidence-based care. Covering a wide spectrum of mental health disorders, editors Thyer and Wodarski have brought together noted experts to provide the most current, empirically supported techniques in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of disorders as classified by the DSM-IV-TR.
Coverage ranges from disorders seen in early infancy and childhood through the adolescent and adult years. Disorders covered include:
* Autism
* ADHD
* Substance abuse
* Schizophrenia
* Mood disorders
* Anxiety disorders
* Eating disorders
* Sexual disorders
* Personality disorders
* Mental Retardation
Written and organized in an accessible style, Social Work in Mental Health: An Evidence-Based Approach provides helping profes
Trade Review "…the editors are very fair in their discussion of what empirical research is. They also nicely sum up the strengths of both quantitative and qualitative research methods in an even-handed manner. This section of the book can, and should be a primer for every social work research student." (
PsycCRITIQUES; 9/12/07)
Table of ContentsContributors.
Preface.
Chapter 1. Evidence-Based Social Work: An Overview.
PART I: DISORDERS USUALLY FIRST DIAGNOSED IN INFANCY< CHILDHOOD, OR ADOLESCENECE.
Chapter 2. Mental Retardation.
Chapter 3. Autistic Disorder.
Chapter 4. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.
Chapter 5. Conduct Disorder.
Chapter 6. Oppositional Defiant Disorder.
Chapter 7. Pica.
PART II: SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS.
Chapter 8. Alcohol Abuse.
Chapter 9. Cannabis-Related Disorders.
Chapter 10. Cocaine-Related Disorders.
Chapter 11. Opioid-Related Disorders.
PART III: SCHIZOPHRENIA AND OTHER PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS.
Chapter 12. Schizophrenia.
PART IV: MOOD DISORDERS.
Chapter 13. Major Depressive Disorder.
Chapter 14. Dysthymic Disorder.
PART V: Anxiety Disorders.
Chapter 15. Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia.
Chapter 16. Agoraphobia without History of Panic Disorder.
Chapter 17. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.
PART VI: SEXUAL DISORDERS.
Chapter 18. Sexual Desire and Arousal Disorders.
Chapter 19. Orgasmic Disorders.
PART VII: EATOMG DOSPRDERS.
Chapter 20. Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, and Binge Eating Disorder.
PART VIII: Personality Disorders.
Chapter 21. Antisocial Personality Disorder.
Chapter 22. Borderline Personality Disorder.
PART IX: Conclusions.
Chapter 23. The Role for Social Worker sin the Managed Health Care System: A Model for Evidence-Based Practice.
Author Index.
Subject Index.
