Mental disorders, medications, and clinical social work / Sonia G. Austrian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Austrian, Sonia G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychiatric social work.

Psychology, Pathological.

Mental illness--Chemotherapy.

Mental illness.

Psychotropic drugs.

Mental Disorders--therapy.

Social Work, Psychiatric.

Mental Disorders--drug therapy.

Mental Disorders--prevention & control.

Medical Subjects:

Mental Disorders--therapy.

Social Work, Psychiatric.

Mental Disorders--drug therapy.

Mental Disorders--prevention & control.

Physical Description:

xii, 308 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2005]

Summary:

Written for social workers by a social worker, "Mental Disorders, Medications, and Clinical Social Work" discusses the etiology, epidemiology, assessment, and intervention planning for common mental disorders. Looking at disorders from an ecosystems perspective, Austrian goes beyond a linear classification approach and DSM-IV-TR categories and encourages social workers to analyze the internal and external environmental factors that contribute to a disorder's development. Austrian's discussion of effective intervention(s) for a particular client also stresses the importance of working with families in treating disorders.

In addition to information on new medications, biochemical data on the causes of disease, and diagnostic tests, the revised third edition discusses therapies such as motivational interviewing, cognitive-behavioral, interpersonal, and dialectic.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [279]-303) and indexes.

ISBN:

0231135165

OCLC:

56368984