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.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (323 p.)

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

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

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Anxiety Disorders; 3 Mood Disorders; 4 Somatoform and Factitious Disorders; 5 Dissociative Disorders; 6 Schizophrenia; 7 Substance-Related Disorders; 8 Eating Disorders; 9 Personality Disorders; 10 Delirium, Dementia, and Amnestic and Other Cognitive Disorders; 11 The Use of Psychodiagnostic and Psychoeducational Testing; 12 Psychotropic Medications; Epilogue; Glossary; References and Additional Readings; Author Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780231529655

0231529651

OCLC:

826476528