Books written by Jacqueline Corcoran

Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis

Egger, M., Smith, G. D., Schneider, M., & Minder, C. (1997). Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test ... Silver Spring, MD: National Association of Social Workers. Fraser, M. W., Nelson, K. E., & Rivard, J. C. (1997).
Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis in Social Work Practice

Rogers and Vismara (2008) conducted a review of the last 10 years of research on autism interventions according to the American Psychological Association's Task Force 12 Criteria (Chambless & Hollon, 1998). None were concluded to be ...
Social Work Research Skills Workbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Conducting Agency-Based Research

Including nonoffending parents in treatment for their children's sexual abuse offers benefits for children's outcomes (Corcoran & Pillai, 2008). • Welfare-to-work programs have had consistent, small effects on participants' employment ...
Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis

But to see their full potential, a social work researcher must be versed in the foundational processes underlying them. This pocket guide to Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis illuminates precisely that practical groundwork.
Mental Health Treatment for Children and Adolescents

Report of National Institutes of Health workshop on overcoming barriers to treatment researchin anorexia nervosa. ... Treating and preventing adolescent mental health disorders: What we know and what we don't know (pp. 283–302).
The Depression Solutions Workbook: A Strengths & Skills-based Approach

This workbook integrates three proven and effective therapies to help those suffering from depression--two designed to motivate the depressed person to change and one designed to target the root of the illness.
Groups in Social Work: A Workbook

Features – • Case vignettes, examples, and questions are posed throughout the workbook • Strengths-based approach throughout, with one chapter completely devoted to it (Ch.11) • An abundance of examples from diverse settings (e.g., ...
Mental Health in Social Work: A Casebook on Diagnosis and Strengths Based Assessment

"Organized by types of disorders, Mental Health in Social Work: A Casebook on Diagnosis and Strengths-Based Assessment emphasizes DSM diagnoses of mental disorders that are commonly seen in clinical and social service settings.
Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis in Social Work Practice

Seasoned practitioner-scholars Jacqueline Corcoran and Joseph Walsh provide an in-depth exploration of 14 major mental disorders that social workers commonly see in practice, including anxiety disorders, depression, bipolar disorder and ...
Helping Skills for Social Work Direct Practice

This workbook helps make the links between theory and practice with these unique features: - Chapters logically organized by phases of the problem-solving process - Case demonstrations involving a variety of roles, including case manager, ...
Helping Skills for Social Work Direct Practice

This workbook helps make the links between theory and practice with these unique features: - Chapters logically organized by phases of the problem-solving process - Case demonstrations involving a variety of roles, including case manager, ...
Motivational Interviewing: A Workbook for Social Workers

This workbook, with its infusion of examples and numerous exercises, will help students and beginning practitioners develop the knowledge and skills to work collaboratively with clients and to build their motivation to change problem ...
Collaborative Cognitive-behavioral Intervention in Social Work Practice: A Workbook

Collaborative Cognitive-Behavioral Social Work Intervention: A Workbook presents knowledge about behavioral and cognitive interventions in an easy-to-read manner.
Building Strengths and Skills: A Collaborative Approach to Working with Clients

The story he has to tell is well worth listening to.” —John Douglas,New YorkTimesbestselling author ofMindhunter
Mental Health in Social Work: A Casebook on Diagnosis and Strengths Based Assessment

I think that this is a promising integrative tool that may allow social workers to utilize meaningful diagnostic information within our profession's multilevel or ecosystemic perspective and strengths-based focus.
Social Work Research Skills Workbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Conducting Agency-Based Research

A Step-by-Step Guide to Conducting Agency-Based Research Jacqueline Corcoran, Mary Secret. QUALITATIVE QUANTITATIVE Sampson was asked to determine how new social work graduates felt about their career choice.
Cognitive-behavioral Methods for Social Workers: A Workbook

Authored by Jacqueline Corcoran of Virginia Commonwealth University, this new workbook provides students and practioners of Social Work with a working knowledge of cognitive behavioral therapy from a strengths-based perspective.
Collaborative Cognitive Behavioral Intervention in Social Work Practice: A Workbook

Collaborative Cognitive-Behavioral Social Work Intervention: A Workbook presents knowledge about behavioral and cognitive interventions in an easy-to-read manner.
Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis in Social Work Practice

"Guides social workers in developing competence in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR) system of diagnosis, and assists them in staying attuned during client assessment to ...
Case Based Learning for Group Intervention in Social Work

Solution-oriented social work practice: An integrative approach to working with client strengths. New York: Oxford University Press. Helgeson, V. S., Reynolds, K. A., & Tomich, P. L. (2006). A meta-analytic review of benefit finding and ...