Clinical Social Work Practice in Behavioral Mental Health: A Postmodern Approach to Practice with Adults

Clinical Social Work Practice in Behavioral Mental Health: A Postmodern Approach to Practice with Adults
ISBN-10
0205296998
ISBN-13
9780205296996
Category
Juvenile Nonfiction / Social Science / General
Pages
382
Language
English
Published
2001
Publisher
Allyn and Bacon
Author
Roberta G. Sands

Description

This book provides an in-depth and very modern approach to clinical social work with clients in mental health settings. This is a revision of a book originally titled Clinical Social Work Practice in Community Mental Health. The "community mental health" approach is now dated, and this revision features "behavioral" mental health, which is a newer and "postmodern" approach. The postmodern perspective is client-oriented, and helps the practitioner to be aware of underlying biases. This perspective is explained in Chapter 1 and is included in every chapter by featuring clients' "voices," particularly at the beginning and end of the chapters. Important new topics include managed care and measurement of outcomes, both of which are woven throughout and featured in Chapters 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, and 13. For social work practitioners specializing in mental health.

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