Social Work Practice in Mental Health Contemporary Roles, Tasks, and Techniques

by Bentley, Kia J.

• ISBN13: 9780534549206
• ISBN10: 0534549209
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-08-22
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

This new edited text presents a partnership model and aims to be cutting edge, scholarly, and unambiguously useful and practical. Kia J. Bentley and the other well-known and respected contributors address the need for approachable, immediately useful discipline specific content on the most important social work practice roles in mental health. The book articulates how roles often associated with working with a specific population (e.g. those who abuse substances, persons with severe mental illness, distressed marital couples) are quite relevant and useful in a much wider range of populations.

Table of Contents

A Context and Vision for Excellence in Social Work Practice in Contemporary Mental Health Settings	1	(17)
Kia J. Bentley
Melissa Floyd Taylor
Contemporary Context of Social Work Practice in Mental Health	3	(5)
A Vision for the Nature of Helping	8	(5)
Characteristics of the Excellent Social Worker	13	(3)
Summary	16	(1)
References	16	(2)
Social Workers as Crisis Counselors	18	(25)
Susan Gingerich
The Intellectual Base of Crisis Intervention	19	(5)
Major Goals	24	(1)
Techniques, Strategies, and Skills	24	(11)
Exemplary Program	35	(2)
Unique Challenges for Crisis Counselors	37	(1)
Case Example	38	(2)
Summary	40	(1)
Key Terms	40	(1)
Web Resources	40	(1)
References	41	(2)
Social Workers as Diagnosticians	43	(30)
Jaclyn Miller
The Intellectual Base of the Diagnosis and the Diagnostic Process	46	(10)
Major Tasks and Goals in the Practice of Diagnosis	56	(6)
Exemplar Programs and Models: Alternative Approaches to Diagnosis	62	(2)
Unique Challenges for Social Workers as Diagnosticians	64	(4)
Key Terms	68	(1)
Web Resources	69	(1)
References	69	(4)
Social Workers as Therapists	73	(27)
Joseph Walsh
The Intellectual Base of Therapy	73	(1)
Defining Therapy	74	(2)
Therapy Credentials	76	(1)
Therapy Theories	76	(4)
Major Tasks and Goals	80	(1)
Techniques, Strategies, and Skills	80	(4)
The Increased Prevalence of Short-Term Therapies	84	(1)
Exemplar Programs and Models	84	(4)
Unique Challenges for Social Workers as Therapists	88	(1)
Outcome Research	88	(6)
Summary	94	(1)
Key Terms	94	(1)
Web Resources	95	(1)
References	96	(4)
Social Workers as Mediators	100	(22)
Kevin Corcoran
Mary Ann Dearborn
The Intellectual Base of Mediation	100	(10)
Major Tasks and Goals	110	(1)
Techniques, Strategies, and Skills	111	(6)
Case Dilemma: ``Find Her Somewhere Else to Live''	117	(2)
Key Terms	119	(1)
Web Resources	120	(1)
References	120	(2)
Social Workers as Educators	122	(21)
Ellen P. Lukens
Kimberly Prchal
The Intellectual Basis of Education as Practice	122	(3)
Major Goals	125	(2)
Techniques, Strategies, and Skills	127	(8)
Exemplary Programs and Models	135	(2)
Unique Challenges for Social Workers	137	(1)
Key Terms	138	(1)
Web Resources	139	(1)
References	139	(4)
Social Workers as Skills Trainers	143	(37)
Deborah Gioia-Hasick
John S. Brekke
Intellectual Foundations of Skills Training	144	(1)
Overview of Rationale, Goals, and Application of Skills Training	144	(9)
Techniques, Strategies, Skills, and Applications	153	(12)
Exemplar Programs and Models	165	(2)
Unique Challenges for Social Workers	167	(4)
Summary	171	(1)
Web Resources	171	(1)
Additional Resources	172	(1)
References	172	(8)
Social Workers as Case Managers	180	(31)
William Patrick Sullivan
Charles A. Rapp
The Emergence of Case Management	182	(1)
The Intellectual Base of Case Management Practice	182	(8)
Major Tasks and Goals in Case Management Practice	190	(7)
Techniques, Strategies, and Skills in Strengths-Based Case Management	197	(5)
Exemplar Programs: The Research on the Strengths Model	202	(2)
Unique Challenges for Social Workers	204	(1)
Case Dilemma	205	(1)
Key Terms	206	(1)
Web Resources	207	(1)
References	207	(4)
Social Workers as Medication Facilitators	211	(19)
Rosemary Farmer
Kia J. Bentley
Intellectual Base of Medication Facilitation	212	(6)
Major Tasks and Goals	218	(4)
Techniques, Strategies, and Skills	222	(2)
Exemplar Programs	224	(1)
Unique Challenges for Social Workers	225	(2)
Summary	227	(1)
Key Terms	228	(1)
Web Resources	228	(1)
References	228	(2)
Social Workers as Consumer and Family Consultants	230	(24)
Phyllis Solomon
Tina Bogart Marshall
Edie Mannion
John Farmer
The Intellectual Base of Family Consultation	232	(4)
Major Goals and Tasks	236	(1)
Techniques, Strategies, and Skills	236	(4)
Exemplar Programs and Models in Family Consultation	240	(1)
Unique Challenges in Family Consultation	241	(1)
Case Dilemma	242	(2)
The Intellectual Base of Consumer Consultation	244	(3)
Major Goals and Tasks	247	(1)
Techniques, Strategies, and Skills	248	(1)
Unique Challenges in Consumer Consultation	249	(1)
Summary	249	(1)
Key Terms	250	(1)
Web Resources	250	(1)
References	251	(3)
Social Workers as Collaborators on Interagency and Interdisciplinary Teams	254	(27)
Roberta G. Sands
Beth Angell
The Intellectual Base of Practice	254	(12)
Major Tasks and Goals	266	(3)
Techniques, Strategies, and Skills	269	(3)
Exemplar Programs	272	(3)
Unique Challenges for Social Work	275	(1)
Case Dilemma	276	(1)
Web Resources	277	(1)
References	277	(4)
Social Workers as Advocates and Community Organizers	281	(16)
Shela Silverman
The Intellectual Base of Practice	282	(2)
Major Tasks and Goals	284	(1)
Techniques, Strategies, and Skills	285	(2)
Exemplar Programs and Models	287	(3)
Unique Challenges for Social Workers	290	(2)
Case Dilemma	292	(2)
Key Terms	294	(1)
Web Resources	294	(1)
References	295	(2)
Social Workers as Program Evaluators and Researchers	297	(25)
A. Suzanne Boyd
Wynne S. Korr
The Intellectual Base	297	(4)
Major Tasks and Goals	301	(7)
Techniques, Strategies, and Skills	308	(3)
Outcome Measures Used by Social Workers in Program Evaluation and Research	311	(3)
Exemplar Study: Empowerment Evaluation	314	(1)
Unique Challenges for Social Workers	315	(2)
Case Dilemma: Homelessness Study	317	(1)
Key Terms	317	(1)
Web Resources	318	(1)
References	319	(3)
Social Workers as Administrators and Policy Analysts in Mental Health Settings: Living with Uncertainty	322	(39)
Robert Paulson
The Intellectual Base of Practice	323	(1)
Major Tasks and Goals	324	(3)
Techniques, Strategies, and Skills	327	(11)
A Case Study	338	(11)
Exemplar Programs and Models	349	(1)
Unique Challenges for Social Workers	350	(5)
Case Dilemma	355	(1)
Summary	356	(1)
Key Terms	356	(1)
Web Resources	357	(1)
References	357	(4)
Emerging Knowledge and Future Trends in Mental Health: Implications for Social Work	361	(32)
Harriette C. Johnson
Advances in Neuroscience Research	362	(3)
Epidemiological Research and Intervention Outcomes Research	365	(4)
Cultural Competence	369	(3)
Erosion of Societal Support	372	(1)
Recovery and Prevention	373	(2)
Special Developmental Issues in Children and Adolescents	375	(2)
Special Developmental Issues in the Elderly and Aging	377	(1)
Diagnostic Conventions	377	(1)
Dual Diagnosis: Co-occurring Mental Illness and Substance Abuse	378	(1)
The Managed Care Juggernaut: Organization and Funding of Mental Health Services	379	(4)
Consumer and Family Organizations	383	(2)
The Macroeconomic Context	385	(1)
Key Terms	386	(1)
Web Resources	386	(1)
References	387	(6)
Index	393