Clinical assessment and diagnosis in social work practice /
Corcoran, Jacqueline.
Walsh, Joseph,1952-
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2006.
"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 social work values and principles"--Provided by publisher.
"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 social work values and principles"--Provided by publisher.
Introduction -- Social work and the DSM : person-in-environment versus the medical model -- Disorders with onset in childhood -- Mental retardation -- Autism -- Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder -- Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder -- Posttraumatic stress disorder -- Anxiety disorders -- Disorders with onset in adolescence -- Eating disorders -- Depression -- Substance use disorders -- Sexual disorders : pedophilia -- Disorders with onset in adulthood -- Bipolar disorder -- Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders -- Personality disorders -- Disorders with onset in the elderly -- Cognitive disorders.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders.
Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders.
Mental illness
Mental illness
Psychiatric social work.
Social service.