Mental Disorders, Medications, and Clinical Social Work
Edition: second edition edition
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: August 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780231112963
Subjects: Abnormal psychology; Clinical psychology; Mental health services; Social Work; Pathological Psychology; Social Science; Psychology; Sociology; Social Science / Social Work; Human Services; Psychopathology - General; Chemotherapy; Mental illness; Psychiatric Social Work; Psychology, Pathological; Psychotropic drugs
First sentence: Social work is a profession with its own mission, knowledge base, and repertoire of skills.
Description: "This essential resource, written for social workers by a social worker, discusses the etiology, epidemiology, assessment, and intervention planning for common disorders. Austrian goes beyond a linear classification approach, instead emphasizing a broad bio-psychosocial ecosystems perspective, which takes into account each client's unique situation.

In addition to including the most up-to-date information on new medications, biochemical data on disease causes, and diagnostic tests, the thoroughly updated second edition also gives an overview and critique of managed care as it relates to the treatment of mental disorders."--BOOK JACKET.