Mental health and social problems
Subtitle: a social work perspective
By: edited by Nina Rovinelli Heller and Alex Gitterman
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Abingdon, Oxon; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 514
ISBN-13: 9780415493864; 9780415493871; 9780203840603
Description: "Mental Health and Social Problems is a textbook for social work students and practitioners. It explores the complicated relationship between mental conditions and societal issues as well as examining risk and protective factors for the prevalence, course, adaptation to and recovery from mental illness. The introductory chapter presents bio-psycho-social and life-modeled approaches to helping individuals and families with mental illness. The book is divided into two parts. Part I addresses specific social problems, such as poverty, oppression, racism, war, violence, and homelessness, identifying the factors which contribute to vulnerabilities and risks for the development of mental health problems, including the barriers to accessing quality services. Part II presents the most current empirical findings and practice knowledge about prevalence, diagnosis, assessment, and intervention options for a range of common mental health problems - including personality conditions, eating conditions and affective conditions. Focusing throughout upon mental health issues for children, adolescents, adults and older adults, each chapter includes case studies and web resources. This practical book is ideal for social work students who specialize in mental health"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: (Publisher-supplied data) Chapter 1 Introduction to Social Problems and Mental   Health/Illness   Nina Rovinelli Heller   Alex Gitterman    Chapter 2 Oppression and Stigma and their Effects   Amy C. Watson   Shaun M. Eack   Chapter 3 Poverty and its Effects   Mark R. Rank   Chapter 4 Racism and its Effects   Dennis Miehls   Chapter 5 War and its Effects   Scott Harding   Chapter 6 Homelessness and its Effects   Judith Bula Wise   Chapter 7 Corrections and its Effects   Rudolph Alexander, Jr.   Chapter 8 Immigration and its Effects   Gregory Acevedo   Manny J. Gonzales   Chapter 9 Child Maltreatment and its Effects   Carolyn Knight   Chapter 10 Intimate Partner Violence and its Effects   Bonnie E. Carlson   Chapter 11 Community Violence and its Effects   Vanessa Vorhies   Neil B. Guterman   Muhammad M. Haj-Yahia   Chapter 12 Autism Spectrum Conditions   Joseph Walsh   Jacqueline Corcoran   Chapter 13 Executive Function Disorders and Self Deficits   Joseph Palombo   Chapter 14 Oppositional Defiant and Conduct Conditions   David W. Springer   Amanda N. Barczyk     Chapter 15 Mood Conditions   Ellen Smith     Chapter 16 Anxiety Conditions   Nina Rovinelli Heller   Lisa Werkmeister Rozas     Chapter 17 Eating Disorder Conditions   Danna Bodenheimer   Nina Rovinelli Heller     Chapter 18 Personality Conditions   Terry B. Northcut     Chapter 19 Psychotic Conditions   Ellen P. Lukens   Lydia P. Ogden     Chapter 20 Substance Abuse   Meredith Hanson     Chapter 21 Dementia and Related Problems in Cognition   and Memory   Sara Sanders   Joelle K. Osterhaus.