Social Work and Psychotropic Medication: Toward Effective Collaboration with Mental Health Clients, Families, and Providers - Hardcover
Book by Kia J. Bentley, Joseph Walsh
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About the Author:
Dr. Kia J. Bentley is a licensed clinical social worker, tenured professor, and Director of the Ph.D. Program in Social Work at Virginia Commonwealth University, where she has taught since 1989. Her current teaching focuses on mental health and mental illness, psychopharmacotherapy and social work, clinical theory, and research. She is consulting editor for The Journal of Social Work Education and chapter member of the editorial board of Best Practices in Mental Health. In Virginia, she is the chair of the Human Rights Committee of Central State Hospital. She is the author of another Cengage Brooks/Cole text, SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE IN MENTAL HEALTH: CONTEMPORARY ROLES, TASKS, AND TECHNIQUES AND PSYCHIATRIC MEDICATION ISSUES FOR SOCIAL WORKERS, as well as COUNSELORS AND PSYCHOLOGISTS (2003, HAWORTH).
Review:
"The most comprehensive discussion of the social worker's role in psychopharmacology today. . . . Bentley and Walsh's text should be required reading for social work students who plan to practice in any area of mental health service delivery."
"The only resource that covers medication issues specifically from the social work perspective . . . comprehensive . . . well written. An essential addition to the clinician's library."
"Simply one of the best texts on the market for social workers who want to improve their understanding of psychopharmacology."
"The only resource that covers medication issues specifically from the social work perspective . . . comprehensive . . . well written. An essential addition to the clinician's library."
"Simply one of the best texts on the market for social workers who want to improve their understanding of psychopharmacology."
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- PublisherCengage Learning
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0534341012
- ISBN 13 9780534341015
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages224
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