Mental Health in Social Work: A Casebook on Diagnosis and Strengths-Based Assessment - Softcover

Corcoran, Jacqueline; Walsh, Joseph M.

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9780205482993: Mental Health in Social Work: A Casebook on Diagnosis and Strengths-Based Assessment

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ISBN 10: 0205482996 ISBN 13: 9780205482993

Publisher: Pearson, 2008

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Mental Health in Social Work: Diagnosis and Strengths-Based Assessment, uses a case study method that will teach readers clinical assessment skills. Consistent with social work's concern with strengths and the environmental context for human behavior, Mental Health in Social Work will cover strengths-based assessment and the biopsychosocial risk and resilience perspective.

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Mental Health in Social Work: Diagnosis and Strengths-Based Assessment

First Edition

By: Jacqueline Corcoran (Virginia Commonwealth University)

Joseph M. Walsh (Virginia Commonwealth University)

Basic Approach

Mental Health in Social Work: Diagnosis and Strengths-Based Assessment, uses a case study method that teaches students clinical assessment skills. Consistent with social work's concern with strengths and the environmental context for human behavior, Mental Health in Social Work covers strengths-based assessment and the biopsychosocial risk and resilience perspective.

Features

Organized by types of disorders, this workbook emphasizes DSM diagnosis of mental disorders that are commonly seen in clinical and social service settings.
Cases emphasize a strengths focus consistent with social work principles and to help balance the pathology focus of the DSM.
Three strengths-based assessment case studies are found in each chapter.
Evidence-based treatment guidelines are presented for each disorder.

What your colleagues are saying ...

“The major strength and contribution of this particular workbook is the inclusion of the biopsychological risk and resilience framework for assessment. I think that this is a promising integrative tool that may allow social workers to utilize meaningful diagnostic information within our profession’s multilevel or ecosystemic perspective and strengths-based focus.”

Chrystal Barranti, California State University

“I appreciated the multicultural examples...the integration of recent literature pertaining to the prevalence and etiology of diagnoses as well as the inclusion of co-morbidity information.”

Laura Boisen, Augsburg College

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About the Author:

Dr. Jacqueline Corcoran is Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, Northern Virginia Campus, School of Social Work, where she teaches graduate-level direct practice, human behavior, and research courses. From 1996 to 2000, she was on faculty of the University of Texas at Arlington School of Social Work, where she also served as co-director of the School’s mental health center. Dr. Corcoran’s practice and research interests lie in the areas of solution-focused therapy, evidence-based practice, and services to children and families. She received her Ph.D. in social from the University of Texas at Austin. Her books include 11 textbooks and a self-help book. She can be reached at http://www.jacquelinecorcoran.com/.

Joseph Walsh is a professor of social work at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he has been employed since 1993. He teaches courses in Direct Social Work Practice, Human Behavior, and Research. joe also teaches several elective courses on topics related to social work practice with persons who have serious mental illnesses, which is also his major area of scholarship. He continues to provide direct services at agencies in the Richmond area on a part-time basis.

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