Mental Disorders, Medications, and Clinical Social Work (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780231135160)

Written for social workers by a social worker, Mental Disorders, Medications, and Clinical Social Work discusses the etiology, epidemiology, assessment, and intervention planning for common mental disorders. Looking at disorders from an ecosystems perspective, Austrian goes beyond a linear classification approach and DSM-IV-TR categories and encourages social workers to analyze the internal and external environmental factors that contribute to a disorder's development. Austrian's discussion of effective intervention(s) for a particular client also stresses the importance of working with families in treating disorders.

In addition to information on new medications, biochemical data on the causes of disease, and diagnostic tests, the revised third edition discusses therapies such as motivational interviewing, cognitive-behavioral, interpersonal, and dialectic.

Author: Sonia Austrian
ISBN-10: 0231135165
ISBN-13: 9780231135160
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/16/2005
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.32lbs
Size: 9.52h x 6.42w x 0.89d