Social workers provide more mental health services than any
other profession, yet recent biomedical trends in psychiatry appear
to minimize the importance of their traditional concerns, which
focus on the social environment that accompanies mental disorders
and their treatment. In twenty-four chapters written by
distinguished scholars this book not only calls attention to this
emerging problem and challenges conventional mental health beliefs
and practices, but also raises provocative questions: Has social
work become too closely associated with psychiatry and too quick to
adopt a medical approach? Has the focus on the therapeutic
relationship negated social work's commitment to social reform? Is
the social worker marginalized by the emphasis in mental health on
biochemistry and psychopharmacology?
This book calls on social workers and other health care
professionals to be more skeptical about diagnosis, community
treatment, evidence-based practice, psychotherapy, medications, and
managed care.
General
Imprint: |
Columbia University Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Foundations of Social Work Knowledge Series |
Release date: |
February 2005 |
First published: |
February 2005 |
Editors: |
Stuart Kirk
|
Dimensions: |
152 x 226 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
478 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-231-12871-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Medicine >
General issues >
Health systems & services >
Mental health services
|
LSN: |
0-231-12871-1 |
Barcode: |
9780231128711 |
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