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This evidence-based text puts a human face on mental disorders,
illuminating the lived experience of people with mental health
difficulties and their caregivers. Systematically reviewing the
qualitative research conducted on living with a mental disorder,
this text coalesces a large body of knowledge and centers on those
disorders that have sufficient qualitative research to synthesize,
including attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, autism,
intellectual disabilities, mood disorders, schizophrenia and
dementia. Supported by numerous quotes, the text explores the
perspective of those suffering with a mental disorder and their
caregivers, discovering their experience of burden, their
understanding of and the meaning they give to their disorder, the
strengths and coping they have used to manage, as well as their
interactions with the formal treatment system and the use of
medication. This book will be of immense value to students,
practitioners, and academics that support, study, and treat people
in mental distress and their families.
This evidence-based text puts a human face on mental disorders,
illuminating the lived experience of people with mental health
difficulties and their caregivers. Systematically reviewing the
qualitative research conducted on living with a mental disorder,
this text coalesces a large body of knowledge and centers on those
disorders that have sufficient qualitative research to synthesize,
including attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, autism,
intellectual disabilities, mood disorders, schizophrenia and
dementia. Supported by numerous quotes, the text explores the
perspective of those suffering with a mental disorder and their
caregivers, discovering their experience of burden, their
understanding of and the meaning they give to their disorder, the
strengths and coping they have used to manage, as well as their
interactions with the formal treatment system and the use of
medication. This book will be of immense value to students,
practitioners, and academics that support, study, and treat people
in mental distress and their families.
In a school-assigned diary, 11-year old Krystyn reveals abuse by
her stepfather and what happens after she tells the secret. The
audience (8 to 12 year olds) should identify with Krystyn who
struggles to put the abuse in the context of her relationship with
her mother, school, her friends, and the boy she likes. Written by
a seasoned expert in sexual abuse treatment, research, and forensic
interviewing, Krystyn's Diary is a sensitive yet realistic
portrayal of abuse and disclosure, ending on a note of optimism and
hope for the future.
Motivational interviewing is a person-centered, collaborative
method for exploring ambivalence and enhancing motivation to
change. Compatible with social work values and ethics, it is
applicable to the wide range of problems and helping situations
with which direct practice social workers are involved. One such
by-product of working with vulnerable and oppressed clients -
people to whom social work is committed - is that social workers
are often employed in public agencies with people who have been
ordered by the courts to attend services. In order to work
successfully with mandated populations, helpers have to consider
how they will access those who initially appear unmotivated to
change. Motivational interviewing provides the stance and the tools
to be able to achieve this effectively, while maintaining human
dignity and respect of the individual. And although it can be used
as a stand-alone model, motivational interviewing has also been
employed as an initial intervention so that people become more
motivated to participate in other services; it can be used flexibly
on its own or integrated with other, more action-oriented
interventions. This workbook, with its infusion of examples and
numerous exercises, will help students and beginning practitioners
develop the knowledge and skills to work collaboratively with
clients and to build their motivation to change problem behaviors.
Case-Based Learning for Group Intervention in Social Work provides
essential information on planning and facilitating groups in a
clear and easy-to-understand format. Current practice challenges,
such as working with people that are mandated to group services and
the proliferation of open-ended groups, are taken on directly with
an array of strategies. To develop student competency, this volume
uses a contemporary pedagogy-case-based learning-as a teaching tool
for analysis, application, and decision-making. By working through
cases, students gain exposure to the considerable range of
populations that can be served by social work group intervention.
The text is accompanied by Teaching Notes (available at
www.oup.com/us/case-based) to help instructors dive deeply into
student responses, whether cases are discussed in the classroom as
a whole, in small group activities, or as individual assignments.
Families today often face a range of urgent problems, and practitioners need to intervene with the most effective methods possible, methods which have been tested and that have proven clinical utility. Mental health service delivery systems are increasingly moving toward these empirically-validated approaches, and practitioners need guidelines as to how such treatments may be implemented in daily practice. Evidence-Based Family Interventions reviews the empirically validated treatments that are relevant for family practice in the social work setting.
When used in tandem, systematic reviews and meta-analysis-- two
distinct but highly compatible approaches to research synthesis--
form a powerful, scientific approach to analyzing previous studies.
But to see their full potential, a social work researcher must be
versed in the foundational processes underlying them. This pocket
guide to Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis illuminates precisely
that practical groundwork.
In clear, step-by-step terms, the authors explain how to format
topics, locate and screen studies, extract and assess data, pool
effect sizes, determine bias, and interpret the results, showing
readers how to combine reviewing and meta-analysis correctly and
effectively. Each chapter contains vivid social work examples and
concludes with a concise summary and notes on further reading,
while the book's glossary and handy checklists and sample search
and data extraction forms maximize the boo'ks usefulness.
Highlighting the concepts necessary to understand, critique, and
conduct research synthesis, this brief and highly readable
introduction is a terrific resource for students and researchers
alike.
Direct practice foundation courses in social work prepare students
for every step of the problem-solving process, yet too often
emphasize the what and the why of practice at the expense of the
how. This practical, easy-to-use, and hands-on guide bridges this
gap by illustrating the helping skills that practitioners can
actually use to influence people's lives in positive ways.
Integrating two major helping models--motivational interviewing and
solution-focused therapy--it equips students with the techniques
and skills necessary for activating client strengths throughout the
problem-solving process. Helping Skills for Social Work Direct
Practice presents a wealth of sample dialogue, exercises, tips, and
do's and don'ts, all designed to encourage learning by doing. This
workbook helps make the links between theory and practice with
these unique features: - Chapters logically organized by phases of
the problem-solving process - Case demonstrations involving a
variety of roles, including case manager, crisis intervention
counselor, medical social worker, and school social worker -
Practice exercises that prompt students to apply and generalize
skills to different practice settings and client problems -
Exhibits and reflection questions facilitate integration between
classroom learning and the internship experience - An online
instructor's manual (www.oup.com/us/helpingskills) with detailed
answers to discussion questions From the first meeting with
clients, to assessment, goal-setting, evaluation, and the ethics
that guide the process throughout, this is the nuts-and-bolts guide
to helping clients using a strengths-based perspective.
Rather than identifying and fixing preceived client weaknesses,
this book takes into account both individual resources and the
areas where client skills can be bolstered, offering an eclectic
practice approach that interweaves and operationalizes both
strengths-based practices approaches. In teh strengths and skills
based model, which intergrates solution-focused therapy,
motivational interviewing, anf cognitive behavioural therapy,
clients are assumed to have the necessary capacities to solve their
own problems, and a major focus of treatment is bolstering
motivation and resources. When these resources are exhausted or
when deficits are identified as a substantial barrier to change
then skill building is introduced. However, sklls are taught in a
collaborative fashion and as much as possible are made relevant to
the client's unique circumstance. Chapters apply this approach to
such issues as adolescent conduct problems, depression, substance
abuse and domestic violence. This innovative, dynamic resource
offers an assessment and intervention model for practitioners in
the helping, social service and mental health professions. In
addition the helping process can be applied in any number of roles,
including that of case manager, probation officer, caseworker,
medical social service personnel, counselor, crisis worker and
therapist.
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