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This book celebrates the research career of Lynne Rudder Baker by
presenting sixteen new and critical essays from admiring students,
colleagues, interlocutors, and friends. Baker was a trenchant
critic of physicalist conceptions of the universe. She was a
staunch defender of a kind of practical realism, what she sometimes
called a metaphysics of everyday life. It was this general "common
sense" philosophical outlook that underwrote her famous
constitution view of reality. Whereas most of her contemporaries
were in general given to metaphysical reductionism and
eliminativism, Baker was unapologetic and philosophically deft in
her defense of ontological pluralism. The essays in this book
engage with all aspects of her unique and influential work:
practical realism about the mind; the constitution view of human
persons; the first-person perspective; and God, Christianity, and
naturalism. Common Sense Metaphysics will be of interest to
scholars of Baker's work, as well as scholars and advanced students
engaged in research on various topics in metaphysics, philosophy of
mind, philosophy of language, and philosophy of religion.
In an effort to add clarity to the rapidly developing field of
managed mental health care, Kevin Corcoran and Vikki Vandiver
approach the field with expertise and research meant to help mental
health professionals meet the needs of both managed mental health
care and their clients. As practitioners of every discipline are
learning to cope with the ever-shifting world of the managed mental
health care system, a variety of demands, restrictions, and
procedures from the authorization of treatment to the evaluation of
services cloud the practice and deter professionals from utilizing
it with their clients. In order to add a sense of uniform and
procedure to the field, Corcoran and Vandiver have created a guide
to understanding managed mental health care, complete with a
variety of tools used by managed care organizations to demonstrate
the need for clinical services and the structure of systematic
interventions while evaluating the quality of care. Helping
practitioners and students in every mental health discipline,
Maneuvering the Maze of Managed Care inspires its readers to work
effectively, efficiently, and successfully with their clients
within the purview of managed mental health care.
One of the key challenges of all types of practice and research is
finding a way to measure a given problem. The seminal Measures for
Clinical Practice and Research two-volume set contains hundreds of
the most useful measurement tools-alongside the authors' guidance
on how to select and score them-for use in clinical practice and in
research. Focusing on measures for use with couples, families, and
children, this first volume includes an introduction to the basic
priniciples of measurement, an overview of different types of
measures, and an overview of Rapid Assessment Instruments. The text
also contains descriptions and reviews of each instrument and
information on how they were selected. This book is designed to
serve as the definitive reference volume on assessment measures for
both practice and research in clinical mental health, and Volume 1
is updated with a new preface, new instruments for measuring
children's clinical conditions, several new measures for couples
and families, and six new chapters. These classic Measures for
Clinical Practice and Research compendiums are powerful tools that
clinicians and researchers alike will find to be an invaluable
addition to-or update of-their libraries.
People all over the world are confronted daily by issues such as
poverty, a lack of access to quality education, unaffordable and or
inadequate housing, and a lack of needed health and mental
services. These issues are dynamic and varied, and social workers
need to have access to relevant and timely evidence-based materials
to meet the needs of those facing them. The Social Workers' Desk
Reference is a comprehensive resource for practicing social
workers. This essential reference is extraordinarily comprehensive
and provides updated information in 15 parts covering the
profession and its overarching themes; values, ethics, licensure;
theoretical constructs; assessment; treatment plans; techniques;
individual, family, and group Interventions; evidence-based
practice; case management; community practice; vulnerable
populations; behavioral and mental health; school social work;
military social work; and forensic social work. All 163 chapters,
written by experts in the field, are focused, practical, and
contain critical content in addition to websites and updated
references. The fourth edition follows in the tradition of the
first three editions and updates previous topics but fearlessly
addresses current salient subjects such as white nationalism,
gaming disorder, substance abuse, LGBTQ+ populations, suicide,
sexual violence in the military, smart decarceration, the legacy of
racism, neurobiology, technology and social work practice,
Islamophobia, pseudoscientific behavioral and mental health
treatments, emerging fields of practice, and more. It has greatly
expanded its section on vulnerable populations to address the wide
variety of diversity in the U.S.
One of the key challenges of all types of practice and research is
finding a way to measure a given problem. The seminal Measures for
Clinical Practice and Research two-volume set contains hundreds of
the most useful measurement tools-alongside the authors' guidance
on how to select and score them-for use in clinical practice and in
research. Focusing on measures for use with adults whose conditions
of concerns are not focused on family relationships or couple
relationships, this second volume includes an introduction to the
basic priniciples of measurement, an overview of different types of
measures, and an overview of Rapid Assessment Instruments. The text
also contains descriptions and reviews of each instrument and
information on how they were selected. This book is designed to
serve as the definitive reference volume on assessment measures for
both practice and research in clinical mental health, and Volume 2
is updated with a new preface and target searches for instruments
in health care conditions, personality disorders, and addictions.
These classic Measures for Clinical Practice and Research
compendiums are powerful tools that clinicians and researchers
alike will find to be an invaluable addition to-or update of-their
libraries.
The perfect walking guide to the wilderness and beauty of Kerry.
Discover the landscape and wildlife of Ireland's most beautiful
county with walking enthusiast and expert naturalist Kevin
Corcoran. These twenty walks explore heathland and bog, Ireland's
highest mountains, coastal peninsulas, beaches, islands, forests,
rivers, lakes. 20 walks, spread throughout the county walks from 3
hours to 8 hours, graded from casual to tough a special Killarney
section clear, detailed instructions beautiful wildlife
illustrations by the author location maps, with each walk outlined
information on flora and fauna The walks: Lough Acoose, Bray Head,
Lough Currane, Derrynane, Rossbeigh, Anascaul, Ballydavid, Great
Blasket Island, Mount Eagle, The Magharees, Kenmare Uplands,
Barraboy Ridge. Killarney walks: Muckross, The Paps, Mangerton,
Torc Mountain, Knockreer, Old Kenmare Road, Crohane, Tomies Wood.
People all over the world are confronted by issues such as poverty,
a lack of access to quality education, unaffordable and or
inadequate housing, and a lack of needed health and mental services
on a daily basis. Due to these issues, there is a need for social
workers who have access to relevant and timely scholarly materials
in order to meet the needs of those facing these issues. The
social, psychological, and biological factors resulting from these
issues determine the level of a person's mental health at any given
point in time and it is necessary for social workers to continue to
evolve and develop to the new faces and challenges of the times in
order to adequately understand the effects of these issues. In the
first and second editions of the Social Workers' Desk Reference,
the changes that were occurring in social work practice, education,
and research were highlighted and focused upon. This third edition
continues in the same tradition and continues to respond to the
changes occurring in society and how they are impacting the
education, research, and practice of social work as a whole. With
159 chapters collaboratively written by luminaries in the
profession, this third edition serves as a comprehensive guide to
social work practice by providing the most recent conceptual
knowledge and empirical evidence to aid in the understanding of the
rapidly changing field of social work. Each chapter is short and
contains practical information in addition to websites and updated
references. Social work practitioners, educators, students, and
other allied professionals can utilize the Social Workers' Desk
Reference to gain interdisciplinary and interprofessional
education, practice, and research.
How are soul and body related to one another? Are human beings
immaterial souls, or complex physical organisms? Will we survive
the death of our bodies? Does only the dualist view allow the
possibility of life after death? This collection brings together
cutting-edge research on the metaphysics of human nature and the
possibility of post-mortem survival.Kevin Corcoran's collection,
Soul, Body, and Survival, includes chapters from those who embrace
traditional soul-body dualism, those who assert person-body
identity, and those who propose entirely new views that fall
outside the categories of monism and dualism. The first book to
connect the metaphysics of persons with the belief in life after
death, thus intersecting with theological as well as philosophical
inquiry, it blurs the divide between metaphysics and the philosophy
of mind.
How are soul and body related to one another? Are human beings
immaterial souls, or complex physical organisms? Will we survive
the death of our bodies? Does only the dualist view allow the
possibility of life after death? This collection brings together
cutting-edge research on the metaphysics of human nature and the
possibility of post-mortem survival.Kevin Corcoran's collection,
Soul, Body, and Survival, includes chapters from those who embrace
traditional soul-body dualism, those who assert person-body
identity, and those who propose entirely new views that fall
outside the categories of monism and dualism. The first book to
connect the metaphysics of persons with the belief in life after
death, thus intersecting with theological as well as philosophical
inquiry, it blurs the divide between metaphysics and the philosophy
of mind.
An effective social worker must be able to facilitate change.
SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE: TREATING COMMON CLIENT PROBLEMS is about
change and effective social work practice, regardless of whether
the focus of change is an individual, a family, or a community. In
Part I the authors consider the foundations of change, the
components of effective practice, and how to structure one's
practice for maximum effectiveness. Part II applies these
principles to frequently encountered client problems. The
straightforward, practical treatment approaches and direct,
accessible style will be of value to both students and clinicians.
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