Full Description
In Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis in Social Work Practice, seasoned practitioner-scholars Jacqueline Corcoran and Joseph Walsh provide an in-depth exploration of fourteen major mental disorders that social workers commonly see in practice, including anxiety disorders, depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. They skillfully integrate several perspectives in order to help practitioners meet the challenges they will face in client assessment, andpresent a risk and resilience framework that helps social workers understand environmental influences on the emergence of mental disorders and the strengths that clients already possess. The authors also catalog the latest evidence-based assessment instruments and treatments for each disorder so that socialworkers can intervene efficiently and effectively, using the best resources available. Students and practitioners alike will appreciate the wealth of case examples, evidence-based assessment instruments, treatment plans, and new social diversity sections that make this an essential guide to the assessment and diagnostic processes in social work practice.
Contents
1. Introduction2. Social Work and the DSM: Person-in-Environment Versus the Medical ModelI: Disorders With Onset in Childhood3. Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Intellectual Disability 4. Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Autism Spectrum Disorder 5. Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder6. Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder 7. Anxiety Disorders II: Disorders With Onset in Adolescence8. Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders9. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder ‾ with Lisa Brown10. Gender Dysphoria11. Eating Disorders 12. Depression 13. Substance Use Disorders 14. Paraphilic Disorders: Pedophilic Disorder III: Disorders With Onset in Adulthood15. Bipolar and Related Disorders 16. Personality Disorders 17. Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders IV: Disorders With Onset in the Elderly18. Neurocognitive Disorders Index
