[Ebook PDF] Mental Health in Social Work: A Casebook on Diagnosis and Strengths Based Assessment, 2nd Edition

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[Ebook PDF] Mental Health in Social Work: A Casebook on Diagnosis and Strengths Based Assessment, 2nd Edition

ISBN-13: 978-0133909050
ISBN-10: 0133909050

Author: Jacqueline Corcoran (Author), Joseph M. Walsh (Author)

Uses a case study method to teach students clinical assessment skills for working in the mental health field. This title is also available as a more affordable e-book.Organized by types of disorders, Mental Health in Social Work: A Casebook on Diagnosis and Strengths-Based Assessment emphasizes DSM diagnoses of mental disorders that are commonly seen in clinical and social service settings. Becoming conversational with the DSM will allow readers to: 1) offer clients appropriate referrals and treatment; 2) communicate effectively with other mental health professionals; and 3) be eligible for third-party reimbursement. While gaining competence with DSM diagnosis, the reader will also learn to understand clients holistically as they proceed with the assessment and intervention process.In this update, the ordering of the chapters and content in the chapters themselves have been revised to reflect the changes in the DSM-5. Learning objectives are now included in each chapter.

Preface
Mental Health in Social Work: A Casebook on Diagnosis and Strengths-Based Assessment is a graduate-level textbook that will help students and professionals learn to understand clients holistically as they proceed with the assessment and intervention process. A major purpose of Mental Health in Social Work is to familiarize readers with the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) classification of mental disorders.
The primary reasons that social workers need to become conversant with the DSM are the following: (1) to offer clients appropriate referrals and treatment; (2) to communicate effectively with other mental health professions; and (3) to be eligible for third-party reimbursement.
The learning in Mental Health in Social Work primarily occurs through a case study method; students are asked to respond to case illustrations that are presented in each chapter. Cases (two to three in each chapter) have been selected to represent the diversity of people with whom social workers intervene. Answers to the questions posed about each case are provided in an instructor’s manual and should be discussed in class and/or through feedback on case study assignments. Note that in order to complete the diagnosis in each case, readers will have to use the DSM-5.
While gaining competence in DSM diagnosis, the reader is also taught to maintain a critical perspective on the various DSM diagnoses and the medical model as promulgated through the DSM. The field of social work has a focus not just on the individual, but on the person within an environmental context, and concerns itself with strengths as well as problems. Additionally, social work has a traditional commitment to oppressed and vulnerable populations. Because the DSM is limited in these areas, Mental Health in Social Work includes the biopsychosocial risk and resilience perspective, which takes into
account both risks and strengths at the individual and environmental levels. Each chapter then explores the relevant risk and protective influences for each disorder, highlighting some of the particular risks for special populations, including children, women, the elderly, minorities, people with disabilities, gay and lesbian individuals, and those from low socioeconomic strata. Students are asked to complete risk and resilience assessments for the case studies presented.
Another emphasis in Mental Health in Social Work is evidence-based treatment, a recent movement in social work and various other health and mental health disciplines. The meaning of evidence-based practice can be debated (Norcross, Beutler, & Levant, 2006), but has been generally defined as the prioritization of research evidence when social workers consider how to best help clients. However, client preferences and available resources must also be part of the process of clinical judgment in addition to research studies (Sackett, Straus, Richardson, Rosenberg, & Haynes, 2000). In considering the
hierarchy of evidence, whenever possible we rely on systematic reviews and meta-analyses, which are considered “first-line evidence” (Petticrew & Roberts, 2006). These systematic reviews aim to comprehensively locate and synthesize the treatment outcome literature in a particular area. If the review lends itself to combining the results of primary studies in a quantitative way, then it is referred to as meta-analysis (Petticrew & Roberts, 2006).
From these reviews of the literature, Mental Health in Social Work presents treatment guidelines for each disorder covered in the book, and through the case studies, students will learn how to form evidence-based treatment plans. At the same time, in keeping with the importance of the environmental context, interventions address the broad nature of the concerns that people bring to social work professionals. For instance, if socioeconomic problems, such as lack of health insurance and unemployment, are part of the client’s presenting problems, then intervention will appropriately address these concerns, as they are
critical to a person’s well-being and healthy functioning.
The Council on Social Work Education has implemented educational policy and accreditation standards that involve competencies and the practice behaviors associated with them that social workers are to learn. As a result, Mental Health in Social Work has become part of the Advancing Core Competencies series. The following table demonstrates how the competencies and practice behaviors are an integral part of this book. Additionally, each chapter includes critical thinking questions that exemplify the competences and practice behaviors.
In summary, this book takes a case study approach, with students applying evidencebased information on mental disorders to build their social work competency in terms of assessment and treatment of mental illness.