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Outcomes Measurement in the Human Services: Cross-Cutting Issues and Methods in the Era of Health Reform, 2nd Edition, updates the original volume released in 1997. The second edition’s 25 chapters are divided into five sections: Overarching Issues and Methods Health Mental and Behavioral Health Child and Family Services Special Topics in the Human Services Each … Read more
Client Confidentiality and Privileged Communications is part of a series of General Counsel Law Notes written with the support of the NASW Legal Defense Fund. Applying the concepts of confidentiality and privilege to the professional services provided by social workers, this law note covers federal health privacy laws and regulations, state law standards, and practitioners’ … Read more
Because of a cultural taboo against talking about money, psychotherapists and their clients avoid discussing the single most powerful cultural force shaping how people think, feel, and behave. Money and Psychotherapy: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals tackles the money taboo head-on, introducing mental health professionals to the topic of money, helping them understand how … Read more
Bullying is a topic that has raised major concern for our nation, so much, that all states have passed policies that specifically address this issue. This problem is very common among youth and adults, and has the potential to have long-term effects. In the Handbook on Bullying Prevention: A Life Course Perspective, chapter authors provide … Read more
Earn 7.0 CEUs for reading this title! For more information, visit the Social Work Online CE Institute. Drawing on his 40+ years of meditation practice, experience as a Vietnam veteran, and decades of psychotherapy work with his clients, Ray Scurfield demonstrates how to introduce meditation into treatment for clients with posttraumatic stress disorder or everyday … Read more
Eating disorders at times leave practitioners feeling as emotionally challenged and out of control as the patients they treat. This is the first book of its kind to provide support, direction, clarity, and optimism to clinicians treating these disorders. In describing what to do and how to do ‘what works,’ reader-friendly strategies and holistic guidelines … Read more
The misuse of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs (ATOD) has severe emotional and financial consequences for users, their families, and society. The collective effects are often devastating, because the magnitude of the problems associated with alcohol, tobacco, and drug dependency is far-reaching. Social workers in practice areas related to children and families, older adults and … Read more
Literature is replete with stories of children who recover against impossible odds. No less dramatic are real-life accounts in social work case files. But why are some children so resilient when others are not? How can social work practice appropriate these positive forces on behalf of more children? Risk and Resilience in Childhood: An Ecological … Read more
Postpartum mood disorders (PMDs) continue to occur with great frequency. Yet, despite the high prevalency rate of PMDs, the majority of medical and mental health professionals and other support providers receive minimal training on what PMDs are, how to assess, and how to treat. However, the new health care bill signed by President Obama will … Read more
The NASW Standards for the Practice of Social Work with Adolescents are designed to guide social workers in a variety of settings as they help young people become competent and healthy adults. The unique perspectives and breadth of social work practice provide systemic linkages between the social work profession and the social entities that affect … Read more