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Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare Critical Thinking Perspectives

by: Kirst-Ashman, Karen K.

Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare Critical Thinking Perspectives

by: Kirst-Ashman, Karen K.

ISBN 13:
9780495002444
ISBN 10:
0495002445
Edition: 2nd
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 02/02/2006
Publisher: Brooks Cole
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Summary

Get a better grade with INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL WORK AND SOCIAL WELFARE! Designed to give you a solid introduction to the profession of social work, this social work text helps you master the concepts and issues in social welfare that social workers address everyday. Studying is made easy with the Book Companion Website that provides you with the opportunity to complete self-assessments as well as pre and post tests for each chapter. Case studies found throughout the text help you see the relevance of what you are learning to the real world.

PART ONE THE PROFESSION OF SOCIAL WORK

(100)

Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare

(31)

What Is Social Work?

(1)

What Is Social Welfare?

(3)

Highlight 1.1 What Is Critical Thinking?

(2)

Residual, Institutional, and Developmental Perspectives on Social Welfare

(2)

Focus on Critical Thinking 1.1 What Are Your Views About Social Welfare?

(1)

The Conservative--Liberal Continuum

(2)

How Do You Fare on the Conservative--Liberal Continuum?

(1)

Social Work and Social Welfare History

(1)

Fields of Practice in Social Work

(2)

Focus on Critical Thinking 1.2 Where Do You Stand on the Conservative--Liberal Continuum?

(1)

The Continuum of Social Work Careers

(1)

Baccalaureate Social Workers (BSWs)

(1)

Master's Social Workers (MSWs)

(1)

Doctorates in Social Work

(3)

Focus on Critical Thinking 1.3 Thinking About Your Career

(3)

Social Work Builds on Many Disciplines

(1)

The Uniqueness of Social Work

(5)

Highlight 1.2 Theoretical Ways of Viewing Social Work: A Focus on Systems in the Environment

(2)

Content Areas in the Social Work Curriculum

(1)

Social Work Values and Ethics

(1)

Diversity

(1)

Populations-at-Risk and Social and Economic Justice

(1)

Human Behavior and the Social Environment

(1)

Social Welfare Policy and Services

(1)

Focus on Critical Thinking 1.4 Focusing on the Environmental Context of Problems

(1)

Social Work Practice

(2)

Research

(1)

Field Education

(1)

Looking Ahead

(1)

For Further Exploration on the Internet

(1)

Social Work Values and Ethics

(21)

The NASW Code of Ethics

(1)

Social Workers' Ethical Responsibilities to Clients

(9)

Focus on Critical Thinking 2.1 What Should a Social Worker Do?

(2)

Highlight 2.1 Ethical Standards in the NASW Code of Ethics

(2)

Highlight 2.2 Social Work, Confidentiality, and the Internet

(4)

Social Workers' Ethical Responsibilities to Colleagues

(2)

Social Workers' Ethical Responsibilities in Practice Settings

(2)

Social Workers' Ethical Responsibilities as Professionals

(1)

Social Workers' Ethical Responsibilities to the Social Work Profession

(1)

Social Workers' Ethical Responsibilities to the Broader Society

(2)

Highlight 2.3 Social Workers' Ethical Obligations to Help People at the Macro Level

(1)

International Social Welfare in a Global Context

(1)

Personal and Professional Values

(1)

Looking Ahead

(1)

Focus on Critical Thinking 2.2 Identifying Personal Values

(1)

For Further Exploration on the Internet

(1)

Empowerment and Human Diversity

(46)

Discrimination, Oppression, Stereotypes, and Prejudice

(1)

Populations-at-Risk and Social and Economic Justice

(1)

Focus on Critical Thinking 3.1 Racial Self-Awareness

(1)

Empowerment and a Strengths Perspective

(1)

Resiliency: Seeking Strength amid Adversity

(4)

Highlight 3.1 Empowerment for Women in Groups

(3)

Human Diversity

(1)

Race and Ethnicity

(1)

Highlight 3.2 Terms Used to Describe Latino/a/Hispanic People

(1)

Culture and Cultural Competence

(1)

Ethnic and Cultural Differences

(13)

Focus on Critical Thinking 3.2 Cultural Issues to Address

(12)

National Origin

(3)

Highlight 3.3 Appreciating Cultural Differences in National Origin

(1)

Class

(1)

Gender

(2)

Sexual Orientation

(3)

Focus on Critical Thinking 3.3 What Is Feminism?

(2)

Family Structure

(4)

Focus on Critical Thinking 3.4 What Does Gender Really Mean?

(2)

Highlight 3.4 Reflections About Being a Lesbian in a Homophobic Society

(1)

Marital Status

(2)

Age

(1)

Disability

(1)

Religion and Spirituality

(5)

Highlight 3.5 Kwanzaa: A Spiritual Celebration of Life, Culture, and History

(3)

Looking Ahead

(1)

For Further Exploration on the Internet

(1)

Case Study for Critical Thinking: An Agency Providing Foster Family Care

(3)

PART TWO SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE

101

(56)

The Process of Generalist Practice

102

(24)

Defining Generalist Practice

104

(3)

Highlight 4.1 Concepts in the Definition of Generalist Practice

105

(2)

Working in an Organizational Structure Under Supervision

107

(1)

A Wide Range of Roles

107

(1)

Critical Thinking Skills

108

(2)

Focus on Critical Thinking 4.1 Avoiding the Fallacy Trap

109

(1)

The Planned-Change Process

110

(3)

Step 1: Engagement

113

(2)

Step 2: Assessment

115

(5)

Highlight 4.2 Cultural Differences in Nonverbal and Verbal Communication

116

(2)

Highlight 4.3 Assessment Emphasizing Strengths and Empowerment

118

(2)

Step 3: Planning

120

(1)

Step 4: Implementation

121

(1)

Step 5: Evaluation

121

(3)

Highlight 4.4 Implementation with Macro Client Systems

122

(2)

Step 6: Termination

124

(1)

Looking Ahead

125

(1)

For Further Exploration on the Internet

125

(1)

Practice Settings

126

(31)

Social Work Practice Today

127

(1)

Settings in Social Work Practice: Organizations and Communities

127

(1)

Social Services in the Context of Social Agencies

127

(1)

Social Work Practice in the Context of Communities

128

(1)

Micro Practice: Social Work with Individuals

129

(6)

Highlight 5.1 The Special Circumstances of Social Work Practice in Rural Communities

130

(2)

Highlight 5.2 Urban Social Work

132

(3)

Micro/Mezzo Practice: Social Work with Families

135

(1)

The Importance of Social Networks for Families

136

(2)

Mezzo Practice: Social Work with Groups

138

(1)

Treatment Groups

138

(1)

Task Groups

138

(4)

Highlight 5.3 Treatment Groups in Social Work

139

(2)

Highlight 5.4 Task Groups in Social Work

141

(1)

Macro Practice: Social Work with Organizations and Communities

142

(1)

Generalist Practice: A Three-Level Process

143

(1)

Professional Organizations in Social Work

143

(1)

The National Association of Social Workers

143

(1)

The Council on Social Work Education

144

(1)

Careers in Social Work

144

(8)

Highlight 5.5 Social Work Licensure and Categories of Social Work Practice

145

(2)

Highlight 5.6 Employment Settings for Social Workers by Fields of Practice

147

(5)

Social Work Salaries

152

(2)

Looking Ahead

154

(1)

For Further Exploration on the Internet

154

(1)

Case Study for Critical Thinking: An Elderly Woman with Multiple Needs

155

(2)

PART THREE SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY

157

(110)

An Overview of Social Welfare and Social Work History

158

(47)

Early European Approaches to Social Welfare

161

(1)

England After Feudalism's Demise

162

(1)

The English Elizabethan Poor Law of 1601

162

(1)

The Speenhamland System

163

(1)

The English Poor Law Reforms of 1834

163

(1)

U.S. Social Welfare History: Early Colonization to the Mid-1800s

164

(1)

Highlight 6.1 Early Philosophical Views About Children

165

(1)

Focus on Mental Health and Mental Illness

165

(1)

Focus on American Indian (First Nations Peoples) History: Treaties and Federal Control

166

(2)

Highlight 6.2 Dorothea Dix: Mental Health Advocate

167

(1)

Focus on Chicano/a History: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

168

(1)

The Civil War Era

169

(1)

Focus on African Americans: The Freedmen's Bureau

170

(1)

The 1870s to 1900

170

(1)

Focus on Children: Early Policies

171

(1)

Settlement Houses, Charity Organization Societies, and Generalist Social Work

171

(2)

Highlight 6.3 The Early Development of Protective Services

172

(1)

Focus on American Indians: Attempts at Assimilation

173

(4)

Highlight 6.4 Jane Addams

174

(2)

Highlight 6.5 Mary Richmond

176

(1)

The Progressive Period: 1900 to 1930

177

(2)

Focus on Critical Thinking 6.1 Government Policy and Self-Determination for First Nations Peoples

178

(1)

Focus on Mental Health Policy

179

(1)

Focus on Asian Immigration

179

(1)

Focus on Chicano/a and Puerto Rican Immigration

180

(1)

The Great Depression and the 1930s

180

(1)

Highlight 6.6 A Brief History of Puerto Rico

181

(1)

Early Initiatives of the New Deal

181

(2)

Highlight 6.7 Human Conditions During the Great Depression

182

(1)

The Social Security Act of 1935

183

(1)

War and Wealth: The 1940s

184

(1)

Highlight 6.8 Public Assistance for Children and Families

185

(1)

Peace and Complacency: The 1950s

185

(1)

Highlight 6.9 Japanese American Internment During World War II

186

(1)

Amendments to the Social Security Act

186

(1)

The End of School Segregation

186

(1)

Focus on Critical Thinking 6.2 Personal Rights of Assistance Recipients

187

(1)

Focus on Mental Health: The Deinstitutionalization Movement

187

(1)

The 1960s and the War on Poverty

187

(1)

The Public Welfare Amendments of 1962

188

(1)

The ``Great Society''

188

(2)

Highlight 6.10 The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964

189

(1)

Focus on Mental Health: The Community Mental Health Centers Act

190

(1)

Focus on the Elderly: The Older Americans Act of 1965

190

(1)

Civil Rights in the 1960s

191

(1)

Focus on Mexican Americans: The Chicano/a Movement

191

(1)

Focus on Critical Thinking 6.3 Civil Rights

192

(1)

Focus on American Indians: Striving for Self-Determination

192

(2)

A Return to Conservatism in the 1970s

194

(1)

Old Age, Survivors, Disability, and Health Insurance

194

(1)

Focus on Social Welfare Policies Concerning Child and Family Welfare

194

(1)

Conservative Extremes in the 1980s and Early 1990s

195

(1)

Focus on People with Disabilities: 1990s Legislation

195

(1)

Welfare Reform in the Clinton Era

196

(1)

The Conservatism of George W. Bush

196

(2)

Focus on Critical Thinking 6.4 What Are Future Issues in Social Welfare?

198

(1)

The Development of the Social Work Profession

198

(1)

Early Development of Social Work Education

199

(1)

Social Work During the Great Depression

199

(2)

Highlight 6.11 Social Work Accreditation at the Baccalaureate and Master's Levels

200

(1)

Social Work in the 1950s

201

(1)

Formation of the National Association of Social Workers

201

(1)

Social Work in the 1960s to the Early 1980s

201

(1)

Social Work Today

202

(1)

Looking Ahead

202

(2)

For Further Exploration on the Internet

204

(1)

Policy, Policy Analysis, and Policy Advocacy: Foundations for Service Provision

205

(26)

Social Welfare Policy

208

(2)

Highlight 7.1 How Policies Structure and Coordinate Life

209

(1)

Agency Policy

210

(1)

Social Welfare Policy Development

210

(4)

Highlight 7.2 Public Opinion and Policy Development

213

(1)

Structural Components of Social Welfare Programs

214

(1)

What Are People's Needs and Program Goals?

214

(2)

Highlight 7.3 When Values Change

215

(1)

What Kinds of Benefits Are Provided?

216

(1)

What Are the Eligibility Criteria for the Program?

216

(2)

Focus on Critical Thinking 7.1 Which Benefits Are Most Beneficial to Poor People?

217

(1)

Who Pays for the Program?

218

(1)

How Is the Program Administered and Run?

218

(1)

Value Perspectives on Social Responsibility and Social Welfare Program Development

219

(1)

The Conservative--Liberal Continuum

219

(2)

Radicalism

221

(1)

Residual and Institutional Perspectives on Social Welfare Policy and Program Development

221

(1)

Focus on Critical Thinking 7.2 Universal Versus Selective Service Provision

222

(1)

Universal Versus Selective Service Provision

222

(1)

Policy Analysis

223

(1)

The Five-E Approach to Policy Analysis

224

(3)

Policy Practice and Policy Advocacy

227

(3)

Highlight 7.4 Figures Pursuing Policy Practice and Advocacy in a Historical Context

228

(2)

Highlight 7.5 Focus on Another Policy Practice Role: Social Workers in Politics

230

(1)

Looking Ahead

230

(1)

For Further Exploration on the Internet

230

(1)

Policies and Programs to Combat Poverty

231

(36)

Highlight 8.1 International Perspectives: Poverty Is a Global Problem

233

(1)

Poverty in the United States

234

(1)

Gender, Family Structure, and Race

234

(1)

The Feminization of Poverty

235

(3)

Poverty and Social Class

238

(1)

Reasons People Are Poor

239

(3)

Focus on Critical Thinking 8.1 What Is It Like to Be Poor?

240

(2)

A Culture of Poverty?

242

(1)

Social Welfare Policies and Programs

242

(1)

Social Work Roles

243

(1)

Social Insurance Policy

244

(1)

Old Age, Survivors, Disability, and Health Insurance

245

(1)

Unemployment Insurance and Workers' Compensation

246

(1)

Medicare

246

(4)

Highlight 8.2 The Medicare Prescription Drug Plan

249

(1)

Focus on Critical Thinking 8.2 Who Should Pay for Seniors' Prescription Drugs?

250

(1)

Public Assistance Policy

250

(1)

Historical Perspectives on Public Assistance to Families

250

(1)

Focus on Critical Thinking 8.3 Policy Issues in Social Insurance

251

(1)

Temporary Assistance to Needy Families

251

(3)

Focus on Critical Thinking 8.4 Working Mothers, Child Care, and the Quality of Family Life

253

(1)

Stereotypes About Public Assistance Recipients

254

(1)

Focus on Critical Thinking 8.5 The Current State of Public Assistance

255

(1)

Supplemental Security Income

255

(3)

Highlight 8.3 What Are the Stereotypes About People ``on Welfare''---and to What Extent Are They Accurate?

256

(2)

Medicaid

258

(1)

Food Stamps

259

(1)

General Assistance

260

(1)

Housing Assistance

260

(2)

Highlight 8.4 International Perspectives: ``Cash for Kids'' in Canada

261

(1)

Looking Ahead

262

(1)

For Further Exploration on the Internet

262

(1)

Case Study for Critical Thinking: The WIC Program

263

(4)

PART FOUR CLIENT POPULATIONS AND CONTEXTS

267

(219)

Social Work and Services for Children and Families

268

(47)

Major Thrusts of Services for Children and Families

270

(1)

Supportive and Substitute Services

271

(2)

Highlight 9.1 Child Welfare: A Historical Social Work Field of Practice

272

(1)

Child Maltreatment and Child Protective Services

273

(1)

What Are Child Maltreatment, Abuse, and Neglect?

274

(2)

Highlight 9.2 International Perspectives: The Child Slave Trade in West Africa

276

(1)

How Many Children Are Maltreated?

276

(1)

What Causes Child Maltreatment?

277

(1)

Child Protective Services and the Social Work Role

278

(1)

Highlight 9.3 The Assessment of Risk in Child Maltreatment Cases

279

(1)

Working with and Referring to Other Agencies

279

(3)

Intensive Family Preservation: One Treatment Approach

282

(2)

Focus on Critical Thinking 9.1 Advocacy and Child Maltreatment in the Macro Arena

283

(1)

Key Themes in Family Preservation

284

(2)

Child Day Care

286

(1)

Highlight 9.4 What Makes for High-Quality Day Care?

287

(1)

Other Supportive Services

287

(1)

Family Life Education

288

(1)

Respite Care

288

(1)

An Ongoing Macro Issue: Advocacy for Resources

289

(1)

Substitute Services

289

(1)

Kinship Care

290

(2)

Foster Family Care

292

(1)

Types of Foster Family Homes

292

(1)

Highlight 9.5 Reasons for Foster Family Care

293

(1)

Social Work Roles in Foster Family Care

293

(3)

Residential Settings: Group Homes, Treatment Centers, and Independent Living Arrangements

296

(2)

Highlight 9.6 Who Is Placed in Residential Settings?

297

(1)

Group Homes

298

(1)

Residential Treatment Centers

298

(1)

Independent Living Services

298

(1)

Highlight 9.7 Who Works in Residential Treatment Centers?

299

(1)

Adoption

299

(1)

Highlight 9.8 Cultural Competence Issues

300

(1)

Types of Adoption

300

(1)

The Adoption Process

300

(1)

Social Work Roles in Adoption

301

(2)

Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse in Families

303

(1)

Focus on Critical Thinking 9.2 Controversial Issues in Adoption

304

(1)

Definitions in Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse

304

(3)

People with Alcohol Problems

307

(2)

Alcoholism Affects Family Relationships

309

(1)

Treatment for Alcoholics

310

(3)

Highlight 9.9 Resources for the Treatment of Alcoholism

311

(2)

Looking Ahead

313

(1)

Highlight 9.10 A Case Example of an Alcoholic in Treatment

314

(1)

For Further Exploration on the Internet

314

(1)

Social Work and Services for the Elderly

315

(28)

Highlight 10.1 International Perspectives: ``Global Graying''

317

(1)

Demographic Characteristics of the Elderly Population: Race, Gender, and Social Class

318

(1)

Common Problems Facing Elderly People

319

(1)

Ageism

319

(3)

Focus on Critical Thinking 10.1 Confronting Myths About the Elderly

320

(2)

Discrimination in Employment

322

(1)

Poverty

322

(2)

Retirement

324

(2)

Focus on Critical Thinking 10.2 How Would You Fix Social Security?

325

(1)

Focus on Critical Thinking 10.3 Does Social Security Discriminate Against Women?

326

(1)

Health Care

326

(1)

Elderly Abuse

327

(1)

Living Conditions and Family Variables

327

(1)

Transitional Issues

327

(1)

Highlight 10.2 ``Gayging'' and Invisibility

328

(1)

Contexts for Social Work Practice with the Elderly

328

(1)

Long-Term Care Through Home-Based and Community Health Services

329

(3)

Focus on Critical Thinking 10.4 Macro Practice Empowerment for the Elderly

332

(1)

Discharge Planning in Hospital Settings

332

(2)

Service Provision in Nursing Homes

334

(1)

Empowerment for Diverse Populations of Elderly People

335

(1)

Highlight 10.3 A Focus on Practice: Social Workers' Roles in Nursing Homes

336

(1)

Concepts and Strategies in Empowerment

336

(3)

Highlight 10.4 Diversity and Individual Differences Among the Elderly

338

(1)

Empowerment of African American Grandparents Who Become Primary Child Caregivers

339

(1)

Appreciation of Spirituality and Empowerment for Navajo Elders in a Nursing Home

340

(2)

Looking Ahead

342

(1)

For Further Exploration on the Internet

342

(1)

Social Work and Services for People with Disabilities

343

(29)

People with Mobility Disabilities

346

(1)

Ethical Implications for Social Work Practice: The Importance of Self-Determination

346

(2)

Highlight 11.1 Acquired Mobility Disabilities

347

(1)

Adopting a Consumer-Oriented Approach

348

(1)

Learning About Services and Resources

349

(1)

Advocating for Clients with Disabilities Whenever Possible

350

(1)

Defining Developmental Disabilities

350

(1)

Focus on Critical Thinking 11.1 Residual Versus Institutional Approaches to Service Provision for People with Disabilities

351

(1)

Cognitive Disabilities

351

(1)

Focus on Critical Thinking 11.2 Empowerment Through Language: People with Cognitive Disabilities

352

(1)

Cerebral Palsy

352

(1)

Epilepsy

353

(1)

Orthopedic Problems

353

(1)

Hearing Impairment

353

(1)

Visual Impairment

353

(1)

Autism

353

(1)

Multiple Disabilities

354

(1)

Treatment Over Time of People with Developmental Disabilities: The Quest for Social and Economic Justice

354

(1)

Prior to the Late 1960s: Individual Pathology

354

(1)

The 1970s and 1980s: A Community-Based Approach

355

(2)

Focus on Critical Thinking 11.3 Deinstitutionalization: An Attempt at Empowerment

356

(1)

The 1990s and Beyond: Consumer Empowerment

357

(2)

Highlight 11.2 A Word of Caution About Choice

358

(1)

Social Work with People Who Have Developmental Disabilities

359

(2)

Highlight 11.3 Discrimination Against People with Developmental Disabilities

360

(1)

Empowerment Through Legislation: Seeking Social and Economic Justice

361

(1)

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

361

(1)

The Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 1990

362

(1)

Social Work and Community Empowerment for People with Disabilities

362

(1)

Legislative Empowerment for People with Visual Impairment

362

(2)

Focus on Critical Thinking 11.4 Does the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Actually Help People with Disabilities Attain Social and Economic Justice?

363

(1)

Community Empowerment for People with Cognitive Disabilities

364

(1)

Highlight 11.4 Social Work and Community Empowerment for People with Visual Impairment

365

(1)

ARCs and Related Resources

365

(6)

Highlight 11.5 Empowerment of Elderly Caregivers

367

(3)

Highlight 11.6 Empowerment for People with Cognitive Disabilities: Creating Linkages with Community Life

370

(1)

Looking Ahead

371

(1)

For Further Exploration on the Internet

371

(1)

Social Work and Services in Health Care

372

(28)

Health Problems

374

(1)

Social Work Roles in Health Care

375

(1)

Social Work Roles in Direct Health Care Practice

375

(2)

Macro Practice in Health Care: Seeking Empowerment

377

(1)

Health Care Policy and Problems in the Macro Environment

378

(1)

The Escalating Cost of Health Care

378

(1)

Unequal Access to Health Care

378

(1)

Highlight 12.1 Poor People and People of Color as Populations-at-Risk

379

(1)

Problems in Managed Care

379

(2)

Focus on Critical Thinking 12.1 Health Care Costs and Policy

380

(1)

Ethical Dilemmas in Managed Care

381

(1)

Highlight 12.2 Responding to Ethical Dilemmas: Improving Health Care Provision

382

(1)

Cultural Competence and the U.S. Health Care System

382

(1)

Value Dimensions in API Cultures Relating to Health Care Provision

383

(3)

Focus on Critical Thinking 12.2 The Hazards of Overgeneralizing

384

(2)

Conflicts Between API Cultural Values and the U.S. Health Care System

386

(2)

International Perspectives: Aids---A Global Crisis

388

(2)

Highlight 12.3 Recommendations for a More Culturally Competent Health Care System

389

(1)

HIV and AIDS

390

(1)

Highlight 12.4 How Is HIV Transmitted?

391

(1)

Measurement of the CD4 T-Cell Count

391

(1)

Treatment for AIDS

392

(1)

Empowerment for People Living with AIDS

393

(1)

Social Work Roles and Empowerment for People Living with AIDS

394

(3)

Highlight 12.5 Evaluating the Consequences of Life Experiences

395

(1)

Highlight 12.6 Empowerment by Dealing with Life and Death

396

(1)

International Perspectives: AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa

397

(2)

Highlight 12.7 What Would Your Life Be Like If You Had AIDS and Lived in Sub-Saharan Africa?

398

(1)

International Perspectives: HIV in Thailand

399

(1)

Looking Ahead

399

(1)

For Further Exploration on the Internet

399

(1)

Social Work and Services in Mental Health

400

(36)

Mental Health, Mental Illness, and Social Work Roles

402

(1)

Employment Settings in Mental Health for Social Workers

403

(1)

The Least Restrictive Setting on a Continuum of Care: Empowering Clients

403

(1)

Highlight 13.1 Differences Between BSW and MSW Positions and Responsibilities

404

(1)

Inpatient Mental and Psychiatric Hospitals

404

(1)

Residential Treatment Centers for Children and Adolescents

405

(1)

Group Homes

405

(2)

Highlight 13.2 Using Positive Reinforcement, Empathy, and Feedback to Change Behavior

406

(1)

Psychiatric Units in General Hospitals

407

(1)

Outpatient Treatment Agencies

407

(1)

Employee Assistance Programs

407

(1)

Community Mental Health Centers: A Macro Response to Individual Needs

408

(1)

Clients with Mental Health Problems

409

(1)

Highlight 13.3 What's in a Title?

410

(1)

Dementia

410

(1)

Focus on Critical Thinking 13.1 Potential Shortcomings of the DSM-IV-TR

411

(1)

Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders

411

(1)

Mood Disorders

412

(1)

Bipolar Disorders

413

(1)

Anxiety Disorders

413

(1)

Dissociative Disorders

414

(1)

Sexual Disorders

414

(1)

Eating Disorders

414

(4)

Highlight 13.4 Who Was Sybil? The Most Famous Case of Multiple Personalities

415

(3)

Impulse Control Disorders

418

(1)

Personality Disorders

418

(1)

What Social Workers Do in Mental Health

419

(1)

Case Management in Micro Practice

419

(1)

Micro Practice: Psychotherapy

420

(4)

Highlight 13.5 Cognitive Therapy with a Depressed Adult Male

421

(3)

Mezzo Practice: Running Treatment Groups

424

(1)

Mezzo Practice: Treating Families

424

(1)

Macro Practice and Policy Practice in Mental Health

424

(5)

Focus on Critical Thinking 13.2 Is Electroshock Therapy Back?

425

(2)

Highlight 13.6 Are You Thinking About Working in the Mental Health Field?

427

(2)

Managed Care Policies and Programs in Mental Health

429

(1)

Cultural Competence in Mental Health Settings

429

(2)

Focus on Critical Thinking 13.3 What Is the Real Intent of Managed Care?

430

(1)

Barriers to Receiving Mental Health Services

431

(3)

Focus on Critical Thinking 13.4 Mental Health Care and Policy

432

(2)

Macro Perspectives on Cultural Competence

434

(1)

Highlight 13.7 What Can Be Done to Improve Mental Health Services to People of Color?

435

(1)

Looking Ahead

435

(1)

For Further Exploration on the Internet

435

(1)

Social Work and Services for Youths and in the Schools

436

(30)

School Social Work

437

(3)

School Social Work Roles

440

(4)

Highlight 14.1 Focus on Mezzo Practice: Types of Groups School Social Workers Run

442

(2)

Gay and Lesbian Youths: A Population at Risk

444

(4)

Highlight 14.2 Enhancing Multiculturalism and Reducing Racism in Schools

445

(3)

Highlight 14.3 Myths and Facts About LGB People

448

(1)

Creative Empowerment for Youths Through Macro Practice

448

(1)

Empowering Latino/a Youths by Conducting a Community Assets Assessment

449

(1)

Helping a Spiritual Community Empower Its African American Youths

450

(1)

School Social Workers' Role in the Prevention of School Violence

451

(4)

Teenage Sexual Activity, Pregnancy, and Parenting Issues

455

(1)

Highlight 14.4 Global Perspectives on Adolescent Pregnancy and Birthrates

456

(1)

Reasons for Concern

456

(2)

Reasons Teens Get Pregnant

458

(2)

Focus on Critical Thinking 14.1 Conservative and Liberal Views on Policy Regarding the Provision of Sex Education

459

(1)

Social Work Roles

460

(5)

Highlight 14.5 Providing Straightforward Information About Sex

462

(3)

Looking Ahead

465

(1)

For Further Exploration on the Internet

465

(1)

Social Work and Services in the Criminal Justice System

466

(20)

Introducing Crime and Criminal Justice

467

(1)

Highlight 15.1 Main Types of Crime

468

(1)

Who Commits Crimes? Race, Social Class, and Gender Issues

468

(2)

Are Crime Rates Rising or Falling?

470

(2)

Focus on Critical Thinking 15.1 An Ethical Dilemma: Punishment Versus Empowerment

471

(1)

Criminal Justice Settings and Forensic Social Work

472

(1)

Adult Correctional Institutions

473

(1)

Focus on Critical Thinking 15.2 Should Prisoners Get Expensive Health Care?

474

(1)

Administrative Planning Centers

474

(1)

Community-Based Corrections: Probation and Parole Services

474

(1)

Victim Assistance Programs

475

(1)

Domestic Violence Services

476

(1)

Juvenile Corrections

476

(2)

Highlight 15.2 The Cycle of Domestic Violence: Empowering Women as Survivors

477

(1)

Overlaps Among Juvenile Corrections, Mental Health Services, and Child Welfare

478

(2)

Highlight 15.3 Mezzo Practice and Empowerment for African American Youths in the Juvenile Justice System

479

(1)

Youth Gangs

480

(3)

Highlight 15.4 International Perspectives: Gangs Around the World

482

(1)

Looking Ahead

483

(1)

For Further Exploration on the Internet

483

(1)

Case Study for Critical Thinking: A Client with a Serious Hereditary Disease

484

(2)

Epilogue: Your Values and Your Future: Applying Critical Thinking Skills

486

(6)

The Importance of Values in Career Decision Making

487

(1)

Assessing Your Own Capabilities and Interests

488

(1)

What Are Your Competencies?

488

(1)

What Are Your Employment Goals?

489

(1)

What Are Your Job Preferences?

489

(2)

Looking Ahead

491

(1)

References

492

(20)

Name Index

512

(5)

Subject Index

517

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