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Women's experience of co-occurring substancce abuse and mental health conditions
- Authors:
- STROMWALL Layne K., LARSON Nancy C.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions, 4(1), 2004, pp.81-96.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This study explored the relationship between gender and co-occurring substance abuse and mental health conditions among a sample of 754 consumers of behavioural health services in the southwest U.S. Logistic regression was used to determine factors that would predict women's unique experience of dual diagnosis. Women were almost seven times more likely than men in this sample to have a diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder in conjunction with substance abuse. Women were also significantly more likely to experience anxiety and mood disorders and to have been married. Implications of these findings for social work practice are suggested. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street Binghamton, NY 13904-1580)
Shyness and social phobia: a social work perspective on a problem in living
- Author:
- WALSH Joseph
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Work, 27(2), May 2002, pp.137-144.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The author argues that social phobia can be conceptualized from a social work perspective as an extreme shyness that can be overcome with cognitive learning and behavioural therapy. Reviews the biopsychosocial causes of social phobia and presents a summary of cognitive and behavioural interventions withe empirically demonstrated effectiveness.
Exploring the relationship between transgender-inclusive providers and mental health outcomes among transgender/gender variant people
- Authors:
- KATTARI Shanna K., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Health Care, 55(8), 2016, pp.635-650.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Using a statewide survey of transgender and gender variant individuals (N = 417), this study examines the association between having a transgender-inclusive provider and three mental health concerns: current experience of depression, lifetime experience of anxiety disorder, and suicidality within the last year. Findings suggest that having a transgender-inclusive provider is associated with decreased rates of depression and suicidality, but not with lifetime experience of having anxiety. Implications for future research and education of providers are discussed. (Publisher abstract)
The HEALTHY group: a mind-body-spirit approach for treating anxiety and depression in youth
- Author:
- BOYNTON Heather Marie
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Social Work, 33(3-4), 2014, pp.236-253.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Anxiety and depression are complex mental health concerns affecting adolescents, and when experienced together the prognosis can be worsened. Current evidence based approaches used in social work interventions include cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical therapy, and counselling incorporating psychotherapy and psychoeducation, however they do not work for all individuals and they are not holistic. This paper argues that spirituality is a missing element of current social work interventions for treating anxiety and depression. Yoga has emerged as one type of mind body spirit intervention that is more holistic in nature, and it is deemed to be a positive approach that can be included in social work interventions. Furthermore, the explicit incorporation of spirituality is seen as a necessary component of treatment. Literature pertaining to spirituality as an important dimension of life, mental health, coping and wellbeing provides a rationale for its inclusion into comprehensive multi-modal approaches. The HEALTHY group is highlighted as a comprehensive multi-modal mind body spirit approach that addresses the gap of explicitly attending to spirituality. Implications for practice are put forth regarding the need for research on this kind of comprehensive integrative mind body and spirit social work intervention on the outcomes for adolescents experiencing anxiety and depression. (Publisher abstract)
Mental health and later life: delivering an holistic model for practice
- Editors:
- KEADY John, WATTS Sue, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 200p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this publication looks at different practice contexts in the United Kingdom and the increasingly important role played by social care in addressing the mental health needs of older people. Part 1 covers caring, practice and community contexts and social care approaches. Part 2, focuses on the clinical topics of: depression and anxiety; mood disorders; psychoses; neurosis; dementia; alcohol and dual diagnosis; and later life liaison services. Case studies are used to illustrate current practice. Part 3 looks at the way forward and the final chapter distils key messages from the book and sets a number of key challenges.
Relative effectiveness of mindfulness and cognitive behavioral interventions for anxiety disorders: meta-analytic review
- Authors:
- SINGH Samina K., GOREY Kevin M.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Mental Health, 16(2), 2018, pp.238-251.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Increasingly popular mindfulness intervention innovations seem demonstrably effective in alleviating anxiety among people with anxiety disorders. However, the basis of such primary and synthetic evidence has, for the most part, been comparisons with non-active comparison conditions such as waiting lists. The longest-standing and strongest evidence-informed practices in this field have been cognitive behavioural interventions (CBI). This meta-analysis synthesised evidence from nine randomided trials of the relative effectiveness of mindfulness interventions compared to CBIs (i.e., active control groups) in treating anxiety disorders. The sample-weighted synthesis found no statistically or practically significant differences between the two groups on anxiety alleviation: Cohen’s d = - 0.02 (95% confidence interval = - 0.16, 0.12). Both groups enjoyed large clinical benefits. However, because mindfulness methods may require less professional training and take less time for both workers and clients to master, they are probably less expensive to provide. As they are probably less expensive, but equally effective, it seems that, in a cost-beneficial sense, mindfulness interventions may be more practically effective. These review-generated meta-analytic findings and inferences may be best thought of as developed hypotheses for future research testing. These and other future research needs are discussed. (Edited publisher abstract)