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The possibility of using dissociation to identify mental health service users with more psychosocial intervention needs: rationale and preliminary evidence
- Authors:
- FUNG Hong Wang, ROSS Colin A., CHUNG Hei Man
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Mental Health, 18(6), 2020, pp.623-633.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The ability to predict which groups of mental health service users are more likely to require psychosocial care could facilitate intervention planning and optimize the utilization of resources. Dissociation may be a transdiagnostic indicator of psychosocial intervention needs because dissociation is theoretically and empirically associated with psychosocial adversities. This paper explains why that may be the case. We investigated the association of somatoform dissociation with indicators of psychosocial intervention needs (e.g., childhood trauma, poor family well-being, psychosocial-related symptoms) in a convenience sample of mental health service users (N = 111). The preliminary evidence supports the idea that dissociation is a transdiagnostic indicator of psychosocial intervention needs. Dissociation should be regularly assessed in mental health settings because it may help social workers and other psychosocial service providers identify service users who may especially need psychosocial care when there is a lack of resources. Further studies and discussions are needed. (Edited publisher abstract)
The new alternative DSM-5 Model for Personality Disorders: issues and controversies
- Author:
- PORTER Jeffrey S.
- Journal article citation:
- Research on Social Work Practice, 24(1), 2014, pp.50-56.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Purpose: Assess the new alternative Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition (DSM-5) model for personality disorders (PDs) as it is seen by its creators and critics. Method: Follow the DSM revision process by monitoring the American Psychiatric Association website and the publication of pertinent journal articles. Results: The DSM-5 PD Work Group’s proposal was not included in the main diagnostic section of the new DSM, but it was published in the section devoted to emerging models. The alternative DSM-5 PD constructs are radically different from those found in DSM, fourth edition, text revision. Discussion: There are some positive conceptual changes in the new model, but reliability and validity are not generally improved. However, social workers may be able to benefit from the use of the personality trait domains/facets of the alternative model. (Publisher abstract)
Social work in mental health: an evidence-based approach
- Editors:
- THYER Bruce A., WODARSKI John S., (eds.)
- Publisher:
- John Wiley and Sons
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 592p.
- Place of publication:
- Chichester
Guide to the delivery of evidence-based care. Covering a wide spectrum of mental health disorders, the editors have brought together noted experts to provide the most current, empirically supported techniques in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of disorders as classified by the DSM-IV-TR. Examples of evidence-based interventions guide the reader through the process and provide insight into the philosophy as well as the scientific basis underlying each technique and intervention presented. Chapters begin with learning objectives that alert you to the main ideas covered and conclude with provocative study questions that are designed to test your understanding while providing an opportunity for review and reinforcement of the key concepts covered.
Supported education for adults with psychiatric disabilities: an innovation for social work and psychosocial rehabilitation practice
- Authors:
- MOWBRAY Carol T., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work: A journal of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), 50(1), January 2005, pp.7-20.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Discusses supported education (SEd), one of the newest pyschosocial rehabilitation (PSR) models for adults with mental illness. Its mission, principles and service components are presented, reflecting its basis in PSR practice. Evidence of the effectiveness of supported education based on research and evaluation studies is provided. Concludes with a discussion of why PSR and SEd are important to social work and how social workers can effectively use this evidence-based practice to maximise opportunities for consumers with a mental illness.
Social work and psychedelic-assisted therapies: practice considerations for breakthrough treatments
- Authors:
- HUTCHISON Courtney, BRESSI Sara
- Journal article citation:
- Clinical Social Work Journal, 49(3), 2021, pp.356-367.
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Place of publication:
- New York
The re-emergence of therapeutic uses for mind-altering, psychedelic drugs has brought the field of mental health to a new frontier in research, practice, and policymaking. In the past two decades dozens of clinical trials investigating therapeutic applications of psychedelics—including MDMA, psilocybin, and ketamine—have shown promising results in the treatment of trauma-related disorders, some forms of anxiety, and depression. These substances have also garnered preliminary support from the Food and Drug Administration, which has fast-tracked their development. As the field of psychedelic science continues to grow, a serious consideration of these novel treatments in the context of social work practice and values is imperative. This paper offers a brief overview of MDMA-, psilocybin-, and ketamine-assisted treatments, and presents an initial discussion of questions pertinent to social work practice raised by their use, including: safety, efficacy, theory of change, training needs, and social justice considerations.
Think family, think relationship: factors influencing stronger professional relationships with parents diagnosed with a mental illness. A qualitative study
- Authors:
- GRANT A., et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 51(3), 2021, pp.945-963.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This qualitative study explored how professionals and parents with mental illness experience their relationships with each other, what aspects of interaction promote a constructive relationship and the role of wider organisational and systemic factors. A purposive sample of 30 adult mental health and children’s services professionals, and 21 parents completed semi-structured interviews. Professionals’ transparent, non-judgemental, empathetic and positive approach and ability to form partnerships and to share power with parents were keys in building trusting relationships with them. Professionals’ capacity to use limited self-disclosure of their own personal experiences (i.e. parenting) enabled them to develop constructive relationships with parents. Equally, important was parents’ willingness to form partnerships with professionals and to accept a whole family approach to service delivery. Professionals’ limited understanding of mental illness and focus on administration hindered their relationships with parents. An understanding of what constitutes a constructive relationship between professionals and parents and how it develops may help professionals to reflect upon how they engage parents and to do it well. It may also assist organisations to develop the necessary structures and resources to create the conditions for promoting constructive engagement between professionals and parents. (Edited publisher abstract)
Social work in health and mental health: issues, developments, and actions
- Editors:
- HEINONEN Tuula, METTERI Anna, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Canadian Scholars' Press
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 429p.
- Place of publication:
- Toronto
This is primarily a book on social work practice, discussing how one might approach a specific health or mental health related problem or issue as a social worker. Health and mental health are conceptualized broadly in this volume. The health and well-being of body and mind are seen as integrally connected, shaped by biological, physical, psychological, material, social, and structural features and determinants. Clients are viewed as active, engaged agents, with strengths and resources from which to draw in meeting everyday challenges and major life crises.
Empowering and demedicalized case management practices perspectives of mental health consumer leaders and professionals
- Authors:
- ELLISON Marsha Langer, DUNN Erin C.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation, 5(2), 2006, pp.1-17.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The principles of empowerment and demedicalization have been central to the formulations of rehabilitation and social service practices as well as case management, a core community support service provided to people with psychiatric disabilities. This study describes empowering and demedicalized practices in mental health case management. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with thirty leaders in the mental health consumer movement and five professionals. Twenty-five categories of such practices were developed and are presented. Findings have implications for both the nature of the interaction between case manager and client and for program structures, activities, and missions. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Time to father
- Authors:
- BOLZAN Natalie, GALE Fran, DUDLEY Michael
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Health Care, 39(1/2), 2004, pp.67-87.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This paper reports the qualitative findings from 40 couples involved in a study exploring men's post-natal mental health. Interviews were conducted with individuals soon after the birth of their first child. Findings suggest that new fathers want to be more involved in the direct care and nurturing of their children than their fathers were with them. Discourses which construct fathers and inform social structures have not kept pace with men's changed attitudes and role expectations limiting the options available to men as fathers. In particular men's employment circumstances figure in their experience of adjusting to life as a father. Those fathers having least flexibility and autonomy in their work report experiencing, since the birth of their child, more unhappiness, anxiety, and generally higher levels of stress. These findings suggest increasing workplace flexibility and provisions such as parental leave are important for men's post-natal mental health. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580)
The social work contribution to mental health services: the future direction: report of responses to the discussion paper
- Author:
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MENTAL HEALTH IN ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Mental Health in England
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 60p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
This discussion paper, produced by the National Institute for Mental Health in England, is intended as a catalyst for an exchange of information, experience and ideas about the contribution of social work to mental health services. The paper aims to inform the development of action plans to support the social work contribution to mental health services both now and in the future. The discussion paper generated a debate with commissioners, employers and social workers in primary, secondary and tertiary mental health and social care services on the contribution that social workers can make to the support and recovery of people of all ages in mental distress.