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Dosed up...let down?
- Author:
- FERNANDEZ Ana Olea
- Journal article citation:
- Professional Social Work, September 2012, pp.18-20.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
The author, a frontline social worker, looks at the need for social workers to advocate on behalf of looked-after children in instances where their psychiatric diagnosis, the medications prescribed, may be inappropriate and just a way of overlooking underlying problems. The dangers of misinterpreting the effects of childhood trauma as specific disorders which require anti-psychotic drugs are discussed.
Social context and social worker's judgement of mental disorder
- Authors:
- KIRK Stuart A., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Social Service Review, 73(1), March 1999, pp.82-104.
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
Examines biases in American social workers' assessment of antisocial youths based on the responses of students to clinical case vignettes describing youths engaging in antisocial behaviour. Respondents were to judge whether the described youth had a psychiatric or mental disorder. The contents of the vignettes were manipulated to suggest either internal dysfunction or a normal response to a difficult environment as the cause of the antisocial behaviour. Contrary to the claims of the critics, respondents generally appropriately distinguished, based on contextual information, between disordered and nondisordered youth. However, a minority of students did appear to display bias, primarily in the direction of underdiagnosis of disorder.
Prozac, families and the law: implications for social work practice
- Authors:
- MASON Susan E., POLLACK Daniel
- Journal article citation:
- Clinical Social Work Journal, 26(3), 1998, pp.317-332.
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Place of publication:
- New York
Prozac has been on the market for more than 10 years and has become one of the most heavily utilised medications in the United States; approximately 17 million prescriptions have been written. Along with its popularity, there have been a multitude of legal cases citing the use of Prozac to explain a variety of behaviours. Social workers in clinical practice need to understand the legal implications of having clients who are taking the medication. Reviews twenty-eight appellate court cases in the USA involving families and Prozac between 1991 and 1997 and discusses their clinical practice implications.
Adolescent problems: a practical guide for parents and teachers
- Authors:
- NICHOLSON Doula, AYERS Harry
- Publisher:
- David Fulton
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 124p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Presents current theories and a range of practical approaches to help teachers and parents develop strategies for dealing with the many different problems experienced by young people, particularly those with emotional or behavioural problems. Includes a list of organisations and structured interview forms. Also aimed at counsellors, social workers, and educational psychologists.
What works for troubled children?
- Authors:
- BUCHANAN Ann, RITCHIE Charlotte
- Publisher:
- Barnardo's
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 182p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Ilford
- Edition:
- 2nd
Many children have emotional or behavioural problems at some stage and most recover with a little help from those around them. There is evidence however that the number of children with behaviour difficulties is rising and that the heaviest concentration is in inner urban areas where services are already stretched. Although more psychiatric and psychological services are required, most children with troubled behaviour need social and educational solutions rather than health interventions. The best people to help may be those who know the child best. The book looks at developments in assessment, prevention projects and behavioural/cognitive behavioural interventions The book is addressed to front-line workers, social workers, teachers, health visitors, as well as managers and policy makers and updates and revises the 1999 edition.
'Eccentric' - or a danger to health?
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 10.6.99, 1999, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Talks to a social worker, Roger Parke, who had to address the problem of twin brothers whose hoarding of rubbish endangered their health.
Where do we go from here?
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 4.2.99, 1999, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
After intensive help a young mother's parenting skills fail to improve. Talks to the social worker facing the dilemma and provides an expert's view of the case.