Clinical assessment and diagnosis in social work practice / Jacqueline Corcoran, Joseph Walsh.

Contents Introduction -- Social work and the DSM : person-in-environment versus the medical model -- Disorders with onset in childhood -- Mental retardation -- Autism -- Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder -- Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder -- Posttraumatic stress disorder -- Anxiety disorders -- Disorders with onset in adolescence -- Eating disorders -- Depression -- Substance use disorders -- Sexual disorders : pedophilia -- Disorders with onset in adulthood -- Bipolar disorder -- Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders -- Personality disorders -- Disorders with onset in the elderly -- Cognitive disorders.
Abstract "Guides social workers in developing competence in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR) system of diagnosis, and assists them in staying attuned during client assessment to social work values and principles"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Other formsAlso issued online.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2005027740
ISBN0195168305 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9780195168303 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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