Clinical assessment and diagnosis in social work practice - Corcoran, Jacqueline (Oxford University Press, 2006)
Includes bibliographical references and index
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
"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