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Essential skills of social work practice : assessment, intervention, and evaluation /

O'Hare, Thomas,

Essential skills of social work practice : assessment, intervention, and evaluation / Thomas O'Hare, Associate Professor, Boston College, School of Social Work, Boston, MA, USA. - Third edition. - ix, 455 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-443) and index.

"Essential Skills of Social Work Practice: Assessment, Intervention, and Evaluation, third edition, by Thomas O'Hare, PhD, MSW, is written for advanced BSW and beginning MSW students who intend to work primarily in the mental health field. The book consists of three parts. Part I covers foundation concepts, including linkages among assessment, intervention, and evaluation; the relationship between research and practice; and essential ethics in social work practice. Part II addresses essential practice skills used throughout social work practice: supportive and relationship-building skills, cognitive-behavioral skills, and case management skills. Part III describes how these essential skills are combined as evidence-based practices targeting specific problems and disorders, including major mental illnesses, substance abuse and personality disorders, couples in conflict, and both internalizing and externalizing disorders in children and adolescents. The chapters focusing on disorders of children and adolescents emphasize family-based interventions. The final chapter addresses the profession's transition to evidence-based practices and related challenges given that their adoption is now expected in professional mental health practice"--

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Psychiatric social work.
Social service.
Social work education.

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