Brooks/Cole Empowerment Series: Psychopathology: A Competency-Based Assessment Model for Social Workers

Susan W. Gray is a professor emerita and has been a member of the Barry University faculty since 1980. She earned a BA from Caldwell College for Women, an MSW at Rutgers University, an Ed.D. at Nova Southeastern University and an MBA and Ph.D. from Barry University. Dr. Gray is a licensed clinical social worker and brings a diverse clinical practice background to her work. Her professional interests include clinical supervision, licensure and professional regulation, community mental health and professional practice in rural areas. Marilyn Zide was a professor at Barry University, where she taught full time. In addition, she maintained a private practice and also provided agency-based consultation and training workshops in her areas of expertise which included solution-focused therapy, cultural diversity/sensitivity, and bereavement group-work.

1. An Introduction to the Competency-Based Assessment Model.
2. Disorders of Infancy, Childhood, or Adolescence.
3. Cognitive Disorders: Delirium and Dementia.
4. Substance-Related Disorders.
5. Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders.
6. Mood Disorders.
7. Anxiety Disorders.
8. Somatoform, Factitious, and Malingering Disorders.
9. Dissociative Disorders.
10. Eating Disorders.
11. The Personality Disorders.
Appendix.
Glossary.
Name Index.
Subject Index.