Social Work Health and Mental Health

Steven P. Segal

Part I
Section 1: The Content of Practice
Introduction: Parts I and II
Globalization and Its Impact on Health and Mental Health Policy
Globalization and Social Policy
Health Care and Social Work Education in a Changing World
The Restructuring of Health and Mental Health Service Systems and Its Consequences
The Buck Stops Where? Contracting, Service Delivery and the Challenge to Provide Responsive Services
The Business Model and Social Work: A Conundrum for Social Work Practice
Social Work and Health Restructuring in Canada and Finland
Delivering Health Care Services in the Community: A Multidisciplinary Perspective
Health Problems and Long-Term Unemployment
Section 2: Research
Using Standardized Instruments in Practice Research
Use of Standardized Measures in Agency Based Research and Practice
Construction of a Global Assessment Scale of Family Function, Using a Questionnaire
Research Tools for Describing Health Social Work Practice and Client Characteristics
Development of the Workload Analysis Scale (WAS) for the Assessment and Rehabilitation Services of Ballarat Health Services
Discharge Planning for Complex Paediatric Cases
The Development of an Australian National Classification System for Social Work Practice in Health Care
A Classification System of Social Problems: Concepts and Influence on GPs’ Registration of Problems
Part II
Section 3: Generic Practice Issues
Community Care in Practice: Social Work in Primary Health Care
A Body-Mind-Spirit Model in Health: An Eastern Approach
Resilient Children: What They Tell Us About Coping with Maltreatment
Keeping It in the Family: Caregiving in Australian-Greek Families
Retooling Social Work Practice for High Volume, Short Stay
It’s Just Different in the Country: Postnatal Depression and Group Therapy in a Rural Setting
Part III
Section 1: Health and Medical Care
Introduction: Part III
Engaging in a Public Health Program with Populations That are the Traditional Targets of Social Work Intervention
Implementing a Community Intervention Program for Health Promotion
Resource Development to Enable the Use of Medical Treatment
Social Work Practice in the Donation of Human Tissue for Transplantation: Utilizing Social Work Values and Competencies to Achieve Effective Outcomes for Transplant Patients and Donor Families
Supporting the Patient in Coping with Problems
A Follow-Up Study of Women with Cancer: Their Psychosocial Well-Being and Close Relationships
Evaluating an Activity Intervention with Hemodialysis Patients in Israel
Social Support, Medication Compliance and HIV/AIDS
Addressing the Issue of Long-Term Care
The Mental Health Status and Long Term Care Needs of the Chinese Elderly in Hong Kong
Section 2: Multicultural Practice
Immigration
Stage-Specific and Culture-Specific Coping Strategies Used by Mainland Chinese Immigrants During Resettlement in Hong Kong: A Qualitative Analysis
Impact of Immigration on Health and Human Services: Florida’s Experience
Language
Cross Cultural Research in Palliative Care
Section 3: Mental Health
The Workings of the System and System Change
Mental Health System Reform: A Multi Country Comparison
Evaluating System Fit with Need
Mental Health Service Utilization Among the Arabs in Israel
Involuntary Return to a Psychiatric Emergency Service Within Twelve Months
Conjoint Multi-Disciplinary Assessment in a Community Mental Health Team: The Impact on the Social Work Role
The Changing Role of the Social Worker in the Mental Health System
Index
Reference Notes Included