Child and Adolescent Mental Health in Social Work

Jacqueline Corcoran, PhD, LCSW is Professor and Faculty Director Doctorate in Clinical Social Work, School of Social Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania, where she teaches clinical practice and research. She has written 18 textbooks for the field, and over 100 journal articles and book chapters. Her areas are research synthesis and systematic reviews on mental health treatment, evidence-based practice in social work, and strengths-based models. She maintains a small clinical practice at Arlington Behavior Therapy Institute. Courtney Benjamin Wolk, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. She is a licensed clinical psychologist with experience training community and school-based clinicians to conduct evidence-based mental health practices, particularly cognitive-behavioral therapy, for a variety of presenting problems and populations. Dr. Wolk also is an active researcher who conducts implementation science research aimed at improving access to evidence-based mental health services in community and school settings.

Chapter 1. Introduction and Overview

Section I. Professional Social Work Context
Chapter 2. Where and How do Social Workers Practice?
Chapter 3. DSM and the Medical Model
Chapter 4. Engagement

Section II. Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Chapter 5. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Chapter 6. Autism Spectrum Disorders

Section III. Externalizing Problems
Chapter 7. Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder
Chapter 8: Substance Use Disorders

Section IV. Internalizing Problems
Chapter 9. Anxiety Disorders and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
Chapter 10. Depressive Disorders
Chapter 11. Non-Suicidal Self Injury and Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors
Chapter 12. Eating Disorders
Chapter 13. Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders

Section V. Appendix: Multiple Choice Questions and Answers