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Immigrants and Refugees
Elaine Congress
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2012-07-24
Immigrants and Refugees Introduction As a result of climate change, natural and manmade disasters, urbanization, and globalization, the number...
Immigrants and Refugees: Evidence-based Social Work Practice
Rowena Fong
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Immigrants and Refugees: Evidence-Based Social Work Practice Introduction Immigrants and refugees are an integral part of American society and ...
Impaired Professionals
Frederic G. Reamer
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Impaired Professionals Introduction In recent years, various professions—such as social work, medicine, nursing, law, and psychology—have paid ...
Implementation Science and Practice
Enola K. Proctor, Byron Powell, Hollee McGinnis
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Implementation Science and Practice Introduction Evidence-based practice (EBP) has been increasingly advocated and is gaining wider acceptance ...
International Social Work
Lynne M. Healy
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
International Social Work Introduction International social work encompasses those aspects of the profession that address practice or policy is...
Interpersonal Psychotherapy
Sarah Bledsoe
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Interpersonal Psychotherapy Introduction Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) is a focused, practical, and proven time-limited intervention design...
Intervention with Traumatized Populations
Cheryl Regehr
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Intervention with Traumatized Populations Introduction This entry identifies materials from the social work, psychology, and psychiatry literatur...
Interviewing
Pa Der Vang, Ronald Rooney
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Interviewing Introduction Social work interviews are purposeful conversations between practitioners and clients designed to facilitate coop...
Intimate Partner Violence
Cheryl Regehr
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Intimate Partner Violence Introduction Intimate partner violence (IPV) is any behavior in an intimate relationship that causes physical, ps...
Juvenile Justice
Lisa Rapp-Paglicci
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Juvenile Justice Introduction The topic of juvenile justice is expansive, and multiple fields, such as social work, criminology, psychology,...
Korean Americans
Yoonsun Choi
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Korean Americans Introduction Korean immigrants, like many other immigrants from Asia and Latin America, arrived in the United States in great...
Latinos and Latinas
Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, Kosta Kalogerogiannis
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Latinos and Latinas Introduction Latinos and Latinas are the fastest growing ethnic minority group in the United States, and a growing body o...
Law, Social Work and the
Allan E. Barsky
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Social Work and the Law Introduction “Social work and the law” refers to the interface between the practice of social work and the legal system...
Life Span
Terri Combs-Orme
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Lifespan Introduction Social work practice should be based on an understanding of human development and behavior. In recent years these top...
Major Depressive Disorder
Rick Ingram
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2012-12-19
Major Depressive Disorder Introduction Depression is a term that can describe a number of states or conditions. Depression can be described as...
Management and Administration in Social Work
Kristina Jaskyte
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Management and Administration in Social Work Introduction In human service organizations, administrative and managerial positions often ove...
Measurement, Scales, and Indices
David F. Gillespie
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2012-09-20
Measurement, Scales, and Indices Introduction Social work develops and uses measures of social and psychological phenomena. These measures are...
Mental Health
Kenneth R. Yeager
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Mental Health Introduction Mental illness can affect anyone regardless of age, gender, race, or income. These disorders are caused by complex...
Mental Health Diagnosis and the Addictive Substance Disorders
Sophia F. Dziegielewski, George Jacinto
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Mental Health Diagnosis and the Addictive Substance Disorders Introduction There are many types of addictions, although the purpose of this...
Mental Health Needs of Older People, Assessing the
Nadira Sharif
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Assessing the Mental Health Needs of Older People Introduction This bibliography identifies resources that provide a general introduction to th...
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