Social Work - Oxford Bibliographies
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...
Mental Illness: Children
Marlys Staudt
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Mental Illness: Children Introduction Approximately 20 percent of children and adolescents have a psychiatric diagnosis. Anxiety and disruptive...
Meta-analysis
Paul Montgomery, Matthew Morton
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Meta-Analysis Introduction This article organizes a wide range of selected resources for understanding and executing meta-analyses. Meta-an...
Microskills
Allan E. Barsky
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2012-03-23
Microskills Introduction Microskills refer to specific competencies for communicating effectively with others. Professional education for social...
Middle East and North Africa, International Social Work and Social Welfare:
John Graham, Alean Al-Krenawi
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
International Social Work and Social Welfare: Middle East and North Africa Introduction Social welfare in the twenty-one countries of the M...
Multiculturalism
Eun-Kyoung Othelia Lee
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Multiculturalism Introduction Multiculturalism has been defined as an ideology that suggests that society should consist of, or at least recogn...
Native Americans
Hilary N. Weaver
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Native Americans Introduction Native Americans are the descendants of the original inhabitants of what has become the United States. As indigen...
Neuroscience and Social Work
Robert J. MacFadden
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Neuroscience and Social Work Introduction Social work has historically embraced a biopsychosocial perspective, but in teaching, practice, and r...
Northern Ireland, History of Social Work in
Caroline Skehill
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2010-02-15
History of Social Work in Northern Ireland Introduction The history of Northern Ireland is a complex one that has involved changing borders...
Occupational Social Work
Elizabeth Ann Danto
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Occupational Social Work Introduction Occupational social work is the practice specialization in which programs and interventions are targeted ...
Palliative Care
Shirley Otis-Green
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Palliative Care Introduction Palliative care is an emerging medical field characterized by attention to the improvement of quality of life and...
Parent Training
Geraldine Macdonald
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2012-02-06
Parent Training Introduction Children, particularly infants and young children, depend on their primary caregivers to meet many of their develo...
Person-in-Environment
Mary Ellen Kondrat
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Person-in-Environment Introduction This bibliography deals with the concept “person in environment” as a practice orienting perspective for soc...
Personalization
Sarah Carr, Mike Fisher
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Personalization Introduction This entry is an introduction to the concept of personalization in social care. Personalization is a way of ex...
Police Social Work
George Patterson
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2012-02-06
Police Social Work Introduction Police social work has been defined several ways among the entries published in major social work reference w...
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Allen Rubin
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Introduction Like most topics in the area of mental health or mental illness, there is an enormous am...
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