Psychopathology: A Competency-Based Assessment Model for Social Workers

Download or read book Psychopathology: A Competency-Based Assessment Model for Social Workers written by Susan Gray and published by Cengage Learning. This book was released on 2007-03-15 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by social workers, PSYCHOPATHOLOGY: A COMPETENCY-BASED ASSESSMENT MODEL FOR SOCIAL WORKERS, views mental disorders through the strengths-perspective. It is unique in its ability to summarize the current state of knowledge about mental disorders and applies a competency-based assessment model for understanding psychopathology. Complete with detailed and realistic vignettes that are unavailable in other texts for the course, PSYCHOPATHOLOGY: A COMPETENCY-BASED ASSESSMENT MODEL FOR SOCIAL WORKERS presents strategies for building on clients’ strengths and resilience and offers insights to social workers regarding their role in working with the mentally ill. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.