<ul>
<li>Why do social workers need to know about mental health medications? </li>
<li>How can social workers best assist clients who are taking medications? </li>
<li>What is the social worker's role as part of the interdisciplinary health care team? </li>
</ul>
Answering these questions and more, this comprehensive text discusses the major medications used to treat common mental health conditions and offers guidelines on how to best serve clients who are using them. This new edition provides guidance on many issues that social workers will encounter in practice, including identifying potentially dangerous drug interactions and adverse side effects; improving medication compliance; recognizing the warning signs of drug dependence; and understanding how psychopharmacology can work in conjunction with psychosocial interventions. 
Complete with case examples, assessment tools, and treatment plans, this book offers practical insight for social work students and social workers serving clients with mental health conditions. New to this edition are expanded discussions of child and adolescent disorders, engaging discussions of how new drugs are created, approved, and marketed, and a new glossary describing over 150 common medications and herbal remedies. 
Important Topics Discussed: 
<ul>
<li>Treatment of common mental health conditions, such as depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and dementia </li>
<li>Taking a comprehensive medication history </li>
<li>Understanding medical terminology </li>
<li>Avoiding drug misuse, dependence, and overdose </li>
</ul>

Social Work Practice and Psychopharmacology: A Person-in-Environment Approach (Springer Series on Social Work)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Dziegielewski PhD LCSW, Sophia F.

Psychology & Counseling

Springer Publishing Company

This third edition of a best-selling social work text reflects the dramatic changes that have taken place in our health care environment since the second edition was published in 2004√≥and will likely continue to take place. It is a practical guide for social workers who must navigate our complex health care environment and accept new challenges while adapting to continual change. The book encompasses many facets of professional health care social work within the U.S. health care system, across key health care settings and with numerous different patient populations. The book is also a call to action for social workers, who today must not only be therapeutically effective but must be professionally competitive with other health care providers that claim similar treatment strategies and techniques. Permeating the third edition is a strong emphasis on the importance of developing best practices that are evidence-based, supportive, and ethically accountable while remaining time-limited and cost-effective. Each chapter contains a Glossary, Questions for Further Study, and a list of relevant websites. At the end of each chapter, a "Future Directions" section helps social workers understand what to expect and how to prepare for changes in order to practice successfully. This third edition additionally encompasses updated professional profiles for diverse arenas of practice and is accompanied by an Instructor's Manual that provides a test bank, activities designed to enhance learning, and a sample syllabus. Completely new or updated sections examine: <ul>
<li>Mental health parity </li>
<li>Changes in billing </li>
<li>Evidence-based practice strategy </li>
<li>Electronic record keeping and other advances in health technology </li>
<li>Information related to the DSM-5 </li>
<li>Protecting yourself legally in your documentation </li>
<li>Protecting the privacy of the client </li>
<li>Supervision in the health care setting </li>
<li>The importance of teamwork and collaboration </li>
<li>Social work in the military and VA settings </li>
<li>Safety planning </li>
</ul>

The Changing Face of Health Care Social Work, Third Edition: Opportunities and Challenges for Professional Practice

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Praise for the Second Edition: This is a very well-written book, My students appreciated the down-to-earth style of writing‚ Many of my students are deathly afraid of topics that haveanything to do with biology. [They] were assured by the lack of jargon and the fact that the chapters were written in a way that they could easilyunderstand. I look forward to the third edition! -Nathan Thomas, LCSW San Jose State University, School of Social Work New findings emerge daily, and new medications hit the market every year. The nature of this topic lends itself to revision at least every 2-3 years tostay current and germane to current practice standards. The case studies are a nice way to transform and integrate clinical principles with social workpractice. Students have enjoyed the book as a foundational text, -Dr. Robert Mindrup, PsyD, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of Social Work 
This comprehensive text prepares social workers to play a key role within an interdisciplinary health care team, emphasizing the importance of counseling for clients that take mental health medications as part of their treatment. The third edition has been fully revised to include new medications and reflect changes resulting from the publication of the DSM-5. Sample treatment plans, case examples, and a full glossary of medications have been updated, and the addition of a comprehensive Instructors Manual further enhances the text's value. Also included is information on prescription drug abuse, expanded discussions of psychopharmacological considerations related to gender and culture, and new content on medical marijuana, pregnant women, suicide warnings, Internet availability, and electronic records. The third edition also features a discussion of potential interactions with medications used to treat chronic conditions and emphasizes professional collaboration.
The text is replete with guidance on common medicine-related issues social workers encounter in practice, including identifying potentially dangerous drug interactions and adverse side effects, improving medication compliance, recognizing the warning signs of drug dependence, and understanding how psychopharmacology can work in conjunction with psychosocial interventions. The text also addresses the particular needs of children, older adults, and pregnant women, and the treatment of specific mental health conditions.
Key Features:
<ul>
<li>Addresses the role of medication from the perspective of social work treatment</li>
<li>Delivers guidance on common challenges social workers encounter in practice</li>
<li>Encourages and empowers clients to be active in their own treatment</li>
<li>Identifies potentially dangerous drug interactions and adverse side effects</li>
<li>Explains how psychopharmacology works in conjunction with psychosocial interventions</li>
</ul>

Social Work Practice and Psychopharmacology: A Person-in-Environment Approach

Jacinto PhD LCSW, George A.

Mental Health

This practical guide provides the knowledge and skills social workers need when navigating the complex health care environment, while having to continuously adapt to change. Substantially revised and updated, the fourth edition delivers a wealth of new information reflecting the rapidly evolving health care landscape. Full of practice-oriented advice, it encompasses all aspects of professional health care social work in the U.S. health care system, across all key settings.
Throughout the fourth edition there is a strong emphasis on the importance of developing best practices that are evidence-based, culturally-sensitive, supportive, and ethically accountable. The book is also a call to action for social workers, who must not only be therapeutically effective but also professionally competitive with other health care providers offering similar services. Each chapter contains professional profiles in diverse practice areas along with a glossary, reflective questions, and relevant websites.
New to the Fourth Edition:
<ul>
<li>Major updates on all recent changes in health care practice and the ACA and the role of the health care social worker, including an increased emphasis on the role of social justice</li>
<li>Updated information related to the NASW Code of Ethics, including use of technology and evaluation</li>
<li>Increased emphasis on Evidence-Based Practice throughout</li>
<li>Updated with the different roles of social workers, including medical social work in the military, VA hospitals and clinics, and advocacy for those who are serving or have served</li>
<li>New sections on behavioral health and integrative practice, telehealth, Institutional Review Boards (IRBs), social work practice in emergency departments, and home health, intimate partner/domestic violence, mandated reporting, and duty to protect/duty to warn</li>
<li>Major changes to health and mental health assessment, including updated DSM-5 and WHO assessments</li>
<li>Examining ethical dilemmas, including vaccinations and new sections on pain and spirituality</li>
<li>Completely rewritten content on prevention, health, and wellness coaching</li>
</ul>
Key Features:
<ul>
<li>Encompasses all aspects of professional health care social work in the U.S. health care system, across key settings and patient populations</li>
<li>Highlights the need for more organizational and leadership knowledge</li>
<li>Provides tools for adapting to all major changes in health care with updated roles and functions</li>
<li>Includes a wealth of advice through professional profiles</li>
<li>Supplementary material for instructors includes PowerPoints and an Instructor’s Manual with sample syllabus, course-related CSWE accreditation suggestions, classroom activities, and a test bank for each chapter</li>
</ul>

The Changing Face of Health Care Social Work: Opportunities and Challenges for Professional Practice

Holliman PhD LCSW, Diane C.

Updated and revised, this text advocates a proactive stance for health care social workers. It will serve as a practical guide that addresses the principles of practice in our current health care environment. With the advent of numerous health care changes such as managed health care with its focus on behaviorally-based outcomes and objectives, this volume illustrates the "new" face of health care social work. This comprehensive text is full of practice-oriented tips, professional "profiles" in such diverse arenas of practice as the emergency room, home care, case management, and hospice, questions for further study, and select Website resources per chapter. It will help prepare social workers for the practice change needed in order to become viable clinical practitioners.

The Changing Face of Health Care Social Work: Professional Practice in Managed Behavioral Health Care, Second Edition (Springer Series on Social Work)