Psychiatric Medication Issues for Social Workers, Counselors, and Psychologists

Author:   Kia J. Bentley (Virginia Commonwealth Univ, Richmond, VA, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
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9780789024015


Pages:   162
Publication Date:   24 May 2004
Format:   Paperback
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Learn more about psychiatric medications to better understand your clientele! Psychiatric Medication Issues for Social Workers, Counselors, and Psychologists explores a range of issues and dilemmas in psychopharmocology practice that emerge especially for social workers, counselors, and psychologists because of their unique roles and perspectives. This book contains qualitative and quantitative research examining the subjective experience of clients who use psychiatric medication. You’ll find unprecedented discussion of clinical and ethical situations that arise when social workers and allied health caregivers collaborate with clients and providers around psychiatric medicine. This book contains creative ideas on how social workers and other allied health providers can be more responsive to both adults and children who take medication. Psychiatric Medication Issues for Social Workers, Counselors, and Psychologists focuses on the meaning of medication for the clients who use them and their positive and negative experiences with them over time. This book serves as an innovative forum and effective springboard for productive discussion among practitioners, scholars and researchers about psychiatric medication’s relevance toand interface withsocial work practice. This book is designed to help practitioners: understand how clients manage their psychotropic medications and interpret their effects maximize the chances for successful treatment outcome by understanding the meaning, transference, and countertransference stimulated by the triangle created by the client, social worker, and psychopharmacological provider map the sociocultural context of youth medication management and help youthful clients adopt coping mechanisms for everyday medication treatment confront a variety of ethical dilemmas, such as ambiguities around the knowledge base of practice, appropriate roles of providers, and basic personal and professional values secure informed consent when discussing proposed treatments (including medications) and explain alternative treatments without breaking informed consent laws promote effective and comprehensive helping relationships by being cognizant of alternative practices, herbal preparations, and essential oil and flower essence products that clients could be using on their own This book contains extensive references, suggestions for client-consultation questions, research findings, and interviews with social workers to complement the text. Unique in its focus on the client’s point of view, Psychiatric Medication Issues for Social Workers, Counselors, and Psychologists will help you overcome any difficulties of working with clients in drug therapy.

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Author:   Kia J. Bentley (Virginia Commonwealth Univ, Richmond, VA, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.249kg
ISBN:  

9780789024015


ISBN 10:   0789024012
Pages:   162
Publication Date:   24 May 2004
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Table of Contents

About the Contributors Introduction The Psychiatric Medication History: Context, Purpose, and Method The Psychology of the Psychopharmacology Triangle: The Client, the Clinicians, and the Medication The Subjective Experience of Youth Psychotropic Treatment Medication Effect Interpretation and the Social Grid of Management Ethical Dilemmas of Practicing Social Workers Around Psychiatric Medication: Results of a National Study Obtaining Informed Consent When a Profession Labels Itself as Providing Treatment for Mental Illness Complementary Practices and Herbal Healing: A New Frontier in Counseling Practice Index Reference Notes Included

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