Psychiatric Medication Issues for Social Workers, Counselors, and Psychologists
Seiten
2004
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-7890-2401-5 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-7890-2401-5 (ISBN)
Examining the use of psychopharmacology in clinical social work practice, this resource covers both the subjective experience of clients who use psychiatric medication and practitioner dilemmas related to helping clients manage and monitor drug intake.
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.
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.
Kia J. Bentley
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
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 24.5.2004 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 300 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7890-2401-2 / 0789024012 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7890-2401-5 / 9780789024015 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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