Psychiatric Social Workers

Psychiatric Social Workers

Not only is the work of the P.S.W., whatever her particular field, directly related to human relationships, but she was chosen for her training on the grounds of suitable personality. This imposes a strain on those responsible for the Course and the difficulties of selection are well set out in the book. No satisfactory method has Vet been devised and we find some who fail during their training...

Psychiatric advance directives and social workers: an integrative review.

Psychiatric advance directives (PADs) are legal documents that allow individuals to express their wishes for future psychiatric care and to authorize a legally appointed proxy to make decisions on their behalf during incapacitating crises. PADs are viewed as an alternative to the coercive interventions that sometimes accompany mental health crises for people with mental illness. Insofar as coer...

Referring Clients for Psychiatric Medication: Best Practices for Social Workers

psychiatric medication is one of the two most frequently performed social work roles in clinical practice related to medication management. Yet little discussion has appeared in the literature as to what constitutes a good referral in these circumstances; that is, what social workers who strive for excellence in practice should be doing with respect to psychiatric medication referrals. This art...

Comparative Study of Burnout Rate of Psychiatric Social Workers with Other Areas of Social Work Practice in Tehran

Introduction: Psychiatric social work is one of the most important areas in which social workers as a member of the treatment team provide specialized services in providing a supportive environment for people with mental disorders and their families to meet their needs and return to society. Because one of the factors influencing the quality of social services provided to social work target gro...

Social Service and Mental Health. An Essay on Psychiatric Social Workers