Psychiatric Social Work in a Mental Hospital
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The role of the psychiatric social worker has been described very broadly as social work based on an understanding of psychology for purposes that are primarily therapeutic. In many hospitals this dual function tends to get lost sight of, the p.s.w's services being utilised for solving purely practical problems; her ability to deal with the more difficult cases requiring also internal adjustment, 58
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