Adult Psychopathology, Second Edition

The most comprehensive textbook for students in advanced social work and mental health courses is now completely revised and updated for a new generation When Adult Psychopathology: A Social Work Perspective was first published in 1984, this pioneering text was the first to conceptualize and organize theory and practice about the treatment of the mentally ill within their families and communities from a social work perspective. Now, in response to new developments in theory and research, as well as changes in service delivery within the field, the second edition contains updated and accessible information on how mental illnesses develop and how they can be treated within a social work framework that recognizes the importance of family, economics, and culture as well as biochemical and psychodynamic factors. Each chapter is written by the leading social work authority on that subject and includes practical, in-depth discussion of state-of-the-art technologies, treatments, and research. The book encompasses the broad spectrum of topics that social workers need to understand, including personality, adjustment, schizophrenia, suicide, anxiety states, phobias, neurological disorders, psychosexual disorders, drug and alcohol addiction, eating disorders, and others. Adult Psychopathology, Second Edition is essential for both M.S.W. and Ph.D. social work students and, as the authoritative, unequaled reference book, will aid clinicians in making more precise diagnoses in their daily work.

Francis J. Turner, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus at Wilfrid Laurier University in Toronto. He is the editor of several Free Press books, including Social Work Treatment, Fourth Edition, and Differential Diagnosis and Treatment in Social Work. He is also Editor in Chief of International Social Work. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Contents Preface Acknowledgments About the Contributors 1 Introduction Francis J. Turner 2 A Transdisciplinary View of Mental Disorder D. W. Millard 3 Case Management as a Strategy of Social Work Intervention with the Mentally Ill Irene A. Gutheil and Roslyn H. Chernesky 4 The Biological Bases of Psychopathology Harriette C. Johnson 5 Psychopharmacology and Clinical Social Work Jacinta Marschke and Carol P. Kaplan 6 Social Work and the DSM Marcia Brubeck 7 Neurological Disorders Harriette C. Johnson and Daniel E. Jacome 8 Senescence Kathleen Joyce Farkas 9 Alzheimer's Disease: Patient and Family Victimized Daniel C. Andreae 10 Psychophysiologic Disorders Mary S. Sheridan and Karen Kline 11 Developmental Disabilities in Aging Persons Gary B. Seltzer 12 Schizophrenic Disorders Joseph Walsh 13 Affective Disorders Mary Kay O'Neil Addendum: Affective Disorders: Mood Disorders Mary Kay O'Neil 14 Anxiety Disorders Bert L. Kaplan 15 Adjustment Disorders Judith Mishne 16 Personality Disorders Mary E. Woods 17 Borderline Personality Disorder Harriette C. Johnson 18 Antisocial Personality Disorders Michael Rothery 19 Disassociative Identity Disorder Jim Lantz 20 Paranoid Disorders Cheryl Regehr and Graham D. Glancy 21 Phobic Disorders Ray Thomlison 22 Eating Disorders and Social Work Jan Lackstrom 23 Psychosexual Disorders Harvey L. Gochros 24 Alcohol Dependence Donald E. Meeks and Marilyn A. Herie 25 Drug Addiction: A BPSI Model M. Dennis Kimberley and Peter Bohm 26 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Conceptualized as a Problem in the Person-Environment System Cathryn Bradshaw and Barbara Thomlison 27 Suicide Howard M. Turney Index