Within the context of the growing demands for ethical, legal, and fiscal accountability in psychosocial practices, Evidence-Based Practice for Social Workers: An Interdisciplinary Approach, Third Edition provides a coherent, comprehensive and useful resource for social workers and other human
service professionals. This fully updated text teaches readers to 1) conduct clinical assessments informed by current human behaviour science; 2) implement interventions supported by current outcome research; and 3) engage in evaluation as part of daily practice to ensure effective implementation of
evidence-based practices.
Sample assessment/evaluation instruments (contributed by leading experts) allow practitioners and students to better understand their use as both assessment and evaluation tools. Case studies and sample treatment plans help the reader bridge the gap between
clinical research and everyday practice. Overall, Evidence-Based Practice for Social Workers provides practitioners and students with a thoroughly researched yet practice-oriented resource for learning and implementing effective assessment, intervention and evaluation methods for a wide array of
psychosocial disorders and problems-in-living in adults, children and families.
Preface
Part I: Defining Evidence-Based Practice for Social Workers
1. Definition, Processes, and Principles
2. Qualitative and Quantitative Assessment
3. Selecting and Implementing Interventions
4. Testing Interventions and Evaluating Programs
Part II: Adult
Disorders
5. Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders
6. Depressive and Bipolar Disorders
7. Substance Use Disorders
8. Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
9. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
10. Antisocial and Borderline Personality Disorders
Part
III: Problems and Disorders of Couples, Children, and Families
11. Distressed Couples
12. Anxiety and Depression in Children and Adolescents
13. Conduct Disorder and ADHD in Children and Adolescents
14. Child Abuse and Neglect
15. Eating Disorders
16. Substance Abuse
and Co-occurring Problems in Adolescents and Young Adults
Afterword: The Future of Evidence-Based Practice for Social Workers
Appendixes
A. Psychosocial Well-Being Scale (PSWS)
B. Shortform Assessment for Children (SAC)
C. Practice Skills Inventory (PSI)
D. Substance
Abuse Treatment Self-Efficacy Scale (SATSES)
E. Addiction Severity Index
F. Score Form, Borderline Personality Disorder Severity Index, Version IV
G. Scoring Worksheet for PTSD Index, Child Version
H. About the Instruments
References
Index
There are no Instructor/Student Resources available at this time.
Thomas O'Hare, PhD, MSW, is Associate Professor at Boston College Graduate School of Social Work.
Making Sense in the Social Sciences - Margot Northey, Lorne Tepperman and Patrizia Albanese
Just Practice - Janet L. Finn
Generalist Social Work Practice - Charles Zastrow
