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Sands and Gellis
Clinical Social Work
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Toward Evidence-Based Practice
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Roberta G. Sands
University of Pennsylvania
Zvi D. Gellis
University of Pennsylvania
Eric Stein
University of Pennsylvania
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Sample Syllabus v
Chapter 1 Getting Oriented: Themes and Concepts 1
Chapter 2 Historical Context: Changes in Mental Health Policies
and Social Work Practice 11
Chapter 3 Biopsychosocial Conceptual Framework 21
Chapter 4 The Biopsychosocial Assessment 32
Chapter 5 Legal and Ethical Issues 42
Chapter 6 Culturally Competent Mental Health Practice 53
Chapter 7 Feminist Social Work Practice 64
Chapter 8 Evidence-Based Practice with Depressed Clients 74
Chapter 9 Evidence-Based Practice for Clients with Anxiety Disorders 85
Chapter 10 A Framework for Intervention with Persons with Serious
Mental Illness 97
Chapter 11 Evidence-Based and Best Practices with Adults with Severe
Mental Illness in a Community Context 107
Chapter 12 Evidence-Based Interventions for Individuals with Severe Mental Illness
and Their Families 119
Chapter 13 Clinical Practice with Persons with Co-Occurring Substance Use
and Serious Mental Illness 130
Appendix Assess Yourself (by chapter) 141
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