Advances in Mental Health Research

Advances in Mental Health Research

Implications for Practice

Janet B. W. Williams and Kathleen Ell, Editors

ISBN: 0-87101-291-X, 1998 (#291X), 524 pages, $38.99


Contents


Foreword
Steven E. Hyman

Preface
Janet B. W. Williams and Kathleen Ell

Part One: Research on Psychopathology

  • The Epidemiology of Mental Disorders
    Ronald C. Kessler, Jamie M. Abelson, and Shanyang Zhao
  • Classification and Diagnostic Assessment
    Janet B. W. Williams
  • Mood Disorders
    Lee W. Badger and Elizabeth H. Rand
  • Anxiety Disorders
    Gail Steketee, Barbara L. Van Noppen, Iris Cohen, and Laura Clary
  • Schizophrenia
    John S. Brekke and Elizabeth S. Slade
  • Substance Use Disorders
    Carl G. Leukefeld and Robert Walker
  • Personality Disorders
    Nancee Blum and Bruce Pfohl
  • Stress-Related Disorders
    Kathleen Ell and Eugene Aisenberg

Part Two: Mental Health Treatment and Services Research

  • Background of Services and Treatment Research
    Enola K. Proctor and Arlene Rubin Stiffman
  • Short-term Treatment: Models, Methods, and Research
    Sophia F. Dziegielewski, John P. Shields, and Bruce A. Thyer
  • Advances in Psychopharmacology and Psychosocial Aspects of Medication Management: A Review for Social Workers
    Kia J. Bentley and Joseph Walsh
  • Psychoeducation and Severe Mental Illness: Implications for Social Work Practice and Research
    Ellen P. Lukens and Helle Thorning
  • Cancer Support Groups and Group Therapies
    Pat Fobair
  • Mental Health Services for Children and Adolescents
    Mary Carmel Ruffolo
  • Community-Based Treatment Models for Adults with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness
    Mary Ann Test
  • Substance Abuse Interventions
    Robert F. Schilling and Nabila El-Bassel
  • The Conceptual and Empirical Base of Case Management for Adults with Severe Mental Illness
    Phyllis Solomon

Index

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