• Handbook of Social Work Practice with Vulnerable and Resilient Populations
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Handbook of Social Work Practice with Vulnerable and Resilient Populations

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When community and family support systems are weak or unavailable, and when internal resources fail, populations that struggle with chronic, persistent, acute, and/or unexpected problems become vul...
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When community and family support systems are weak or unavailable, and when internal resources fail, populations that struggle with chronic, persistent, acute, and/or unexpected problems become vulnerable to physical, cognitive, emotional, and social deterioration. Yet despite numerous risk factors, a large number of vulnerable people do live happy and productive lives. This best-selling handbook examines not only risk and vulnerability factors in disadvantaged populations but also resilience and protective strategies for managing and overcoming adversity. This third edition reflects new demographic data, research findings, and theoretical developments and accounts for changing economic and political realities, including immigration and health care policy reforms. Contributors have expanded their essays to include practice with individuals, families, and groups, and new chapters consider working with military members and their families, victims and survivors of terrorism and torture, bullied children, and young men of color.
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Price: $110.00
Pages: 616
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Publication Date: 06 May 2014
Trim Size: 10.00 X 7.00 in
ISBN: 9780231163620
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination
Everything a social worker needs to begin thinking about practice with a specific client population, need, or context is represented in this compendium. I have not come across a text that is so far-reaching in scope.
Alex Gitterman is the Zachs Professor of Social Work and director of the Doctoral Program at the University of Connecticut School of Social Work.

Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Social Work Practice with Vulnerable and Resilient Populations, by Alex Gitterman and lambrine A. Sideriadis
Part 1. Life Conditions
2. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), by George S. Getzel, Yvonne O. Patterson, and Stephen W. Willroth
3. Alcoholism and Other Drug Addictions, by Deborah M. Courtney and Meredith Hanson
4. Autism Spectrum, by Cristina Mogro-Wilson and Kay Davidson
5. Borderline Personality, by Nina Rovinelli Heller and Ann Marie Garran
6. Depression, by Manny J. González and Lisa G. Colarossi
7. Eating Problems, by F. Diane Barth
8. Schizophrenia, by Ellen P. Lukens And Jordan e. Devylder
9. Serious Physical Illness and End-of-Life Care, by Mary Sormanti And Grace Christ
Part 2. Life Circumstances and Events
10. Adolescent Pregnancy, by Kathleen Rounds and Charity C. Sneed
11. Bullying, by Faye Mishna and Melissa Van Wert
12. Child Abuse and Neglect, by Lynn Videka, Geetha Gopalan, And Besa H. Bauta
13. Children in Foster Care, by Astraea Augsberger and Brenda G. McGowan
14. Crime Victims, by Jacqueline Corcoran
15. Death in the Family, by Nancy Boyd Webb and Linda Openshaw
16. Gay and Lesbian Persons, by Carol T. Tully and Ellen Smith
17. Homeless People, by Jennifer Mcclendon and Shannon R. Lane
18. Immigrants and Refugees, by Dianne Drachman
19. Intimate Partner Abuse, by Jonel Thaller, Jill Theresa Messing, and Bonnie E. Carlson
20. Older Persons in Need of Long-Term Care, by Toby Berman-Rossi and Timothy B. Kelly
21. Returning Servicewomen and Veterans, by Kathryn Basham
22. Suicide and Suicidal Behavior, by Nina Rovinelli Heller
23. Survivors and Victims of Terrorism, by S. Megan Berthold, and Adeyinka M. Akinsulure-Smith
24. Survivors of Torture, by S. Megan Berthold
25. Young Men of Color, by Bruce J. Armstrong, Alwyn T. Cohall, and Renee Mayer Cohall
26. Women of Color, by Edith A. Lewis, Izumi Sakamoto, and Lorraine Gutiérrez
List of Contributors
Index