Social Worker and Psychotropic Medication: Toward Effective Collaboration with Mental Health Clients, Families, and Providers

by Joseph Walsh and Kia Bentley

Kia J. Bentley and Joseph Walsh present a book that is truly the first of its kind. All the facts, myths, and relevant information about psychotropic medication is presented to social workers in an easy-to-access manner. Professionals and students alike will find this book to be a practical resource that helps them to be more responsive to the medication-related concerns of their mental health clients and to work more collaboratively on these issues...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0534340040
• ISBN13: 9780534340049
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A Recommended Addition to any Social Worker's Bookshelf

In the coming years, the role of the social worker in the treatment of the mentally ill will continue to grow. Books such as this help social workers to define their roles, which are critical ones. The mentally ill deserve the very best that the social work profession has to offer. Kia Bentley and Joseph Walsh do a great job in compiling the information needed to ensure that the collaboration between the social worker and patient is an informed one. This book is a fitting start to a new century of more effective treatment of some of our most vulnerable citizens.

A Must Have Reference Book for Mental Health Professionals

This book is a wonderful product of the Decade of the Brain. Written by two concerned professionals in the social work field, it emphasizes that the medication of patients is a true partnership between the patient and professional. Only then will many patients truly comply with the medication that they would be better off taking.