Emergency Department Staff Perception of Social Work and Mental Health

Emergency Department Staff Perception of Social Work and Mental Health
Author: Natasha Stepka
Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2014-06-30
Genre:
ISBN: 9783659563676

Changes to the healthcare system such as a decrease in resources, combined roles of emergency department personnel, and delivery of mental health treatment in emergency departments has necessitated further investigation of the role of social workers in the emergency department. Using a qualitative research design, eight participants from rural emergency departments were surveyed regarding how they perceived mental health emergencies and mental health crises within the emergency department, and their perceptions of the social work role. Findings of this study suggest that a social worker is a valuable addition to the interdisciplinary team in the emergency department. Additionally it indicated that mental health interventions and services remain stigmatized, caring for mental health patients impacts the care of other patients, the emergency department has become a point of entry for many resources, there is a lack of training in mental health services, and a lack of understanding in the specific skill set and role of social work.

Complexity and Healthcare

Complexity and Healthcare
Author: Kieran Sweeney
Publisher: Radcliffe Publishing
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2002
Genre: Chaotic behavior in systems
ISBN: 9781857755596

This book illustrates the relevance of chaos and complexity theory to healthcare organisations, public health, clinical governance and the consultation. It explains the terms and ideas at the heart of complexity, the unfamiliar science behind it, and how it applies to the real world. In healthcare, the NHS is a complex adaptive system. So are hospitals, general practices, diseases and patients. The book describes how insights from complexity can help us better understand how organisations, patients or disease develop over time, in an often unpredictable manner. Contributors set out the benefits of applying complexity to their own particular areas of healthcare. Complexity and Healthcare will be of special interest to clinicians and managers in primary and secondary care, researchers and academics, and in particular, general practitioners and public health professionals.

Emergency Mental Health Services in the Community

Emergency Mental Health Services in the Community
Author: Michael Phelan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 377
Release: 1995-10-12
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0521452511

A comprehensive and international perspective of emergency health service provision in an era of community care.

International Social Health Care Policy, Program, and Studies

International Social Health Care Policy, Program, and Studies
Author: Gary Rosenburg
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1135804079

Noted experts provide practical, effective strategies to meet global health challenges International Social Health Care Policy, Program, and Studies presents a collection of papers drawn from the Ninth Doris Siegel Memorial Fund Colloquium that focuses on social work and international health issues, emphasizing an international exchange and cooperation as a crucial facet of meeting global health challenges. Honoring the memory and spirit of social work pioneer Doris Siegel for her accomplishments and advocacy on behalf of social-health issues, this fine selection of scholarly papers explores ideas and strategies from around the world which offer greater opportunity for success for diverse social work and health care problems. Internationally recognized practitioners and academics offer research and case studies illustrating approaches, programs, and policies that any practitioner or policymaker may find helpful. International Social Health Care Policy, Program, and Studies closely examines the common ground in social health care problems shared by various countries worldwide. Issues such as the effects of terrorism, academic-practice partnerships in practice research, and the international exchange program are explored, with insightful discussions that explain in which directions to best channel social and health care energies and resources. Helpful figures and tables further explain concepts and research. Topics in International Social Health Care Policy, Program, and Studies include: Strength-focused and Meaning-oriented Approach to Resilience and Transformation (SMART) as a model of crisis intervention that uses a holistic view of health outpatient commitment as a delivery system assisted conception and social work needs in the United Kingdom a study on the psychological distress between elderly Israeli residents and immigrant family caregivers impact of prolonged terrorist attacks on children and adolescents in Israel stress experienced by social workers working with terror victims integration of social workers into hospital disaster response teams in Australia academic practice research partnerships for health social workers evaluation of the outcomes from the Mount Sinai Social Work Leadership Enhancement Program discussion of the lessons learned from the 75-year history of health social work in Melbourne, Australia and more! International Social Health Care Policy, Program, and Studies is horizon-expanding reading that is perfect for social workers dealing with a global community, social work libraries, educators, students, and libraries of all types.

Reducing the Stigma of Mental Illness

Reducing the Stigma of Mental Illness
Author: Norman Sartorius
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2005-05-26
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780521549431

Details the results of the Open Doors Programme, set up to fight the stigma/discrimination attached to schizophrenia.

Interpretive Description

Interpretive Description
Author: Sally Thorne
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2016-06-03
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1315426234

This book is designed to guide both new and more seasoned researchers through the steps of conceiving, designing, and implementing coherent research capable of generating new insights in clinical settings. Drawing from a variety of theoretical, methodological, and substantive strands, interpretive description provides a bridge between objective neutrality and abject theorizing, producing results that are academically credible, imaginative, and clinically practical. Replete with examples from a host of research settings in health care and other arenas, the volume will be an ideal text for applied research programs.

Behavioral Emergencies for the Emergency Physician

Behavioral Emergencies for the Emergency Physician
Author: Leslie S. Zun
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 415
Release: 2013-03-21
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 110701848X

This comprehensive, go-to volume features cutting edge discussion of the emergency department management of mental health patients.