Social Work articles from October 2002

Social Work archives from October 2002

Learning from clients. (Editorial).(Editorial)
October 1, 2002... A defining characteristic of social work as a profession is its focus on the individual in context, on the dual concern with promoting individual well-being and social justice. Social workers promote social justice and social change on behalf...

Among the missing: content on lesbian and gay people in social work journals.
October 1, 2002... The 1980s and 1990s brought a strengthened commitment on the part of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) to focus on issues of practice with gay and lesbian people. Each new version...

Deciding who to see: lesbians discuss their preferences in health and mental health care providers.
October 1, 2002... Lesbians' access to high-quality physical and mental health care is hampered by longstanding provider biases (Garnets, Hancock, Cochran, Goodchilds, & Peplau, 1991; Lucas, 1992; Saghir & Robins, 1973; Stevens, 1992; Stevens & Hall, 1988). These...

The child -centered social worker and the sexually abused child: pathway to healing.
October 1, 2002... Despite recent studies suggesting that rates of child sexual abuse have decreased markedly (Jones & Finkelhor, 2001), the number of children estimated to be victims of child sexual abuse is formidable. A national estimate suggested that 3.2...

Client's view of a successful helping relationship.
October 1, 2002... Social work, along with other helping professions, has long sought suitable means for defining and measuring the success or failure of various interventions. All too often, however, the profession has attempted to do so from the perspective of...

Breaking the web of abuse and silence: voices of battered women in Japan.
October 1, 2002... Around the globe, violence against women by their partners (domestic violence) is prevalent and threatens women's well-being (Heise, 1994; United Nations, Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs, 1989). In the United States...

Does social work oppress evangelical Christians? A "new class" analysis of society and social work.
October 1, 2002... Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere," wrote Martin Luther King (1992, p. 85). When injustice is tolerated against a specific group, ultimately everyone's access to justice is at risk. Indeed, since its foundation social work...

Work-family fit: voices of parents of children with emotional and behavioral disorders.
October 1, 2002... It is estimated that 10 percent of employed parents care for children with special needs (Fernandez, 1990). These children may have single or multiple disabilities involving physical, cognitive, sensory, emotional, or behavioral impairments....

Opportunities and barriers to empowering people with severe mental Illness through participation in treatment planning.
October 1, 2002... Client empowerment is fundamental to social work practice (Dubois & Miley, 1999; Lee, 1994). Historically people with severe mental illness have lacked empowerment (Carling, 1995; Goffman, 1961). One way to empower this group is through...

Actor-centered social work: re-visioning "person-in-enviromnent" through a critical theory lens.
October 1, 2002... Historically, the profession of social work has been characterized by a sharp divide between macro and micro theories and practice, including sometimes heated debates over the proper focus for "real" social work (Abramovitz & Bardill, 1993;...

The functions of the social worker in empowering: the voices of consumers and professionals.
October 1, 2002... The concept of "empowerment" has been accepted widely in recent years and now is used extensively in the field of social work (Gutierrez, Parsons, & Cox, 1998; Lee, 1994; Simon, 1994; Solomon, 1976). This approach, which first developed in the...

Voices of African American families: perspectives on residential treatment.
October 1, 2002... The relationships among institutions, professionals, and families are changing as the multiple benefits of the importance of involving families in services for their children are recognized. Koroloff, Friesen, Reilly, and Rinkin (1996)...

Letters.
October 1, 2002... The Subjective Experience of Depression Donahue's (2000) article is a remarkable piece in describing the subjective experience of depression. As she said, depression is not just a mood or a set of symptoms. It is a totality of self during...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
October 1, 2002... In the editorial, "Using Knowledge about Knowledge Utilization" (April 2002), on page 102 the Internet address for the Web site NYU Frequently Asked Questions was incorrect. It should have read http://forums.nyu.edu/faq/