This book outlines an evidence based, twenty-four session group program created for adult clients with coexisting substance use disorders and the persistent problems of aggressiveness, breaking rules and laws, carelessness, dishonesty, impulsivity, indifference, irresponsibility and irritability. Designed by the author to help prevent relapse and rearrest of parolees and probationers at a community mental health center in 1986, the techniques of this group treatment include sociometry, sociodrama and social goal setting.
This is the first volume to explore clinical and applied sociology in Aotearoa New Zealand, while also providing unique insights into the practice of sociology internationally. Drawing out the intersections between sociological research, public sociology and applied sociology, the chapters in this volume enrich the rapidly growing field of international clinical sociology. Aotearoa New Zealand presents an important case study in the development and practice of sociology: with a vibrant social scientific community and a significant diversity of scholars and practitioners, local research and practice highlight the country’s innovative and often unusual approaches to addressing social problems. This volume brings together a diversity of scholars and practitioners, from the country’s top sociologists to early career researchers, and provides a comprehensive and valuable exploration of sociology and its many practical applications in this unique context. It covers a wide range of key topics in the field, from the challenges of practicing a public sociology in Aotearoa New Zealand to the role of applied and clinical sociologists in government and consultancies. Contemporary social issues are explored as case studies, including practising sociological psychotherapy; indigenous applications of sociology and Māori language learning; and applying sociology within healthcare. This is a key addition to applied and clinical sociology literature.
The text has a variety of user friendly lists, tables, charts, summaries, articles, practice tests, clinical documentation sample forms, resources and contact information about case management in healthcare and human services. There are more than 100 pages of material in addition to the handouts made available in the seminar. The contents of this case management handbook include the following: the differences between case management and social work; case management history; governmental responses in the past; other titles used for case managers; admission summaries; case management service and treatment plans; multi-cultural recommendations for case managers; case management confidentiality; continuity of care; philosophy of case management; case manager status; supervision of case managers; preventing unnecessary prescription problems; depression screenings; case manager attitudes with the chronically mentally ill; counseling and case management professional ethics; establishing rapport with providers; customer service and case management; avoiding case management burnout; hepatitis A/B/C screenings; HIV/AIDS screening; TB screening; release of information; screening for substance use disorders; progress notes; discharge summaries; social history/assessment; psychological history/assessment; medical/dental history/assessment; educational/vocational history/assessment; legal history/assessment; top work settings; top job titles; HMO models; insurance; legal/medical/insurance terms; and case management organizations.
This book grapples with the potential impacts of collective trauma in war-rape survivors’ families. Drawing on inter-ethnic and inter-generational participatory action research on reconciliation processes in post-conflict Bosnia-Herzegovina, the author examines the risk that female survivors of war-related sexual crimes, now-mothers, will breed hatred and further division in the post-conflict context. Showing how the historical trauma of sexual abuse among survivors affects the ideas, perceptions, behavioural patterns and understandings of the ethnic and religious ‘Other’ or perpetrator, the book also considers the influence of such trauma on other attitudes rarely addressed in peacebuilding programmes, such as notions of naturalised gender-based violence, cultural scripts of sexuality and support for dangerous or violent aspects of the patriarchal social order. It thus seeks to sketch proposals for a curriculum of peacebuilding that takes account of the legacy of war rape in survivors’ families and the impact of trauma transmission. As such, Trauma Transmission and Sexual Violence will appeal to scholars of politics, sociology and gender studies with interests in peace and reconciliation processes and war-related sexual violence.
This volume provides a comprehensive review of the essentials of the Therapeutic Community (TC) theory and its practical "whole person" approach to the treatment of substance abuse disorders and related problems. Part I outlines the perspective of the traditional views of the substance abuse disorder, the substance abuser, and the basic components of this approach. Part II explains the organizational structure of the TC, its work components, and the role of residents and staff. The chapters in Part III describe the essential activities of TC life that relate most directly to the recovery process and the goals of rehabilitation. The final part outlines how individuals change in the TC behaviorally, cognitively, and emotionally. This is an invaluable resource for all addictions professionals and students.
