Social Workers and Mental Health Facts
By H. Spotts |
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Created: 2/22/2003 2:52:34 PM Last Updated: 4/21/2009 6:12:50 PM |
| This is a modified article from the National Association of Social Workers. |
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Did you know that social workers provide most of the country’s mental health services? |
| According to government sources, 60% of mental health professionals are clinically trained social workers, compared to 10% psychiatrist, 23% of psychologists and 5% of psychiatric nurses.
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| Social Workers provide mental health services in a variety of settings, including:
Private Practice.
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| Social workers see people within their environment – as part of a family, an employee in an organization or a community member. Because of this their mental health work is multi-faceted, combining psychological, social and practical elements. They have special skills in assessing, treating, and preventing psychological, behavioral, emotional, social and environmental problems affecting individuals negatively. (NASW 2003)
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| Using individual, group, or family counseling, clinical social workers are skillful in helping people to gain an understanding or their problems and in alleviating major stresses that impact daily life. Whether it’s for a child, adolescent, adult, or older individual, clinical social workers can be counted on to provide the best mental health care in the nation.
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Within their scope of practice and expertise Licensed Clinical Social Workers may also provide Behavioral Analysis services in the State of Florida |
| References:
Gibelman, m. (1995) What Social Workers Do (4th Edition)
NASW (2000) Social Work Speaks (5th Edition.
Washington, DC NASW Press.
NASW Social Work Month 2003
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March is Social Work and Disabilities Month. |
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