Health and Social Work 38:67–71, 2013Crossref, Medline, Google Scholar. We utilized an inductive analytic approach whereby codes were developed from the data (26). The Journal of Psychiatry and Mental Health (JPMH) (ISSN 2474-7769) by Sci Forschen is an open access journal that publishes thought provoking, high quality work, involving mental illness and psychological disorders. For 20 years, human services professionals have relied on Health & Social Work for the latest advances in areas such as aging, clinical work, long-term care, oncology, substance abuse, depression, and maternal health …. Journal Impact 2018 di Social Work in Mental Health è 0.770 (Ultimi dati nel 2019). Kate Karban's book is an ambitious text, covering the key discourses around mental health and relating them to current social work practice. Annals of Emergency Medicine 60:172–80.e5, 2012Crossref, Medline, Google Scholar, 11 Baillargeon J, Thomas CR, Williams B, et al. Patients with psychiatric disorders (8) and substance use disorders (9,10) have higher rates of ED use than the general population. 2, p. 163. All predictors from univariate analysis that were significant at p<.20 were entered into a single Poisson regression model to predict receipt of social work services. This multidisciplinary journal focuses on recovery-oriented care of persons with mental health problems and on their rehabilitation. All analyses were done with SAS 9.3 and Stata 10. Tutor, M.Sc. This article reviews the social work literature on ICT, draws on research on tele-psychology and tele-education, and provides suggestions on how to enhance engagement with ICT by social workers to implement and provide mental health services and supports tailored to community values, needs, and preferences that are commensurate with the values of the social work profession. Social capital and mental health - Volume 181 Issue 4 - Kwame McKenzie, Rob Whitley, ... Social ties and mental health. New content alerts RSS. Mick McCormick. Find out more All Journals Social Work in Mental Health List of Issues Volume 18, Issue 6 Social Work in Mental Health. The educational and professional goals of ED social workers align with sophisticated use of social worker time and go beyond provision of tangible resources or simple discharge planning (32). Formal social work education extends social workers’ training beyond these tasks and equips social workers with biopsychosocial assessment skills, proficiency in brief psychosocial intervention, and clinical case management or care coordination skills. Academic Emergency Medicine 8:54–60, 2001Crossref, Medline, Google Scholar, 3 Kushel MB, Gupta R, Gee L, et al. Malcolm Golightley, Social work and mental health. American Journal of Epidemiology 159:702–706, 2004Crossref, Medline, Google Scholar, 29 The Greater Seattle Datasheet. Psychiatric Services 57:563–566, 2006Link, Google Scholar, 9 Rockett IR, Putnam SL, Jia H, et al. The authors report no financial relationships with commercial interests. : Medical emergency department utilization patterns among uninsured patients with psychiatric disorders. Only Open Access Journals Only SciELO Journals Only WoS Journals The ED setting poses particular challenges for triage to social workers because of the fast-paced nature of the medical care and unpredictable arrival of new patients. 3, Social Work in Health Care, Vol. Such services were associated with an increased length of ED stay (RR=1.34). This may have affected the accuracy of some ICD-9-CM diagnostic categories, which could have resulted in low observed rates of psychiatric diagnosis. In addition to weekly discussions of codes, formal intercoder agreement was periodically assessed. Types of services provided by social workers to patients seen in an emergency departmenta. Attempting to mainstream ethnicity in a multi-country EU mental health and social inclusion project: lessons for social work. Humor, Aging, and Life Review: Survival Through the Use of Humor. Health is defined broadly to include both physical and mental health. 82-91. They receive referrals via pager and from staff directly. In adjusted regression analysis, females (relative risk [RR]=1.15), patients not discharged home (RR=1.44), and those with two or more comorbid diagnoses (RR=1.80), injuries due to assault (RR=1.37), and traumatic brain injury (RR=1.20) were more likely to receive social work services. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 219:505, 2014Crossref, Medline, Google Scholar, 39 Taubman SL, Allen HL, Wright BJ, et al. Ying, Y. Dr. Moore, Ms. Dotolo, and Ms. Ho are with the School of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle (e-mail: Journal of Trauma Nursing, Vol. Using comprehensive data from a population of patients treated in the ED of a large, urban, level 1 trauma center, this investigation characterized patients served by ED social workers, categorized ED social work services, and determined predictors of length of ED stay. For full access to this pdf, sign in to an existing account, or purchase an annual subscription. Patients could receive more than one service during their visit. Social work services were provided to 18,532 (38%) patients. Legal knowledge and an ability to understand how and when to intervene are both necessary and appropriate in forensic settings. Covariates included all variables described in Table 1. It has been demonstrated that the majority of patients seen by social workers in the ED are discharged home rather than admitted (7). Social Work in Health Care 51:140–148, 2012Crossref, Medline, Google Scholar, 5 Tang N, Stein J, Hsia RY, et al. : Trends and characteristics of US emergency department visits, 1997–2007. Social workers provided at least one service to 18,532 (38%) patients. For some patients, psychiatric diagnoses were assigned by ED medical providers rather than by mental health specialists. Atlanta, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2010. http://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/ecode_matrix.htmlGoogle Scholar, 24 Kessler RC, Chiu WT, Demler O, et al. Also, this study was done at a single, urban, academic trauma center with a dedicated psychiatric emergency service and thus may not be generalizable to settings that are not trauma centers. Non-English speakers, patients not discharged home, and those with comorbid diagnoses had a higher risk of a longer ED stay (Table 4). If discrepancies arose, the coding team discussed coding choices until 100% agreement was reached. Poverty, social inequality and mental health - Volume 10 Issue 3 Skip to main content Accessibility help We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. During the study period, 15 of 20 social workers were licensed clinical social workers. The coding team (MM, DD, and LH) then met and discussed codes that were included in the final codebook. In this investigation, we excluded the category “symptoms, signs and ill-defined conditions” because of the broad, ill-defined nature of this category. Then we compared the characteristics of patients who received social work services during their ED visit and those who did not. Community Mental Health Journal is devoted to the evaluation and improvement of public sector mental health services for people affected by severe mental disorders, serious emotional disturbances and/or addictions.. Coverage includes: nationally representative epidemiologic projects; intervention research involving benefit and risk comparisons between service programs Health & Social Work, established in 1976, is a professional journal committed to improving social work practice and expanding knowledge in health care. Neoliberalism and Australian social work. Persons with one or more mental disorder diagnoses and persons with a substance use disorder diagnosis were overrepresented among patients seen by social workers, compared with their representation in the ED patient population. Poisson regression was used to assess associations between demographic and clinical characteristics, receipt of social work services, and length of ED stay. Washington, DC, American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, 2014Google Scholar, 22 Caradigm [formerly Amalga] Intelligence Platform. Injuries (N=9,523, 51%) and comorbid disorders (32%) were common among patients seen by social workers, as was TBI (N=4,077, 22%). This was a cross-sectional study of all patients treated in the ED of a large, urban, academic, level 1 trauma center from January 1, 2012, to March 31, 2013 (N=49,354). Social workers prioritize providing services to trauma patients, their families, assault victims, homeless individuals, those with substance use disorders, and minors. Chi-square tests were used to assess significant differences for categorical variables, and two-tailed t tests were used for continuous variables. : A nationwide survey of trauma center information technology leverage capacity for mental health comorbidity screening. More research is needed to understand social work’s impact on patient health outcomes, ED recidivism, and cost-effectiveness. Demographic characteristics available in the EMR included age, sex, primary language, and race-ethnicity. Archives of General Psychiatry 62:617–627, 2005Crossref, Medline, Google Scholar, 25 Graneheim UH, Lundman B: Qualitative content analysis in nursing research: concepts, procedures and measures to achieve trustworthiness. By closing this message, browsing this website, continuing the navigation, or otherwise continuing to use the APA's websites, you confirm that you understand and accept the terms of the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, including the utilization of cookies. Social work, mental health, older people and COVID-19 - Volume 32 Issue 10 Skip to main content Accessibility help We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. (2011). Show all authors. Women, patients not discharged home, those with comorbid diagnoses, and those with injuries had an increased likelihood of receiving social work services. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The British Association of Social Workers. Insurance acquisition is only one factor affecting ED utilization (39,40). The effect of educational disequilibrium in field work on graduate social work students’ self concept and mental health. With trained social workers in place, the ED can be a critical assessment and intervention point for the mental health needs of patients. Forensic Mental Health Social Work: Capabilities Framework Social work is characterised by its ability to see the individual within the context of their family, their community and the wider society. Citation ... Social Work in Mental Health, Volume 18, Issue 6 (2020) Research Article . Submit an article. 1, Social Work in Health Care, Vol. The Journal Impact Quartile of Social Work in Mental Health is Q2. For the predictor models, discharge disposition was dichotomized as discharged to home or home with care versus nonhome discharge (including death, admitted, transfer, court or jail, against medical advice, skilled nursing facility, or other). 27, No. Although social work services marginally increased length of ED stay, social workers provided multiple services to patients with complex presentations. TABLE 1. Journal of Social Work, 11(2), 132–142. In addition to providing mental health services to patients, social workers provided crisis counseling to family or friends of critically ill or incapacitated patients (counted in mental health services). Nonwhites and non-English speakers had a lower likelihood of receiving social work services. Social Work in Mental Health: Vol. TABLE 3. TABLE 4. Throughout the book, Karban emphasises the need to locate the subject within the framework of human rights and social justice, and foregrounds the experiences and perspectives of service users and carers. New ... Browse the list of issues and latest articles from Social Work in Mental Health. In addition, predictors of ED social work services were identified with the goal of developing social work referral and treatment algorithms. About the British Association of Social Workers, Receive exclusive offers and updates from Oxford Academic, Copyright © 2020 British Association of Social Workers. : The emergency department Social Work Intervention for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (SWIFT-Acute): a pilot study. JAMA 303:1938–1945, 2010Crossref, Medline, Google Scholar, 19 Dikmen SS, Bombardier CH, Machamer JE, et al. Nurse Researcher 4:5–16, 1997Medline, Google Scholar, 28 Zou G: A modified Poisson regression approach to prospective studies with binary data. We initially assessed the demographic, diagnostic, discharge, and visit count information for the entire cohort. Universal screening methods for alcohol use disorder (36) and methods that use EMRs to screen inpatients for psychiatric comorbidities and identify those at risk of posttraumatic stress disorder have been successful and would serve as useful models for ED social work (37,38). Search in: Advanced search. aSome patients received more than one service. Social Work in Mental Health is an exciting contribution from the editors of our highly respected journal, Social Work in Health Care . : Use of emergency department services for somatic reasons by people with serious mental illness. Annals of Emergency Medicine 41:802–813, 2003Crossref, Medline, Google Scholar, 10 Wu LT, Swartz MS, Wu Z, et al. Medical diagnoses were identified by using the remaining six categories. Most social workers provide services to individuals with mental health concerns, yet there are gaps in research on social work education and training programmes. : Housing instability and food insecurity as barriers to health care among low-income Americans. Most were mental health services (54%), followed by care coordination (31%) and material support or other referrals (15%). Content analysis was used to categorize the note titles (25). 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