Social Work in Mental Health and Substance Abuse

Sharon Duca Palmer, CSW, LMSW, has worked in a variety of settings in her twenty-year career as a social worker. Since 1990, she has been a school social worker at the ACLD Kramer Learning Center in Bay Shore, New York. She is also a Certified Field Instructor at the Adelphi University, School of Social Work in Garden City, New York.

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.

Performance Measurement for Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders. Methamphetamine Use and Rates of Incarceration Among Street-Involved Youth in a Canadian Setting: A Cross-Sectional Analysis. Medication Management and Practices in Prison for People with Mental Health Problems: A Qualitative Study. Estimating Incidence Trends in Regular Heroin Use in 26 Regions of Switzerland Using Methadone Treatment Data. Substance Abuse, Treatment Needs and Access Among Female Sex Workers and Non-Sex Workers in Pretoria, South Africa. Nowhere to Go: How Stigma Limits the Options of Female Drug Users After Release from Jail. Evidence for Habitual and Goal-Directed Behavior Following Devaluation of Cocaine: A Multifaceted Interpretation of Relapse. Conflict and User Involvement in Drug Misuse Treatment Decision-Making: A Qualitative Study. Deficits in Implicit Attention to Social Signals in Schizophrenia and High Risk Groups: Behavioural Evidence from a New Illusion. The Moderating Role of Parental Smoking on Their children's Attitudes Toward Smoking Among a Predominantly Minority Sample: A Cross-Sectional Analysis. Women's Childhood and Adult Adverse Experiences, Mental Health, and Binge Drinking: The California Women's Health Survey. Relation Between Depression and Sociodemographic Factors. Satisfaction with Life and Opioid Dependence. Can Playing the Computer Game "Tetris" Reduce the Build-Up of Flashbacks for Trauma? A Proposal from Cognitive Science. Unofficial Policy: Access to Housing, Housing Information and Social Services Among Homeless Drug Users in Hartford, Connecticut. Mental Health Symptoms in Relation to Socio-Economic Conditions and Lifestyle Factors-A Population-Based Study in Sweden. Index.