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PART I: INTRODUCTION. 1. An Introduction to Clinical Case Management. 2. The Policy Context of Case Management. PART II: A THEORETICAL BASE FOR CLINICAL CASE MANAGEMENT. 3. Symbolic Interactionism and Relationship Development. 4. Social Support Theory and the Community Context of Practice. PART III: WORKING WITH INDIVIDUALS. 5. The Case Manager and Psychotropic Medications. 6. Persons with Schizophrenia. 7. Persons with Bipolar Disorder. 8. Persons with Major Depression. 9. Persons with Schizotypal Personality Traits. 10. Persons with Paranoic Ideation. 11. Incorporating Existential Themes Into Clinical Case Management. PART IV: WORKING WITH FAMILIES. 12. Engaging the Family of the Person with Mental Illness. 13. Case Managers as Family Educators about Mental Illness. 14. The Family Education and Support Group. 15. The Role of the Facilitator in Support Group Development. PART V: WORKING WITH PERSONS HAVING MENTAL ILLNESS IN GROUPS. 16. Effective Leadership in Treatment Groups. 17. Facilitating Self-Help Groups. EPILOGUE.

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Joseph Walsh received his MSW and his Ph.D. from Ohio State University. He is Associate Professor of Social Work at Virginia Commonwealth University and teaches courses in generalist practice, clinical practice, research, and mental and emotional disorders. He has been a direct services practitioner in the field of mental health since 1974, first in a psychiatric hospital and later in community mental health center settings. Joe has provided services to older adult and general outpatient populations, but he specializes in services to people with serious mental illness and their families. He is the author of two other Brooks/Cole texts, CLINICAL CASE MANAGEMENT WITH PERSONS HAVING MENTAL ILLNESS and THEORIES FOR DIRECT SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE.

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