Overview
This book is the first to utilize the empowerment approach of social work practice with substance-abusing clients, bridging clinical, community, and social policy approaches in order to place individual addiction in its sociopolitical context. As Lorraine Gutiérrez points out in her foreword, the book ""challenges us to transform our thinking about substance abuse and move beyond our existing focus on individual deficits."" Arguing that pathology-focused definitions of substance abuse tend to transform people into their problems, Freeman instead advocates for strengths-centered policies and regulations as the means to empower clients, communities, and society as a whole. Freeman outlines basic empowerment principles and practices, then details the service delivery processes; offers a context for power, policy, and funding decisions; and examines the needs of special populations. Case examples supplement each chapter, and the final part examines four exemplary programs that demonstrate the empowerment process in action.
Full Product Details
Author: Edith Freeman ,
Lorraine Gutiérrez
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 5.10cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.808kg
ISBN: 9780231102360
ISBN 10: 0231102364
Pages: 480
Publication Date: 26 September 2001
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Language: English
Reviews
This book invites the readers to broaden their conception of substance abuse practice... it provides an excellent new vision for the average practitioner caught up in a problem-focused organization. -- Irene Moreda, Social Work with Groups This book invites the readers to broaden their conception of substance abuse practice... it provides an excellent new vision for the average practitioner caught up in a problem-focused organization. -- Irene Moreda, Social Work with Groups This book invites the readers to broaden their conception of substance abuse practice... it provides an excellent new vision for the average practitioner caught up in a problem-focused organization. -- Irene Moreda, Social Work with Groups
<p> This book invites the readers to broaden their conception of substance abuse practice... it provides an excellent new vision for the average practitioner caught up in a problem-focused organization. -- Irene Moreda, Social Work with Groups
Author Information
Edith Freeman is a professor of social work at the University of Kansas, and has authored several books, including Substance Abuse Treatment: A Family Systems Perspective. She lives in Olathe, KS.
