This book examines many of the predominant issues in the field of social work in mental health and substance abuse today, including incarceration of drug abusers, methadone treatment for heroin users, substance abuse among sex workers, how parental smoking affects children's attitudes, binge drinking, depression and its relation to sociodemographic factors, help for homeless drug abusers, and more.

This work brings together the results of studies of child services from diverse countries and cultures and covers a broad array of topical issues and social work interventions, including adolescent emotional health, children of substance abusers, childhood depression and teenage suicide, children's weight and physical activity, language development in autistic children, and much more. Chapters include a survey of the number of children living with substance-abusing parents in the UK, a study which helped identify several ways in which schools address adolescent emotional health issues, a...

Social Work in Public Health and Hospitals deals with a variety of issues on social work in hospital settings and public policy issues. Included are chapters on hospital stays for the elderly, identifying postnatal depression during well-child visits, breast- feeding and awareness of health recommendations, maternal health services in Nigeria, children living with parents with HIV and AIDS, patients rights in hospitals, harm reduction in hospitals, and more. In addition to hospitals, the book looks at public health services at rural and community clinics, at university hospitals, and at...

This new book explores a variety of physical, mental, and lifestyle challenges faced by community populations, including homelessness, community health promotion, nutrition intervention, smoking trends among certain populations, mental health issues among different age and gender groups, substance abuse, domestic violence, contraception, and more. Studies in the book cover a number of important health issues, such as promoting chlamydia screening, class-based nutrition education, exercise and physical activity among children and adults, mental health problems, postpartum depression among...