"A mental health professional is a health care practitioner or social and human services provider who offers services for the purpose of improving an individual's mental health or to treat mental disorders."
Social workers in this area specialize in helping individuals with mental health or substance abuse issues by providing treatment, diagnosis, and support.
Mental Health Disorders: Understanding the different types of mental health disorders and their symptoms such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and personality disorders.
Substance Abuse Disorders: Understanding addiction and substance abuse disorders such as alcoholism, drug addiction, and their accompanying physical and psychological symptoms.
Counseling Techniques: Learning various counseling techniques used in mental health and substance abuse social work, including cognitive-behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, and psychodynamic therapy.
Case Management: Learning how to assess client needs, develop treatment plans, and refer clients to appropriate community resources and services.
Social Policy: Understanding how social policies influence mental health and substance abuse social work practice, including Medicaid and state budget cuts to social work programs.
Ethics: Learning the ethical considerations and standards of practice for mental health and substance abuse social work, including informed consent, confidentiality, and boundaries.
Trauma-Informed Care: Understanding the impact of trauma on mental health and addiction, and how to provide care that is sensitive to trauma, including techniques such as EMDR and Trauma-Focused CBT.
Prevention and Education: Learning methods for educating communities about mental health and substance abuse issues, as well as how to collaborate with community partners to prevent substance abuse and promote mental health.
"These individuals (i.e., state office personnel, private sector personnel, and non-profit, now voluntary sector personnel) were the forefront brigade to develop the community programs, which today may be referred to by names such as supported housing, psychiatric rehabilitation, supported or transitional employment, sheltered workshops, supported education, daily living skills, affirmative industries, dual diagnosis treatment, individual and family psychoeducation, adult day care, foster care, family services, and mental health counseling."
"...to assist individuals moving from state hospitals, to prevent admissions, and to provide support in homes, jobs, education, and community."
"These individuals (i.e., state office personnel, private sector personnel, and non-profit, now voluntary sector personnel) were the forefront brigade to develop the community programs..."
"Psychiatrists - physicians who use the biomedical model to treat mental health problems - may prescribe medication."
"The term counselors often refers to office-based professionals who offer therapy sessions to their clients..."
"...operated by organizations such as pastoral counseling (which may or may not work with long-term services clients) and family counselors."
"...supported housing, psychiatric rehabilitation, supported or transitional employment, sheltered workshops, supported education, daily living skills, affirmative industries, dual diagnosis treatment, individual and family psychoeducation, adult day care, foster care, family services, and mental health counseling."
"...now voluntary sector personnel) were the forefront brigade to develop the community programs, which today may be referred to by names such as supported housing, psychiatric rehabilitation..."
"...supported education, daily living skills..."
"...individual and family psychoeducation..."
"...affirmative industries..."
"...adult day care..."
"Mental health counselors may refer to counselors working in residential services in the field of mental health in community programs."
"...family services, and mental health counseling."
"...pastoral counseling (which may or may not work with long-term services clients)..."
"...psychiatric rehabilitation, supported or transitional employment, sheltered workshops, supported education, daily living skills, affirmative industries, dual diagnosis treatment..."
"...sheltered workshops..."
"...support in homes, jobs, education, and community."
"...to assist individuals moving from state hospitals..."