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Neva Nahan is conducting an evaluation of the collaborative process for the The Family Services Alliance of Southeastern Michigan. The Behavioral Health Collaborative (the Alliance) includes three family service organizations: Family Services Incorporated of Detroit and Wayne County (FSI), Macomb Family Services (MFS) and Oakland Family Services (OFS). The Alliance has contracted Wayne State University’s School of Social Work Center for Social Work Practice and Policy Research to conduct a process evaluation of the standardized, evidence-based service delivery model for the region and the consolidated reporting system. The evaluation includes full descriptions of project efforts and process results.

Clinical Social Work and Mental Health

Ecological predictors of traumatic stress symptoms in Caucasian and ethnic minority children exposed

Clinical Social Work and Mental Health - Journal Article

Graham-Berman, S. A., Devoe, E., Mattis, J., Lynch, S., & Thomas, S. (2006). Ecological predictors of traumatic stress symptoms in Caucasian and ethnic minority children exposed to domestic violence. Violence Against Women, 12(7), 663-692.

Traumatic stress symptoms were assessed for 218 children ages 5 to 13 following exposure to intimate partner violence: 33% of Caucasian and 17% of minority children were diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. A risk and protective factors model was used to predict traumatic stress symptoms.

González-Prendes, A. A. (2007). Anger-control group counseling for women recovering from alcohol or drug addiction. Research on Social Work Practice, 10(10), 1-10.

Two experimental conditions, a manualized cognitive-behavioral anger-control treatment incorporating empowerment strategies and a relapse-prevention treatment without the anger-control component, were compared to assess their impact on levels of trait anger and attributional styles of women recovering from alcohol and drug addiction.

Weisz, A. N. (2000). [Review] Paradigms of clinical social work, volume 2. Psychoanalytic Social Work, 7(1), 88-91.

Book review of Paradigms of Clinical Social Work, volume 2. Published in Psychoanalytic Social Work.

Mental health and rehabilitation issues in the employment of women

Clinical Social Work and Mental Health - Chapter

Weisz, A. N., & Black, B. M. (2003). Mental health and rehabilitation issues in the employment of women. In D. P. Moxley & J. R. Finch (Eds), Sourcebook of Rehabilitation and Mental Health Practice. NY: Kluwer.

Women facing mental health issues must grapple with the multiple consequences of these issues as well as with the consequences of being members of the less-powerful gender of our society.