Empowerment Series: Psychopathology: A Competency-based Assessment Model for Social Workers

by Susan W. Gray, Marilyn R. Zide

Written by a practicing social worker, PSYCHOPATHOLOGY offers a compelling look at the current state of knowledge about mental disorders. The authors' accessible narrative blends with detailed, realistic vignettes to give you an inside look at what it means to practice psychopathology today. Part of the Cengage Empowerment Series, the fourth edition is completely up to date and thoroughly integrates the new DSM-V. It also integrates the core competencies and recommended practice behaviors outlined in the 2008 Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) set by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).

Genres: Social Work

480 pages, Paperback

First published February 6, 2015

Reviews

[Elle Blair · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought that this textbook was excellent, frankly. I am a graduate student in Social Work with a focus on systems level practice; however, I still plan to be certified at the clinical level. As a macro/policy scholar, I worried that I would have difficulty relating to the content in individual Psychopathology courses, but this book made the content seem interesting and relevant. It also helped me through a number of diagnostic quizzes which, while I did not perform as well as I would have liked, I still averaged a 94% on. Thanks Susan Gray!

[Stephanie Phillips · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really appreciate a textbook that exists that is written by a social worker for social workers. It’s quite readable for a textbook; however, it does contain some disappointingly outdated information that I had to correct in class for my students, the most problematic of which is the recommendation that you contract for safety with suicidal clients, which is not in line with current best practice treatment recommendations and has not been for quite some time. Hopefully this will be updated when the new edition is published.