Social workers, who provide more mental health services than any other group of
professionals, interact regularly with psychiatrists toward whom they have complex feelings …

This article examines how social workers may use their authority to create managed mental
health care organizations that support the principles and values of professional social work …

There is little doubt that most contemporary social workers identify mental health as their
primary interest in the profession. Although many social workers point to other areas …

In the first decade of the twenty-first century mental health practitioners have witnessed
unprecedented changes in mental health law and policy that have had profound …

Social justice is increasingly described as the organizing value of social work. But does that
apply to clinical social work? Following Wakefield, this article argues that it does and offers a …

The world is complex and ever-changing, requiring innovation and a commitment to social
justice. We, as social workers, are part of an empowering tradition and one that must evolve …

As the social work profession enters its second century, it remains divided and confused
about how to define its essential mission and especially about the relation ofits …

This study explores how clinical social workers working in the field of mental health
understand and express social justice. Interest in this area arose in the context of an …

In this paper, we define clinical social work and the current context of practice. We then
discuss social work education, the changes we have noted in the last 10–15 years, including …

There is a growing emphasis in the social work literature that social work's overall mission
should be that of social justice and that mental health be relegated as outside of social …