community
Overview page. Subjects: Social Sciences — Arts and Humanities.
Many sociological and anthropological definitions exist, but most tend to privilege some combination of small-scale, relative boundedness, strong affective ties, traditionalism, and...
Adult Protective Services
in Encyclopedia of Social Work
P ublished online June 2013 .
Article. Subjects: Care of the Elderly; Couple and Family Social Work; Direct Practice and Clinical Social Work; Mental and Behavioural Health; Social Policy and Advocacy. 1368 words.
Adult Protective Services (APS) are empowered by states and local communities to respond to reports and cases of vulnerable adult abuse, neglect, and self-neglect. While incorporating...
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Alcohol and Drug Problems: Prevention
in Encyclopedia of Social Work
P ublished online June 2013 .
Article. Subjects: Addictions and Substance Misuse; Direct Practice and Clinical Social Work; Human Behaviour and the Social Environment; Mental and Behavioural Health; Social Policy and Advocacy. 5571 words.
Prevention is a proactive science-based process that aims to strengthen existing protective factors and to diminish or eliminate other factors that put individuals, families, and...
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Deinstitutionalization
in Encyclopedia of Social Work
P ublished online June 2013 .
Article. Subjects: Developmental and Physical Disabilities Social Work; Mental and Behavioural Health; Social Policy and Advocacy; Social Justice and Human Rights. 10560 words.
The deinstitutionalization policy sought to prevent unnecessary admission and retention in institutions for six populations: elderly people, children, people with mental illness or...
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Military Social Work
in Encyclopedia of Social Work
P ublished online June 2013 .
Article. Subjects: Addictions and Substance Misuse; Developmental and Physical Disabilities Social Work; Health, Illness, and Medicine; Mental and Behavioural Health; Social Policy and Advocacy. 3941 words.
Although there are many definitions of military social work, this article primarily focuses on social work by uniformed personnel within the United States military. Social work with...
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