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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822107603321

Autore

Andrews Arlene Bowers

Titolo

Social history assessment / / Arlene Bowers Andrews

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Sage Publications, c2007

ISBN

9781452204130

1452204136

9781412914123

1412914124

9781452222523

1452222525

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 207 p.) : ill

Disciplina

616.89/075

Soggetti

Interviewing in psychiatry

Medical history taking

Outcome assessment (Medical care)

Mental health services - Research - Methodology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-196) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 - The Significance of a Person's Social History; 2 - The Professional Lens, Part I: Human Social Development and the Life Course; 3 - The Professional Lens, Part II: Social Ecology of Human Development and Behavior; 4 - Describing the Social History; 5 - Making Meaning Interpreting the Social History; 6 - Tools to Aid Social History Development; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book gives an historical background to social history assessment and presents its relationship to social ecology theory and human development. It also describes what a social history assessment looks like and gives guidance on how to conduct social history assessments including the tools needed for developing a social history and information on interpreting the assessment and making meaning of the history.