Download or read book The Social Worker & Psychotropic Medication written by Kia J. Bentley and published by Toward Effective Collaboration. This book was released on 1996 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kia J. Bentley and Joseph Walsh present a book that is truly the first of its kind. All the facts, myths, and relevant information about psychotropic medication is presented to social workers in an easy-to-access manner. Professionals and students alike will find this book to be a practical resource that helps them to be more responsive to the medication-related concerns of their mental health clients and to work more collaboratively on these issues with families and other mental health care providers. Rich in case examples and within a contemporary framework of "partnership" practice, this book provides an up-to-date primer on psychopharmacology and a review on psychosocial interventions to help in effective medication management.