Medical Social Work and Test Question Review Flashcards
Social Work
Professional intervention with individuals, families, groups, or communities to solve problems
Medical Social Work
application of social work knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values to health care
Populations Served
Patient (both in and out), patient families, sig others, other staff
Purpose of Services
assistance in understanding medical problems
assistance in adjusting to impact of problems coordination and referral to other resources
Functions/Specific Services
assess pt help deliver services help family cooperate w/ treatment help pt utilize med services participate on policy making research
General Types of Services Offered (6)
Case FInding Direct Service Collboration Education Research COnsultation
How is Social Worker Helpful to a Physical Therapist
- Assess progress and help identify whether it is due to psychological or physiological
- Assess if a patient is hostile
- –Assess if family issues are blocking your work
- Basically help therapist with difficult patients, help identify important factors and family issues outside the hospital, , and long-term patient planning/services
Def of Psychiatry
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What does it mean to say someone has a mental disorder (what it is)
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Diff between patient well-being and pathology
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Realty testing problems, what is psychosis, definitions of things that make up psychosis
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Know basic characteristics of personality disorders (anti-social, OCD, etc)
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Stress definition
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Crisis definition
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Stages of Response to Crisis
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