"Clinical Social Work Practice in Behavioral Mental Health, 3/e uses evidence-based practice to provide in-depth coverage of clinical social work practice with clients in mental health settings. The authors show the social worker as the critical link between the client, the agency, the family, and the community."--Publisher's website.

Getting oriented : themes and contexts -- pt. 1. A framework for practice. Historical context : changes in mental health policies and social work practice -- Biopsychosocial conceptual framework -- The biopsychosocial assessment -- Legal and ethical issues -- Culturally competent mental health practice -- Feminist mental health practice -- pt. 2. Intervention. Evidence-based practice with depressed clients -- Evidence-based practice for clients with anxiety disorders -- A framework for intervention with persons with severe mental illness -- Evidence-based and best practices with adults with severe mental illness in a community context -- Evidence-based interventions for individuals with severe mental illness and their families -- Clinical practice with persons with co-occurring substance use and serious mental illness / by Kathleen J. Farkas.