Social Work Practice with Men at Risk /

Social Work Practice with Men at Risk / / Rich Furman.

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Treating men as a culturally distinct group, Rich Furman integrates key conceptions of masculinity into culturally sensitive social work practice with men. Focusing on veterans, displaced workers, substance abusers, mental health consumers, and other groups that might be unlikely to seek help, Furma...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Furman, Rich,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2010]
©2010
Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.) :; 2 illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction
  • Part I. Understanding the Worlds of Men
  • 2. Men's Psychosocial Health in a Global Era
  • 3. Conceptions of Masculinity and the Development of Men
  • 4. The Relationships of Men
  • 5. Theoretical and Practice Guidelines
  • Part II. Men at Risk: Problems and Solutions
  • 6. Men and Violence
  • 7. Workers at Risk
  • 8. Warriors at Risk
  • 9. The Physical Health of Men
  • 10. Men and Mental Illness
  • 11. Older Men at Risk
  • 12. Diverse Men at Risk
  • 13. Men, Compulsive Disorders, and Addictions
  • 14. Conclusion: What Is Right About Men?
  • Appendix: Resources
  • References
  • Index

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