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Autor:
Jill Littrell, PhD, LCSW
This book presents the latest neuroscience and physiological explanations behind the major diagnostic categories of mental illness—including schizophrenia, depression, anxiety, and addiction—and explains the physiological bases that underlie trad
Autor:
Jill Littrell
Publikováno v:
Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services. 100:17-33
A wealth of information regarding how the immune system can influence the brain and result in changes in mood and behavior has accumulated. Inflammation is a causal factor in some cases of major depression and psychotic disorders and predicts whether
Autor:
Jill Littrell
Publikováno v:
Journal of Constructivist Psychology. 30:456-464
Edited by Michael T. WalkerLanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2016, 229 pp., $85.00.The Social Construction of Mental Illness and Its Implication for Neuroplasticity by Michael T. Walker is an ambitious ...
Autor:
Jill Littrell
Publikováno v:
Social Work in Mental Health. :1-21
The rates of heroin addiction and opiate overdoses have skyrocketed in America in the last decade. The government’s response is to expand the availability of Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT). Because social workers can be expected to be a signif
Autor:
Jill Littrell
Publikováno v:
Social Work in Mental Health. 12:365-385
In recent decades the understanding of the core physiology giving rise to schizophrenia has advanced markedly. Current pharmacological interventions fail to target the core problems in schizophrenia. Several important outcome studies call into questi
Autor:
Jeffrey R. Lacasse, Jill Littrell
Publikováno v:
Social Work in Mental Health. 10:445-463
Questions regarding the efficacy of antidepressant drugs have been a recent focus of attention in the national news both in print and in the television media. Many clients will have questions regarding what they can believe and how they can address m
Autor:
Jeffrey R. Lacasse, Jill Littrell
Publikováno v:
Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services. 93:265-269
This essay addresses recent controversies surrounding the forthcoming fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5—the first major revision of the DSM since 1994), as well as questions regarding the safety and e
Autor:
Jill Littrell
Publikováno v:
Social Work in Mental Health. 10:169-182
Social workers constitute a high proportion of mental health professionals and a high percentage of social workers provide mental health care. Thus, psychiatric diagnoses and pharmaceutical interventions are relevant for many social workers. This art
Autor:
Jill Littrell
Publikováno v:
Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry. 14:91-109
The diagnosis of bipolar spectrum disorders (BSD) given for office visits has risen 40-fold for children and has risen dramatically for adults as well. Some of the growth may have been fueled by recategorization of individuals who would previously ha