After some years of practice, she returned to Smith College for training as psychiatric social worker. Although attracted to the thinking of Freud, Reynolds wasn’t happy with the development within social work that pathologized every problem, turning it into an individual issue, a personal problem. She saw more benefit in structural and institutional approaches combined with care for the individual. As such, she can be seen as one of the forerunners of what later became radical social work.
Archive for July 2014
Thoughts of self harm and depression as prognostic factors in palliative care patients
1934 Bertha Reynolds
Discrepancy between self-reported and interviewed psychosis risk symptoms: auditory distortions are the most reliably reported symptom by self-report
Uninsured Adults in New York City
Evaluating an early intervention in psychosis service for high-risk’ adolescents: symptomatic and social recovery outcomes
Efforts to Bridge the Gap Between Research and Practice in Social Work: Precedents and Prospects: Keynote Address at the Bridging the Gap Symposium
The intergenerational effects of Indian Residential Schools: Implications for the concept of historical trauma
Physical Triggers of Anxiety in African Americans
Predictors and moderators of treatment response in childhood anxiety disorders: Results from the CAMS trial.
A Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Interventions to Prevent and Respond to Violence Against Persons With Disabilities
The Social Work Practice Doctorate
Everyday creativity in daily life: An experience-sampling study of “little c” creativity.
“Maybe We Live and Maybe We Die” – Recruitment and Use of Children by Armed Groups in Syria
No Discretion Required? Caseworker Autonomy and the Rules of Welfare Reform
Family Complexity in Europe
An analysis of early developmental trauma in social anxiety disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder
Policy paper: Mental Capacity Act: government response to the House of Lords Select Committee report
Patients With Anorexia Nervosa Who Self-Injure: A Phenomenological Study
Development of a Child Welfare Worker Stress Inventory
Life satisfaction, coping, self-esteem and suicide ideation in Chinese adolescents: a school-based study
The Psychology of Emotion in Restorative Practice: How Affect Script Psychology Explains How and Why Restorative Practice Works
The HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the United States
Implementing stakeholder-informed research in the substance abuse treatment sector: strategies used by Connections, a Canadian knowledge translation and exchange project
Psychotherapeutic Outcomes Measures: A Critical Review for Practitioners
Overview of Meta-Analyses of the Prevention of Mental Health, Substance Use, and Conduct Problems
Adrenal Cushing’s syndrome may resemble eating disorders – Accepted Manuscript
"Partners In Passion: A Guide to Great Sex, Emotional Intimacy and Long-term Love" Book Review
Social Work as an Action Science: A Perspective From Europe
Child abuse and mental disorders in Canada
HIV Testing by Black MSM in Toronto: Identifying Targets to Improve Testing
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