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Master of Social Work Clinical Research Papers

2017

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Interventions That Support Caregivers Of Veterans With Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review, Melissa Franzen May 2017

Interventions That Support Caregivers Of Veterans With Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review, Melissa Franzen

Master of Social Work Clinical Research Papers

The problem is that many caregivers face isolation, depression and ambiguous grief in caring for a veteran with a TBI. Previous research has indicated that there are challenges that caregivers face in caring for a veteran with a TBI. A systematic review was done to answer the question, what are the effective social work practices for caregivers with a veteran who has a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Articles were reviewed from the timeframe of 1997 to 2015. These articles covered TBI, veterans, caregivers, military populations and civilian populations. From the research, there were six social work treatments and four interventions …


Clinician Support To Caregivers Of Children With A Mental Health Disorder, Lauren Gavin May 2017

Clinician Support To Caregivers Of Children With A Mental Health Disorder, Lauren Gavin

Master of Social Work Clinical Research Papers

The type of support clinicians’ offer and provide to caregivers whose children have mental health disorder is an important topic for mental health professionals to consider in their own practice. The purpose of this qualitative research study was to gain insight in to how clinicians’ support caregivers of children with mental health needs initially and over the course of their child’s treatment. The researcher audio recorded a semi-structured interview with four mental health professionals. The researcher transcribed the interviews and conducted a qualitative analysis on the results. The researcher and research chair identified five major themes from the data analysis: …