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Social Workers’ Perceptions Of Professional Boundaries Within Residential Mental Health Treatment Settings, Carmen E. Tomaš
Social Workers’ Perceptions Of Professional Boundaries Within Residential Mental Health Treatment Settings, Carmen E. Tomaš
Master of Social Work Clinical Research Papers
The beliefs about how to ethically treat those with mental illness have fluctuated considerably throughout the centuries in the United States. As a part of the community mental health movement, some mental health treatment is now provided in residential settings. The purpose of this study is to gain further understanding of social workers’ practice of professional boundaries within this specific mental health treatment modality. Using a qualitative design, six Licensed Independent Clinical Social Workers (LICSWs) employed within Minnesota Intensive Residential Treatment Services (IRTS) facilities were interviewed. Data were analyzed using inductive grounded theory and open coding which revealed the findings …
The Experience Of Msw Students: Self-Stigma And Mental Illness, Ashley Trudell
The Experience Of Msw Students: Self-Stigma And Mental Illness, Ashley Trudell
Master of Social Work Clinical Research Papers
The purpose of this research study was to investigate the ways in which current MSW students experience different forms of the stigma of mental illness. The broader research question for this study is: Do current MSW students experience self-stigma of mental illness? Self-stigma is the internalization of negative attitudes and stereotypes created by general stigma (Corrigan et al., 2008). This study will examine the relationship between levels of general stigma and self-stigma in order to answer an additional question: If social work students are non-judgmental towards others in the general population with mental illness, are they similarly less judgmental towards …