The chronically mentally ill: a practice approach.
A conceptual framework for social work practice with chronically mentally ill clients is presented. This framework utilizes the ecological perspective, life model, and competence-oriented perspective for comprehensive assessment of problem situations with this client group.
D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D012931:Social Environment; D012949:Social Work, Psychiatric / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States