Behavioral Health Service Use Among Licensed Social Workers: A Qualitative Inquiry
Soc Work Public Health. 2023 Sep 6:1-14. doi: 10.1080/19371918.2023.2254752. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThis paper presents qualitative data collected from 996 licensed social workers in the United States who reported mental health and/or alcohol and other drug problems and indicated the types of services they used to address these issues. Outpatient therapy was the most commonly accessed modality to treat mental health issues. Regarding problems with alcohol and other drugs, self-help groups were the most frequently utilized intervention. Qualitative findings suggest that behavioral health service use has influenced re...
Source: Social Work in Public Health - September 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jeffrey Steen S Lala Straussner Evan Senreich Anne Dempsey Fengtao Huang Michelle Willoughby Source Type: research