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SOCIAL WORKER, PSYCHIATRIC

Specialty Definition: SOCIAL WORKER, PSYCHIATRIC

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Provides psychiatric social work assistance to mentally or emotionally disturbed patients of hospitals, clinics, and other medical centers, and to their families, collaborating with psychiatric and allied team in diagnosis and treatment plan: Investigates case situations and presents information to PSYCHIATRIST (medical ser.) 070.107-014 and PSYCHOLOGIST, CLINICAL (profess. & kin.) 045.107-022 and other members of health team, on patient's family and social background pertinent to diagnosis and treatment. Helps patients to respond constructively to treatment and assist in adjustment leading to and following discharge. Interprets psychiatric treatment to patient's family and helps to reduce fear and other attitudes obstructing acceptance of psychiatric care and continuation of treatment. Serves as link between patient, psychiatric agency, and community. May work directly in treatment relationship with patients, individually or in groups, in consultation with PSYCHIATRIST (medical ser.). May refer patient or patient's family to other community resources. Usually required to have knowledge and skill in casework methods acquired through degree program at school of social work. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: SOCIAL WORKER, PSYCHIATRIC


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 4F 43 49 41 4C      57 4F 52 4B 45 52 2C      50 53 59 43 48 49 41 54 52 49 43

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01001111 01000011 01001001 01000001 01001100 00100000 01010111 01001111 01010010 01001011 01000101 01010010 00101100 00100000 01010000 01010011 01011001 01000011 01001000 01001001 01000001 01010100 01010010 01001001 01000011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#79 &#67 &#73 &#65 &#76 &#32 &#87 &#79 &#82 &#75 &#69 &#82 &#44 &#32 &#80 &#83 &#89 &#67 &#72 &#73 &#65 &#84 &#82 &#73 &#67

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 004F 0043 0049 0041 004C      0057 004F 0052 004B 0045 0052 002C      0050 0053 0059 0043 0048 0049 0041 0054 0052 0049 0043

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

53493743354625749524539521425053593742433554524337

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