Title

Psychosocial Issues Within Primary Health Care Settings: Challenges And Opportunities For Social Work Practice

Keywords

Depression; Men's health; Mental health; Primary health; Psychosocial; Women's health

Abstract

Given the important role of primary health care and the impact of psychosocial issues on health care, the records of individuals referred to social workers in two urban health care clinics serving low-income individuals were analyzed. Major psychosocial issues included family problems, depression, anxiety, substance abuse, sexual abuse, and violence. Women were more likely to have suffered violence while many of the men had problems dealing with their own aggression toward others. Women with depressive symptoms were more likely than other women to report substance abuse, financial problems, sexual abuse, anxiety, and physical problems. Implications for training and practice are discussed.

Publication Date

12-1-2003

Publication Title

Social Work in Health Care

Volume

38

Issue

1

Number of Pages

63-80

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1300/J010v38n01_04

Socpus ID

1042276989 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/1042276989

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