Social Group Work with Cardiac Patients

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Develop a comprehensive understanding of cardiac disease process Cardiovascular problems are on the rise in America. Care providers need to understand the overall clinical and statistical significance these life-changing events have to patients and families alike. Social Group Work with Cardiac Patients is a pragmatic guide that helps social workers and other psychosocial professionals... Read more

Develop a comprehensive understanding of cardiac disease process

Cardiovascular problems are on the rise in America. Care providers need to understand the overall clinical and statistical significance these life-changing events have to patients and families alike. Social Group Work with Cardiac Patients is a pragmatic guide that helps social workers and other psychosocial professionals develop and apply cardiac group work in a proactive and directed manner. This valuable text explores social group work with patients immediately recovering from a cardiac event—heart attack or failure, transplants, and implantable cardiac devices—as well the secondary effects of such events.

Social Group Work with Cardiac Patients helps social work and healthcare professionals develop a comprehensive understanding of the psychosocial aspect of cardiac care. In addition to examining the correlation between cardiac disease and depression and anxiety, looking at the emotional aspects of heart disease, and providing an overview of social work group care, this unique text details the four core social groups—cognitive-behavioral, psychoeducational, skill development, and interpersonal. Both fundamental and state-of-the-art, this comprehensive approach serves to enhance practice skills for immediate and constructive implementation.

Important topics discussed in Social Group Work with Cardiac Patients also include:

understanding adherence to cardiac health and psychosocial variables
suggestions for using basic social groups and their development
adherence issues associated with care
stress management
management of anger among patients
holistic affects of cardiac disease on patients and families
compliance, follow-up, and follow through
substance abuse
human sexuality
differences between support groups and social group work models
group leadership and co-leadership skills
and many more!

Social Group Work with Cardiac Patients is an asset as a pragmatic, relevant guide for development and actuation of both general social groups and specialty group treatment.

An accessible and practical stand-alone text, Social Group Work with Cardiac Patients is ideal for mental health and substance abuse social workers, counselors, cardiac nurse specialists, cardiac treatment staff, and students of social work. Read less

Foreword (J. Hayden Hollingsworth)
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Introduction
General Prevalence Heart Statistics
General Cardiovascular Incidence Statistics
Cardiac Mortality Statistics
General Cardiac Risk Factor Statistics
Statistical Cost Factors
The Use of Social Group Work Models
Social Group Interventions Currently Used in Cardiac Rehabilitation
Conclusions
Chapter 2. Correlation Between Cardiovascular Disease and Depression, Anger, and Anxiety
Depression
Anxiety
Anger
Static and Dynamic Cardiovascular Disease Factor
Conclusions
Chapter 3. Social Group Work and Cardiac Care
Introduction
Basic Social Groups for Use in Psychosocial Treatment of Cardiac Patients
Social Group Development and Phase-Specific Tasks
Stages of Social Group Treatment
Social Group Worker Leadership, Techniques, and Concepts
Rationale for Using Social Group Models with Cardiac Patients
Conclusions
Chapter 4. Core Cardiac Social Work Group
Introduction
Cognitive-Behavioral Cardiac Group Therapy
Psychoeducational Groups
Skill-Development Groups
Interpersonal (Social) Groups
Conclusions
Chapter 5. Adherence Issues Associated with Cardiac Care: A Social Group Work Model
Introduction
Rationale for Using the Social Group Work Model
Purpose/Goals
Functional Characteristics
Structural Characteristics
Group Leadership Skills
Clinical Techniques Utilized
Use of the Group-As-a-Whole
Expected Clinical Benefits and Outcomes
Conclusions
Chapter 6. Social Work Group for Heart Attack Patients
Introduction
Risk Factors and Causes of Heart Attacks
Rationale for Using the Social Group Work Model
Purpose/Goals
Functional Characteristics
Structural Characteristics
Group Leadership Skills
Clinical Techniques Utilized
Expected Clinical Benefits and Outcomes
Conclusions
Chapter 7. Social Group Work for Heart Failure Patients
Introduction
Rationale for Using the Social Group Work Model
Purpose/Goals
Functional Characteristics
Structural Characteristics
Group Leadership Skills
Clinical Techniques Utilized
Expected Clinical Benefits and Outcomes
Conclusions
Chapter 8. Social Group Work with Patients with Implanted Cardiac Devices
Introduction
Rationale for Using the Social Group Work Model
Purpose/Goals
Functional Characteristics
Structural Characteristics
Group Leadership Skills
Clinical Techniques Utilized
Expected Clinical Benefits and Outcomes
Conclusions
Chapter 9. Social Group Work with Heart Transplant Patients
Introduction
Rationale for Using the Social Group Work Model
Purpose/Goals
Functional Characteristics
Structural Characteristics
Group Leadership Skills
Clinical Techniques Utilized
Expected Clinical Benefits and Outcomes
Conclusions
Chapter 10. Stress Management Social Work Group for Cardiac Patients
Introduction
Rationale for Using the Social Group Work Model
Purpose/Goals
Functional Characteristics
Structural Aspects
Group Leadership Skills
Clinical Techniques Utilized
Expected Clinical Benefits and Outcomes
Conclusions
Chapter 11. Social Group Management of Anger Among Cardiac Patients
Introduction
Rationale for Using the Social Group Work Model
Purpose/Goals
Functional Characteristics
Structural Characteristics
Group Leadership Skills
Clinical Techniques Utilized
Expected Clinical Benefits and Outcomes
Conclusions
Chapter 12. Cardiac Patient Substance Abuse Group
Introduction
Rationale for Using the Social Group Work Model
Most Problematic Drugs for Cardiac Patients
Purpose/Goals
Functional Characterist

Author(s)

Biography

Maurice Scott Fisher

Critics' Reviews

"...a straighforward read for social workers, mental health professionals in social work, psychology, nursing and other allied health fields...an excellent text for students...Fisher is comprehensive in his approach to cardiac issues in health and covered an amazing amount of relevant information in a very succinct space...this is certainly one book I will recommend to my social work students and other allied health professionals."

- G. Victoria Jackson, Families in Society: The Journal of Conteporary Social Services

Social Group Work with Cardiac Patients

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