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Is Self-Determination Still Important? What Experienced Mental Health Social Workers Are Saying
Taylor, Melissa Floyd
Taylor, Melissa Floyd
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This study investigated the attitudes of 320 seasoned mental health social workers toward the social work value of selfdetermination. Social workers were asked to rate the importance of self-determination in their daily practice, both as a guiding value and in actual practice and were asked to describe, in relation to their practice history, any changes they had experienced in the importance of the value. The majority of participants responded that they thought more about selfdetermination now than in the past. Surprisingly, they also reported being relatively untroubled when practice situations conflicted with the value of self-determination, such as when a client was in need of involuntary treatment interventions. Participants provided rich information about why they believed changes had occurred in the way they thought of selfdetermination and how they implemented self-determination in practice with mental health clients.
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2006
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