TY - JOUR
T1 - Social work and the treatment of substance abuse in Israel
AU - Peleg-Oren, N.
AU - Rahav, Giora
AU - Teichman, Meir
PY - 2002/6/1
Y1 - 2002/6/1
N2 - SUMMARY: This paper examines the role of the social worker within the field of substance abuse in Israel at the start of the 21st century, its implications for the profession, and the training of its practitioners. Addiction to psychoactive substances is viewed as a bio-psycho-social phenomenon caused by a wide variety of factors and the respective interactions between them, placing it within the realm of the expertise of the social worker. The social worker plays a central role in providing both administrative and clinical interventions with this population. Additional ways in which the education and training of social workers can prepare them to deal more efficiently and comprehensively with the problem of substance abuse in both practical and academic terms is discussed.
AB - SUMMARY: This paper examines the role of the social worker within the field of substance abuse in Israel at the start of the 21st century, its implications for the profession, and the training of its practitioners. Addiction to psychoactive substances is viewed as a bio-psycho-social phenomenon caused by a wide variety of factors and the respective interactions between them, placing it within the realm of the expertise of the social worker. The social worker plays a central role in providing both administrative and clinical interventions with this population. Additional ways in which the education and training of social workers can prepare them to deal more efficiently and comprehensively with the problem of substance abuse in both practical and academic terms is discussed.
KW - Policy
KW - Prevention
KW - Social work profession
KW - Treatment of addictions in Israel
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85006232261&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1300/J160v02n03_06
DO - 10.1300/J160v02n03_06
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AN - SCOPUS:85006232261
SN - 1533-256X
VL - 2
SP - 85
EP - 96
JO - Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions
JF - Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions
IS - 3-4
ER -
