Mr. Bentley has been providing clinical social work services to a client forthree weeks based on a referral for self-esteem issues. During the course of assessment, it is discovered there are also drug abuse problems. Since this is not an area of expertise for Mr. Bentley, what should his next step be?

Indirect practice benefits all indMduals, but especially the population targeted by social welfare programs and policies. Social workers begin working with indMduals based on what foundational principle reinforced by the NASW Code of Ethics? 

Loss of mental functions such as thinking, reasoning, and memory can be associated with this disorder. The symptoms are severe enough to interfere with daily functioning and normally affect the elderly population. In some cases, it can be cured or treated. Untreatable causes include AIDS complex, Parkinson’s, and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. What is being described?

Nlaladaptive behaviors refer to those that inhibit an indMduaI’s abilityto adjust to a specific situation. They prevent people from properly adapting to the demands of everyday life and are often utilized to reduce anxiety. What answer represents a common set of maladaptive behaviors? 

One particular personality disorder is more prevalent in females than males and involves 3% of the general population. Symptoms include a pattern of attention seeking behavior that may even become provocative in nature. Victims of this disorder may display rapidly shifting expressions of emotions, show self-dramatization and use physical appearance to draw attention to them. What disorder is described above?