Jill Littrell
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 96188 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Jill Littrell |
| PRENOMES | Jill |
| SOBRENOME | Littrell |
| ASSINATURA | LITTRELL J |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Georgia State University |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 18 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 25 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 18 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1991 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2011 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
How Addiction Happens, How Change Happens, and What Social Workers Need to Know to Be Effective Facilitators of Change
During the last two decades, neuroscience research has proliferated examining brain mechanisms that explain why some people are compelled to pursue drugs and alcohol. The findings suggest that addiction is independent of pleasure, and that drug seeking can be triggered outside of conscious awareness (Berridge, Robinson, & Aldridge, 2009; Goldstein et al., 2009; Kalivas, Volkow, & Seamans, 2005). The observations and conclusions from this research…
Perspectives Emerging From Neuroscience on How People Become Addicted and What to Do About It
This paper reviews the new ideas emerging from neuroscience regarding the question of why some people are compelled to use drugs. During the process of drug exposure, the brain’s motivational system is changed in ways that co-opts the individual’s motivational system. Changes in the brain’s motivational structures along with changes in the brain’s self-regulatory structures compel an individual to drug use. Ways to reverse those changes in an add…
Why You Should Care About the Threatened Middle Class
In the last two decades, the income and security of the individual middle class worker has declined and the gap between the middle class and the wealthy has widened. We explain how this is bad for democracy, the economy, and the aggregate health of the nation. We examine the governmental policies and interventions that increased the middle class following the depression and maintained its vigor through the post-World War II period. The impetus fo…
Pediatric Bipolar Disorder
Pediatric Bipolar Disorder
In Defense of the Community Reinvestment Act
In the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis, the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) of 1977 has probably received more media attention in the past 2 years than it garnered cumulatively over the previous 30 years. Numerous conservative pundits and commentators have blamed the CRA for the subprime crisis and the subsequent worldwide financial meltdown. Most social workers are probably unaware that the CRA is probably responsible for more investme…
Expression of Emotion
The idea that clients should be encouraged to express strong emotion regarding the traumas they have suffered is widely assumed. This article asks whether the empirical literature supports the underlying assumption that emotional expression leads to positive outcomes (better health and dissipation of distress). Studies in which individuals who have been given an opportunity to express emotions about past traumas are compared with subjects placed …
Inequality and Its Discontents
In the last two decades, the income and security of the individual middle class worker has declined, and the gap between the rich and the poor has widened. In contrast to the last twenty years and the "gilded age" that preceded it, from the time of the first New Deal through the 1970s, the middle class prospered. Wealth and income were more equitably shared in America. This article examines policies that strengthened the middle class during the N…
The Status of Freud's Legacy on Emotional Processing
This article evaluates, in light of current empirical data, several of the assumptions contributed to our field by Freud about how emotions operate. The idea that expression of emotions dissipates these emotions is evaluated. The idea that bottling up emotion results is ill health is reviewed. The idea that pain of trauma and loss needs to be confronted is examined. Additionally, the assumption that traumatic events invariably result in distress …
Incorporating Information from Neuroscience and Endocrinology Regarding Sexual Orientation into Social Work Education
The brains of heterosexual males and heterosexual females are different. Moreover, the brains of gay men are similar to those in heterosexual females, whereas the brains of lesbians are similar to those in heterosexual males. Gender-atypical features in gays and lesbians are not limited to brain structures but extend to other physical features (auditory function, finger print patterns, relative size of index and ring fingers) and interest pattern…
What Neurobiology has to Say About Why People Abuse Alcohol and Other Drugs
Four major hypotheses have been formulated to address the issue of why some people develop compulsive use of particular drugs. These hypotheses include: (1) Drugs that are abused sensitize the motivational systems of the brain such that the behavioral routines for acquisition of the drug become compulsive, (2) Drugs that are abused stimulate the pleasure centers in the brain, (3) People who abuse drugs are naturally in an aversive state that thei…
Predictors of Depression in a Sample of African-American Homeless Men
Do Inner-City, African-American Males Exhibit "Bad Attitudes" toward Work
Many potential employers of inner-city African-American men believe that African-American men have poor work attitudes. The investigations reported here attempted to evaluate the veridicality of this assumption. The responses of African-American men who utilize a soup-kitchen were compared with college men on a variety of attitude measures, as well as on their reactions to a scenario about a man who worked for an unfair boss and quit in response.…
Perceiving Oppression
Empowerment has been proffered as a desirable goal for many disadvantaged populations. The process of empowerment can include encouraging disadvantaged individuals to recognize the structural factors in society (e.g., discrimination, oppression, injustice) which contribute to disadvantaged status. Two studies sought to determine the impact that recognition of oppression has on a disadvantaged individual's (1) self-esteem; (2) level of depressive …
Attitudinal Predictors of Preferred Policy Options
Two studies were conducted in order to determine the attitudinal predictors of support for AFDC, work programs, and the option of the government playing no role in protecting the welfare of poor children whose families have no income. The first study evaluated this question in 362 students of Criminal Justice, Business, Urban Studies, and Public Administration at an urban university in Georgia. The second study evaluated the question in a telepho…
Clinical Practice Guidelines for Depression in Primary Care
In April 1993, the government issued guidelines for the treatment of major depression in primary care, stressing a pharmacological approach. Although several professional associations have endorsed these guidelines, the American Psychological Association has declined to do so. Primary care physicians consult with social workers on mental health issues, so social workers need to be aware of the questions that have been raised in the context of the…
The duty of social workers to refer for medications
Journal Article The duty of social workers to refer for medications: A study of field Instructors Get access Jill Littrell, PhD, CISW, Jill Littrell, PhD, CISW Assistant Professor School of Social Work, Georgia State University , Atlanta, GA 30302 . Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar José B. Ashford, PhD, MSW, CISW José B. Ashford, PhD, MSW, CISW Associate Professor School of Social Work and Interdisciplinary…
The Influence of Self-Concept on Change in Client Behaviors
Social workers are constantly seeking useful data regarding methods of behavior change. Changes in self-concept can mediate changes in overt behavior. Self-concept has been reawakened as a focus of empirical research. Several literatures (self-perception theory, cognitive dissonance theory, and the availability heuristic literature) suggest ways of changing the self-concept. This article reviews existing literature and discusses the guidelines fo…
Predictors of Depression in a Sample of African-American Homeless Men
In Defense of the Community Reinvestment Act
In the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis, the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) of 1977 has probably received more media attention in the past 2 years than it garnered cumulatively over the previous 30 years. Numerous conservative pundits and commentators have blamed the CRA for the subprime crisis and the subsequent worldwide financial meltdown. Most social workers are probably unaware that the CRA is probably responsible for more investme…
Perceiving Oppression
Empowerment has been proffered as a desirable goal for many disadvantaged populations. The process of empowerment can include encouraging disadvantaged individuals to recognize the structural factors in society (e.g., discrimination, oppression, injustice) which contribute to disadvantaged status. Two studies sought to determine the impact that recognition of oppression has on a disadvantaged individual's (1) self-esteem; (2) level of depressive …
Why You Should Care About the Threatened Middle Class
In the last two decades, the income and security of the individual middle class worker has declined and the gap between the middle class and the wealthy has widened. We explain how this is bad for democracy, the economy, and the aggregate health of the nation. We examine the governmental policies and interventions that increased the middle class following the depression and maintained its vigor through the post-World War II period. The impetus fo…
Attitudinal Predictors of Preferred Policy Options
Two studies were conducted in order to determine the attitudinal predictors of support for AFDC, work programs, and the option of the government playing no role in protecting the welfare of poor children whose families have no income. The first study evaluated this question in 362 students of Criminal Justice, Business, Urban Studies, and Public Administration at an urban university in Georgia. The second study evaluated the question in a telepho…
Pediatric Bipolar Disorder
Pediatric Bipolar Disorder
Incorporating Information from Neuroscience and Endocrinology Regarding Sexual Orientation into Social Work Education
The brains of heterosexual males and heterosexual females are different. Moreover, the brains of gay men are similar to those in heterosexual females, whereas the brains of lesbians are similar to those in heterosexual males. Gender-atypical features in gays and lesbians are not limited to brain structures but extend to other physical features (auditory function, finger print patterns, relative size of index and ring fingers) and interest pattern…
Clinical Practice Guidelines for Depression in Primary Care
In April 1993, the government issued guidelines for the treatment of major depression in primary care, stressing a pharmacological approach. Although several professional associations have endorsed these guidelines, the American Psychological Association has declined to do so. Primary care physicians consult with social workers on mental health issues, so social workers need to be aware of the questions that have been raised in the context of the…
The Influence of Self-Concept on Change in Client Behaviors
Social workers are constantly seeking useful data regarding methods of behavior change. Changes in self-concept can mediate changes in overt behavior. Self-concept has been reawakened as a focus of empirical research. Several literatures (self-perception theory, cognitive dissonance theory, and the availability heuristic literature) suggest ways of changing the self-concept. This article reviews existing literature and discusses the guidelines fo…
The duty of social workers to refer for medications
Journal Article The duty of social workers to refer for medications: A study of field Instructors Get access Jill Littrell, PhD, CISW, Jill Littrell, PhD, CISW Assistant Professor School of Social Work, Georgia State University , Atlanta, GA 30302 . Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar José B. Ashford, PhD, MSW, CISW José B. Ashford, PhD, MSW, CISW Associate Professor School of Social Work and Interdisciplinary…
Clinical Practice Guidelines for Depression in Primary Care
In April 1993, the government issued guidelines for the treatment of major depression in primary care, stressing a pharmacological approach. Although several professional associations have endorsed these guidelines, the American Psychological Association has declined to do so. Primary care physicians consult with social workers on mental health issues, so social workers need to be aware of the questions that have been raised in the context of the…
Attitudinal Predictors of Preferred Policy Options
Two studies were conducted in order to determine the attitudinal predictors of support for AFDC, work programs, and the option of the government playing no role in protecting the welfare of poor children whose families have no income. The first study evaluated this question in 362 students of Criminal Justice, Business, Urban Studies, and Public Administration at an urban university in Georgia. The second study evaluated the question in a telepho…
Perceiving Oppression
Empowerment has been proffered as a desirable goal for many disadvantaged populations. The process of empowerment can include encouraging disadvantaged individuals to recognize the structural factors in society (e.g., discrimination, oppression, injustice) which contribute to disadvantaged status. Two studies sought to determine the impact that recognition of oppression has on a disadvantaged individual's (1) self-esteem; (2) level of depressive …
Do Inner-City, African-American Males Exhibit "Bad Attitudes" toward Work
Many potential employers of inner-city African-American men believe that African-American men have poor work attitudes. The investigations reported here attempted to evaluate the veridicality of this assumption. The responses of African-American men who utilize a soup-kitchen were compared with college men on a variety of attitude measures, as well as on their reactions to a scenario about a man who worked for an unfair boss and quit in response.…
What Neurobiology has to Say About Why People Abuse Alcohol and Other Drugs
Four major hypotheses have been formulated to address the issue of why some people develop compulsive use of particular drugs. These hypotheses include: (1) Drugs that are abused sensitize the motivational systems of the brain such that the behavioral routines for acquisition of the drug become compulsive, (2) Drugs that are abused stimulate the pleasure centers in the brain, (3) People who abuse drugs are naturally in an aversive state that thei…
Predictors of Depression in a Sample of African-American Homeless Men
The Status of Freud's Legacy on Emotional Processing
This article evaluates, in light of current empirical data, several of the assumptions contributed to our field by Freud about how emotions operate. The idea that expression of emotions dissipates these emotions is evaluated. The idea that bottling up emotion results is ill health is reviewed. The idea that pain of trauma and loss needs to be confronted is examined. Additionally, the assumption that traumatic events invariably result in distress …
Incorporating Information from Neuroscience and Endocrinology Regarding Sexual Orientation into Social Work Education
The brains of heterosexual males and heterosexual females are different. Moreover, the brains of gay men are similar to those in heterosexual females, whereas the brains of lesbians are similar to those in heterosexual males. Gender-atypical features in gays and lesbians are not limited to brain structures but extend to other physical features (auditory function, finger print patterns, relative size of index and ring fingers) and interest pattern…
Expression of Emotion
The idea that clients should be encouraged to express strong emotion regarding the traumas they have suffered is widely assumed. This article asks whether the empirical literature supports the underlying assumption that emotional expression leads to positive outcomes (better health and dissipation of distress). Studies in which individuals who have been given an opportunity to express emotions about past traumas are compared with subjects placed …
Inequality and Its Discontents
In the last two decades, the income and security of the individual middle class worker has declined, and the gap between the rich and the poor has widened. In contrast to the last twenty years and the "gilded age" that preceded it, from the time of the first New Deal through the 1970s, the middle class prospered. Wealth and income were more equitably shared in America. This article examines policies that strengthened the middle class during the N…
Perspectives Emerging From Neuroscience on How People Become Addicted and What to Do About It
This paper reviews the new ideas emerging from neuroscience regarding the question of why some people are compelled to use drugs. During the process of drug exposure, the brain’s motivational system is changed in ways that co-opts the individual’s motivational system. Changes in the brain’s motivational structures along with changes in the brain’s self-regulatory structures compel an individual to drug use. Ways to reverse those changes in an add…
Why You Should Care About the Threatened Middle Class
In the last two decades, the income and security of the individual middle class worker has declined and the gap between the middle class and the wealthy has widened. We explain how this is bad for democracy, the economy, and the aggregate health of the nation. We examine the governmental policies and interventions that increased the middle class following the depression and maintained its vigor through the post-World War II period. The impetus fo…
Pediatric Bipolar Disorder
Pediatric Bipolar Disorder
In Defense of the Community Reinvestment Act
In the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis, the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) of 1977 has probably received more media attention in the past 2 years than it garnered cumulatively over the previous 30 years. Numerous conservative pundits and commentators have blamed the CRA for the subprime crisis and the subsequent worldwide financial meltdown. Most social workers are probably unaware that the CRA is probably responsible for more investme…
How Addiction Happens, How Change Happens, and What Social Workers Need to Know to Be Effective Facilitators of Change
During the last two decades, neuroscience research has proliferated examining brain mechanisms that explain why some people are compelled to pursue drugs and alcohol. The findings suggest that addiction is independent of pleasure, and that drug seeking can be triggered outside of conscious awareness (Berridge, Robinson, & Aldridge, 2009; Goldstein et al., 2009; Kalivas, Volkow, & Seamans, 2005). The observations and conclusions from this research…
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