"Social Casework Practice during the "Psychiatric Deluge
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10548845 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martha Heineman Field (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 482-507 |
| Publication date | 1980-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Service Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-7961 • E-ISSN: 1537-5404 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/643868 |
| OpenAlex | W2038709472 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
This article examines the prevalent assumption that intellectual histories of social casework accurately reflect the history of social casework practice by exploring the belief that a "psychiatric deluge" swept casework practice after World War I. Although psychodynamic formulations began to appear in the casework literature about 1918, the systematic analysis of case records, personnel reports, and annual reports at a presumably representative agency unearthed virtually no trace of psychodynamic influence before 1939, and in 1949, the last year studied, psychodynamic theory had yet to be integrated into the agency's practice. Further, the agency's adoption of psychodynamic formulations occurred slowly and unevenly rather than as a sudden "deluge
Agency (philosophy · Criminology · Political science · Psychiatry · Psychoanalysis · Psychodynamic psychotherapy · Psychodynamics · Psychotherapist · Social science · Sociology · TRACE (psycholinguistics) · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices · Law · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Work
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| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,32 |
| Citation span | 1988 - 2021 (34) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |