Human behavior theory

In recent years, advocates for civil rights for minorities, women, and gays and lesbians have become more informed consumers of mental health services. As a result, social work practitioners need to prepare themselves to serve diverse constituencies for whom previously held behavioral and cultural assumptions have proven not to be universally applicable. The purpose of Dr. Greene's new book is to help students and practitioners better understand how social workers have used human behavior theories to more competently address variations in group and community membership within the social…