Straussner Shulamith Lala Ashenberg, Senreich Evan, Steen Jeffrey T
Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner, PhD, LCSW, is professor and director, Post-Master's Certificate Program in Clinical Approaches to the Addictions, Silver School of Social Work, New York University, 1 Washington Square North, New York, NY 10003; e-mail:
Soc Work. 2018 Apr 1;63(2):125-133. doi: 10.1093/sw/swy012.
Studies indicate that helping professionals are disproportionately affected by behavioral health problems. Among social workers, the nature and scope of these problems are understudied. This article reports the findings of a 2015 survey of 6,112 licensed social workers in 13 states regarding their problems with mental health; alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs; and gambling. To ascertain whether these problems preceded or developed during their social work careers, the periods of time when these issues were experienced were identified. Results indicate that 40.2 percent of respondents reported mental health problems before becoming social workers, increasing to 51.8 percent during their social work career, with 28 percent currently experiencing such problems. Nearly 10 percent of the sample experienced substance use problems before becoming social workers, decreasing to 7.7 percent during their career. Analyses by race or ethnicity, sex, and age identified between-group differences in the prevalence of these problems. The article concludes with a discussion of the implications for the social work profession.
研究表明，助人行业的专业人员受行为健康问题的影响尤为严重。在社会工作者中，这些问题的性质和范围尚未得到充分研究。本文报告了2015年对13个州6112名持照社会工作者进行的一项调查结果，该调查涉及他们的心理健康问题、酒精、烟草和其他药物问题以及赌博问题。为了确定这些问题是在他们的社会工作生涯之前出现还是在职业生涯中产生的，研究人员确定了经历这些问题的时间段。结果表明，40.2%的受访者在成为社会工作者之前就报告有心理健康问题，在其社会工作生涯中这一比例增至51.8%，目前有28%的人正经历此类问题。近10%的样本在成为社会工作者之前有药物使用问题，在其职业生涯中这一比例降至7.7%。按种族或族裔、性别和年龄进行的分析确定了这些问题患病率的组间差异。文章最后讨论了这些结果对社会工作行业的启示。
