Current Developments in the Knowledge Base of Social Work: Contributions of Neuroscience

Year 2023, Volume: 23 Issue: 2, 136 - 158, 29.12.2023

Seda Erkuş , Oguzhan Zengin

https://doi.org/10.54961/uobild.1281719

Abstract

In the early days of its emergence, the social work profession was seen as a social assistance profession. The profession, which has developed mostly in the focus of poverty, has started to benefit from the theories, approaches and models of different disciplines such as psychology and sociology and has an eclectic knowledge base. Social work, which evaluates human behavior, needs and problems with a biopsychosocial focus, continues to benefit from different disciplines. One of these disciplines is neuroscience, which facilitates our understanding of the brain's function and life-long processes. Studies showing the connection between social work and neuroscience are increasing, albeit slowly, around the world. This study aims to reveal the role of neuroscience in understanding the factors that affect the social behavior of individuals within the framework of the "person in environment" approach, which is one of the dominant paradigms in social work today.

Keywords

Social work, neuroscience, brain function

SOSYAL HİZMETİN BİLGİ TEMELİNDE GÜNCEL GELİŞMELER: NÖROBİLİMİN KATKILARI

Abstract

Makale Türü: Derleme

SOSYAL HİZMETİN BİLGİ TEMELİNDE GÜNCEL GELİŞMELER: NÖROBİLİMİN KATKILARI

Seda ERKUŞ[1]
Oğuzhan ZENGİN[2]

Özet
Sosyal hizmet mesleği ortaya çıktığı ilk zamanlarda bir sosyal yardım mesleği olarak görülmekteydi. Daha çok yoksulluk odağında gelişen meslek, ilerleyen zamanlarda psikoloji ve sosyoloji gibi farklı disiplinlerin kuram, yaklaşım ve modellerinden de yararlanmaya başlamış ve eklektik bir bilgi temeline sahip olmuştur. Söz konusu temel doğrultusunda insan davranış, ihtiyaç ve sorunlarını biyopsikososyal odaklı bir biçimde değerlendiren sosyal hizmet, farklı disiplinlerden yararlanmaya devam etmektedir. Bu disiplinlerden biri de beynin işlevi ve yaşam boyu gerçekleşen süreçlerini anlamamızı kolaylaştıran nörobilimdir. Dünya çapında sosyal hizmet ve nörobilim arasındaki bağı gösteren çalışmalar az da olsa giderek artmaktadır. Bu çalışma günümüzde sosyal hizmette hâkim paradigmalardan biri olan “çevresi içinde birey” yaklaşımı çerçevesinde bireylerin sosyal davranışlarını etkileyen etmenleri anlamada nörobilimin rolüne odaklanmaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler: Sosyal hizmet, nörobilim, beynin işlevi.

Current Developments in the Knowledge Base of Social Work: Contributions of Neuroscience

Abstract
In the early days of its emergence, the social work profession was seen as a social assistance profession. The profession, which has developed mostly in the focus of poverty, has started to benefit from the theories, approaches and models of different disciplines such as psychology and sociology and has an eclectic knowledge base. Social work, which evaluates human behavior, needs and problems with a biopsychosocial focus, continues to benefit from different disciplines. One of these disciplines is neuroscience, which facilitates our understanding of the brain's function and life-long processes. Studies showing the link between social work and neuroscience are increasing, albeit small, around the world. This study focuses on the role of neuroscience in understanding the factors that affect the social behavior of individuals within the framework of the "individual in her environment" approach, which is one of the dominant paradigms in social work today.

Keywords: Social work, neuroscience, brain function

Giriş

Hafıza ve Biliş Süreci

Stres ve Travmanın Beyne Etkisi

Sosyal Nörobilim

Sosyal Hizmet ile Nörobilimin İlişkisi

Beynin İşleyişine İlişkin Sosyal Hizmet Açısından Bir Bakış

Danışan Senaryosu

Küçük Bir Bebekte Beyin Gelişimi

Sonuç

Kaynakça


[1] Arş. Gör. , Kırıkkale Üniversitesi, Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, Sosyal Hizmet Bölümü
[2] Doç. Dr. , Karabük Üniversitesi, İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi, Sosyal Hizmet Bölümü

Keywords

Sosyal hizmet, nörobilim, beynin işlevi

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