Social Work Practice in Mental Health

An Introduction

Robert Bland, Noel Renouf, Ann Tullgren (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

272 Seiten

2009
Allen & Unwin (Verlag)
978-1-74175-703-3 (ISBN)

Infos

A comprehensive guide to professional practice for social workers with clients with mental health issues. It emphasises the importance of appreciating the lived experience of mental illness, and of establishing partnerships based on incorporating a consumer perspective into the various mental health works.

Autor

Robert Bland is Professor in the School of Social Work and Human Services at the University of Queensland. ..Noel Renouf is Senior Lecturer at the School of Social Work and Social Policy at La Trobe University. ..Ann Tullgren is both a social worker and a person with mental illness.

Inhalt

List of tables..Part I: The Context for Practice..1 A starting point: Understanding social work in mental health..2 The lived experience of mental illness..3 Concepts and issues in mental health..4 The policy and legal context for practice..5 Overview of the mental disorders..Part II: Social Work Practice..6 Assessment for social work practice..7 Social work case management..8 Working with people with mental illness in everyday practice settings..9 Working with families..10 Working with communities and groups..11 Social work leadership in mental health organisations..Bibliography..Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.5.2010
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 152 x 230 mm
• Gewicht: 490 g
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 1-74175-703-7 / 1741757037
• ISBN-13: 978-1-74175-703-3 / 9781741757033
• Zustand: Neuware