Main description:

This comprehensive textbook addresses mental health social work theory and practice. It incorporates recommendations and developments emerging from current, significant reforms in social work as they apply within the context of mental health social work. Combining the theoretical and practical and covering both historical and contemporary issues, Mental Health Social Work should be considered essential reading for students, professionals and practitioners. Although the book focuses on developments in UK policy and legal frameworks, its substantive practice components draw upon the comparative research evidence and literature, and will therefore be relevant to an international audience.

Contents:

Part 1: Background and Context; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. The History and Context of Mental Health Social Work; Chapter 3. Mental Health and the Law; Part 2: Forms of Mental Disorder; Chapter 4. Introduction; Chapter 5. Psychoses; Chapter 6. Neuroses; Chapter 7. Personality Disorders; Chapter 8. Issues Around the Limits of Diagnosis; Part 3: Practice Contexts; Chapter 9. Work With Adults; Chapter 10. Work With Children and Young Adults; Chapter 11. Role of the Approved Mental Health Practitioner; Part 4: Forensic Services; Chapter 12. Introduction; Chapter 13. Mental Disorder and Criminal Behaviour; Chapter 14. Issues in Working with Offenders with Mental Health Problems; Part 5: Social Disadvantage and the 'Structuring' of Mental Ill-Health; Chapter 15. Introduction; Chapter 16. The Social Construction of Mental Health Categories; Chapter 17. Mental Distress Across the Lifecourse; Part 6: Current and Emerging Issues and Future Challenges; Chapter 18. Introduction; Chapter 19. Working with Risk in Mental Health; Chapter 20. Professional Practice and Interdisciplinary Working in Mental Health; Chapter 21. An Integrated Approach to Mental Health Social Work; Index