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Mental Health and Social Work
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Main description:

This book showcases current thinking on social work in the field of mental health and illness from a bio-ecological and spiritual framework reflecting the transition in mental health care from institution to community. The book presents a valuable tool for understanding theories on aetiology and social work interventions in mental health from varying socio-cultural, economic and political contexts.

Topics covered include: the values and ethics of social work practice in mental health; psycho-social theories on mental health and illness, including psychological perspective and the structural/ social development perspective; social work approaches in working with individuals, families and communities; contextualized social work practice in mental health with a specific population group or community; structural factors such as legal provision and financial challenges in mental health and illness; and new directions in social work and mental health.


Contents:

Part One: Introduction.- Part Two: General Theories on Mental Health and of Aetiology of Mental Illness.- Part Three: Overview of social work approaches in working with individuals, families and community.- Part Four:Contextualized practice with individuals and families.- Part Five: Structural factors in social work and mental health.- Part Six: Concluding chapter.


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ISBN-13: 9789811369742
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag, Singapore)
Publication date: July, 2020
Pages: 390
Weight: 1207g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: Psychiatry, Public Health

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