Mental Health and Social Work
EUR 414.19
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| ISBN13: | 9789811369766 |
| ISBN10: | 9811369763 |
| Binding: | Unidentified |
| No. of pages: | 566 pages |
| Size: | 235x155 mm |
| Language: | English |
| Illustrations: | 12 Illustrations, black & white; 9 Illustrations, color |
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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.
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.
