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Social work practice in mental health: an introduction
- Authors:
- BLAND Robert, RENOUF Noel, TULLGREN Ann
- Publisher:
- Allen and Unwin
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 272p.
- Place of publication:
- St. Leonards, NSW
This text aims to be a comprehensive guide to professional practice for social workers whose clients have mental health issues. It is written to provide a knowledge base for practice with people with the most commonly-encountered mental health problems. Two key themes permeate the book: 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. The authors emphasise the healing potential in relationships between consumers, carers and service providers. The book is organised in two parts. The first outlines the context in which social work practice in mental health operates including; theoretical, policy, legal, conceptual, and medical issues. The second part focuses on various practical aspects of social work practice such as; assessment, case management, the challenge of some practice settings, family work, community work, and the application of the principles of partnership to work with individuals and their families, as well as multidisciplinary teams and agencies.