The author talks to emergency social work team member David Glover-Wright, who had to decide, in the early hours of the morning, whether to visit a client with pronounced mental health problems who was threatening to kill his neighbour and himself.
The author talks to emergency social work team member David Glover-Wright, who had to decide, in the early hours of the morning, whether to visit a client with pronounced mental health problems who was threatening to kill his neighbour and himself.
Subject terms:
mental health problems, prevention, risk, social work, social workers, violence, decision making;
Forensic social worker Marian Trendell talked to the author about how she dealt with a young man who posed a serious risk to himself and others.
Forensic social worker Marian Trendell talked to the author about how she dealt with a young man who posed a serious risk to himself and others.
Subject terms:
mental health problems, mentally disordered offenders, offenders, risk, social work, social work methods, social workers, decision making, forensic social work;
Finds out how social worker Diane Bradbury Harris is coping with a mentally ill person who wants to live independently but is refusing to maintain contact with their consultant, take their medication or co-operate in the care planning process can really benefit from independent living.
Finds out how social worker Diane Bradbury Harris is coping with a mentally ill person who wants to live independently but is refusing to maintain contact with their consultant, take their medication or co-operate in the care planning process can really benefit from independent living.
Subject terms:
independence, mental health problems, risk, social work, social workers, care planning, community care, community mental health services;
A social workers talks to the author about the dilemma she faced when she tried to find an alternative to sectioning a man with a young family who had tried the hang himself, and was intent on further suicide attempts.
A social workers talks to the author about the dilemma she faced when she tried to find an alternative to sectioning a man with a young family who had tried the hang himself, and was intent on further suicide attempts.
Subject terms:
mental health problems, risk, social work, social workers, assessment, attempted suicide, community mental health services, decision making, families;
Talks to a social worker, Roger Parke, who had to address the problem of twin brothers whose hoarding of rubbish endangered their health.
Talks to a social worker, Roger Parke, who had to address the problem of twin brothers whose hoarding of rubbish endangered their health.
Subject terms:
mental health, mental health problems, risk, social work, social workers, assessment, behaviour, community mental health services, community mental health teams, conduct disorders, decision making, health;
After intensive help a young mother's parenting skills fail to improve. Talks to the social worker facing the dilemma and provides an expert's view of the case.
After intensive help a young mother's parenting skills fail to improve. Talks to the social worker facing the dilemma and provides an expert's view of the case.
Subject terms:
intervention, mental health problems, needs, parental skills training, parent-child relations, parents, risk, social work, social workers, behaviour, child development, child neglect, child protection, conduct disorders, decision making, families;