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The nature of gambling-related harms for adults at risk: a review
- Authors:
- BRAMLEY Stephanie, NORRIE Caroline, MANTHORPE Jill
- Publisher:
- King's College London. Social Care Workforce Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 64
- Place of publication:
- London
This scoping review looks at the prevalence of gambling-related harm affecting people described as adults at risk, including people with dementia, people with mental health problems, people with learning disabilities and other cognitive impairments. The review includes literature on the risks from regulated gambling; the risk of harm from scams and fake lotteries; and where gambling is cited as explanation among perpetrators for causing neglect or abuse to vulnerable adults. The first section sets the context for the review, and looks at the prevalence of problem gambling, defining gambling related harm and the challenges of protecting vulnerable people from harm while allowing gambling to take place in local communities. The second section presents the review methodology and key findings. The review focuses on four areas to examine extent to which gambling is a safeguarding issue for those working in social care and for local authority adult services: the evidence of gambling participation among adults at risk; the impact of gambling participation for adults at risk; evidence that perpetrators of abuse against adults at risk are committing these acts or crimes to fund gambling addictions; and how social work and adult safeguarding teams manage gambling related harm. (Edited publisher abstract)
Reading mental health inquiries: messages for social work
- Authors:
- STANLEY Nicky, MANTHORPE Jill
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work, 1(1), April 2001, pp.77-99.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This article examines the findings of a series of mental health inquiry reports published in the UK during the 1990s and identifies implications for social workers operating in the field of mental health. These inquiry reports have been enormously influential in determining the shape of both services and new legislation. They have also delivered messages concerning practice both in terms of interprofessional communication and coordination and regarding direct work with service users. It is argued that social workers can use these inquiries to define their role more constructively and to distinguish their precise contribution to the network of mental health services. This may be particularly necessary at a time of major change.