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Social work and mental health
- Author:
- KARBAN Kate
- Publisher:
- Polity
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 224p.
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
The author offers an approach to addressing mental health issues that emphasises the relevance of mental health for all social workers, not just those in specialist mental health settings. The book covers the complexities of contemporary theory, policy and practice in this area, taking account of developments in user and carer involvement and interprofessional working. Key chapters focus on issues of inequality and diversity, drawing attention to the social determinants of health and the important contribution of social work in promoting social perspectives in mental health. Practice issues addressed include the mental health of children, young people and families, and older people, as well as a range of mental health conditions. Promoting rights, recovery and social justice and balancing these with an appreciation of risk is central to all the discussions. Practice examples and points for reflection are included to encourage critical thinking and further exploration of the issues raised. Suggestions for additional reading and resources are offered at the end of each chapter.
The Smith College Program in Psychiatric Social Work: a pioneering contribution to veteran mental health
- Author:
- LERNER Fred
- Journal article citation:
- Smith College Studies in Social Work, 88(3), 2018, pp.185-210.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
On 7 July 1918, 68 women arrived on the Smith College campus in Northampton, Massachusetts, to learn how to assist in the treatment of shell-shocked soldiers and veterans of the Great War. The Training School of Psychiatric Social Work was the first academic program organized to teach mental health professionals about what today is called posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and to equip them to treat those suffering from it. This essay addresses three questions about this program: How and why did the Smith College Training School of Psychiatric Social Work come into being? What was the experience of those who taught and learned there? What effect did the Training School have on the treatment of PTSD in the postwar years? (Edited publisher abstract)
Achieving high quality and long-lasting matches in youth mentoring programmes: a case study of 4Results mentoring
- Authors:
- HIGLEY Elizabeth, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Family Social Work, 21(2), 2016, pp.240-248.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Mentoring programmes show significant promise for enhancing the well-being of youth with complex needs. Research indicates that high quality mentoring, although difficult to achieve, positively impacts youth development across behavioural, social, emotional and academic domains. The difficulty of sustaining long-term matches between mentors and youth, however, remains an important concern for the field of mentoring, as foreshortened matches can be harmful to youth. The 4Results mentoring programme has been identified as a Promising Practice through the Washington State Inventory of child-serving behavioural and mental health programmes and has developed a unique infrastructure to support critical programme values such as match longevity. In 7 years, the programme has successfully retained 98% of mentors for at least 1 year with an average match length of 3.7 years. The following article describes the programme's guiding philosophy and approach to recruiting and training mentors in the context of existing best practices research. (Publisher abstract)
Developing an approach to working with hoarding: space for social work
- Authors:
- BROWN Fiona, PAIN Anna
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 26(4), 2014, pp.211-224.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This paper focuses on the work taking place with hoarding in the Adult Community Social Work team of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham (LBHF). Collaboration with other agencies, a commitment to supporting people who hoard and some intensive work with service users have been central to the work in LBHF so far. This paper discusses the key role that social workers have to play in supporting people who hoard, with a focus on the importance of relationship-building with service users. It argues that social workers are well placed to support people affected by this condition. (Edited publisher abstract)