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Personality disorder: the limits to intervention
- Author:
- BURTON A.
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 4(4), 1990, pp.221-228.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Examines the theoretical knowledge about personality disorder; reports a case history and two different social work approaches to the client's problems.
The social work contribution to mental health services: the future direction: report of responses to the discussion paper
- Author:
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MENTAL HEALTH IN ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Mental Health in England
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 60p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
This discussion paper, produced by the National Institute for Mental Health in England, is intended as a catalyst for an exchange of information, experience and ideas about the contribution of social work to mental health services. The paper aims to inform the development of action plans to support the social work contribution to mental health services both now and in the future. The discussion paper generated a debate with commissioners, employers and social workers in primary, secondary and tertiary mental health and social care services on the contribution that social workers can make to the support and recovery of people of all ages in mental distress.
Childhood trauma, the brain and social work: a short guide about the importance of social relationships for mental health
- Author:
- MCCRORY Eamon
- Publisher:
- UK Trauma Council
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Pagination:
- 24
- Place of publication:
- London
This short guide about childhood trauma aims to share some of the latest research findings with those who are working every day to support children who have experienced complex trauma in the form of maltreatment. It unpacks in some detail how brain changes can affect a child's social world, and why this is important in helping us understand the mental health of children and young people who have experienced maltreatment. Supportive social relationships are key to good mental health for everyone. To understand why maltreatment increases a child's risk of later mental health problems, it is important that we consider how such experiences can affect social relationships. Understanding how past maltreatment affects a child's current and future social world can help us develop more effective ways for a child to build and maintain supportive social relationships. This can ultimately reduce the risk of mental health problems developing. The guide considers how adults and systems can help build and scaffold a better social world for children. Social workers, foster carers, adoptive parents and teachers can all play a role, as can policy makers, funders and commissioners. (Edited publisher abstract)
Policy briefing: social care funding and mental health
- Author:
- CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH
- Publisher:
- Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 4
- Place of publication:
- London
This policy briefing explores the principles that would need to underpin any sustainable social care settlement from the perspective of mental health support for working age adults in England. It reviews the current funding and provision of mental health social work and highlights the vital role mental health social work plays helping people to live independently and to secure their rights and dignity. In addition, local authorities play a key role in providing valuable support carers and commission advocacy services, including for people subject to the Mental Health Act. It concludes that a sustainable solution for social care funding needs to recognise the importance of mental health social work and resolve the confusion between health, housing and social care funding for people with ongoing care needs. (Edited publisher abstract)
Mad studies and social work: conceptualising the subjectivities of service user/survivors who experience significant mental health problems
- Authors:
- MACDONALD Stephen J., CHARNOCK Anne, SCUTT Jane
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work and Social Sciences Review, 19(3), 2017, pp.98-118.
- Publisher:
- Whiting and Birch
This article draws on contemporary and classical psycho–political theorists to conceptualise ‘mental illness’ as a social construct. The research employs a Mad Studies and anti-psychiatry perspective to reframe ‘mental illness’ from an individualised pathological defect to a socially constructed reality (Foucault, 1967; Menzies et al., 2013). The study applies a qualitative biographical methodology to analyse the subjectivities of people with severe mental health problems, their family members and mental health practitioners. In this study, once individuals were conceptualised as pathologically ‘ill’ they were then medicated and often institutionalised as a form of ‘treatment’. The findings present a theoretical analysis of participants’ subjectivities to examine historic and contemporary psychiatric practices. The article will conclude by discussing how Mad Studies can offer social work practice an alternative theoretical standpoint to conceptualise ‘mental illness’ as a social rather than a pathological phenomenon. (Edited publisher abstract)
Report of the inquiry into adult mental health services in England
- Author:
- ALL PARTY PARLIAMENTARY GROUP ON SOCIAL WORK
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 10
- Place of publication:
- London
Summarises evidence and recommendations from a four-month inquiry by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Social Work into mental health services in England. The inquiry took oral evidence from 30 people and written submissions from 12 others. The main findings and recommendations are organised in three sections. Section one, principles for better ways of working and better services, includes recommendations for prevention and early intervention, personalised assessment and support and co-production. Section 2, meeting the needs of diverse and marginalised groups, provides recommendations for developing services for people with dual-diagnosis and complex needs, and addressing inequalities. Section 3, organisational and systems change, provides recommendations covering achieving parity between physical and mental health services, integrating care across systems and caring for the workforce. The recommendations also emphasises the role social work can play in holistic and preventive care and support. (Edited publisher abstract)
Measuring burnout among UK social workers: a Community Care study
- Author:
- McFADDEN Paula
- Publisher:
- Community Care
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 29
- Place of publication:
- Sutton
This report details the headline results of a survey of 1359 UK social workers on levels of burnout in the profession, focusing on emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation and personal accomplishment. This research was commissioned and funded by Community Care as part of our Stand Up For Social Work campaign. Almost three quarters of the sample scored in the high category of emotional exhaustion while a further 18 per cent scored moderate levels of emotional exhaustion. More than one in four scored in the high category of depersonalisation while 35 per cent scored in the moderate category. Depersonalisation describes a lack of feeling and an uncaring response to service recipients and is correlated with the emotional exhaustion subscale. With the majority of the sample scoring in the high category in relation to personal accomplishment with no one scoring in the low category, UK social workers in the sample are feeling competent and successful in their work despite high levels of emotional exhaustion and depersonalisation. (Edited publisher abstract)
Medical model on top
- Author:
- METTERI Anna
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 26.9.02, 2002, p.48.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at Finnish mental health care policy where the medical model in psychiatry has been strengthened. Argues that it is now up to staff to move towards more collaborative methods of working.
Mental health, employment and the social care workforce
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Place of publication:
- London
This report summarises evidence on what prevents people with mental health problems from working or retaining work in social care and what can be done to enable them to work. It provides a summary of a range of policy and programmes designed to enable people with mental health problems to gain, retain and regain work, with specific focus on employment in social care. Sections cover: the importance of mental health in employment; what keeps people with mental health problems from working in social care?; law, policy and guidance related to mental health and employment; the social care workplace and mental health; what helps people with mental health problems gain and regain employment?; and who helps people with mental health problems gain and regain employment?. Staff highlighted are those in primary care, occupational health staff, human resources staff and line managers. Links to additional resources are also included.
Social work in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic: all in this together?
- Authors:
- GOLIGHTLEY Malcolm, HOLLOWAY Margaret
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 50(3), 2020, pp.637-641.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This is the editorial for this issue that introduces the articles in the issue and comments on social work in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. It states that across the globe, nations find themselves in lockdown in order to fight the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), with social work and social care being no exception. The editorial also outlines some of the key problems and challenges for social work, which include: isolation in residential care for older people; the exacerbation of anxiety and paranoia for those with long-term mental health problems; families prohibited from embracing their loved ones at the end of life; the operation of social distancing in prisons; how to survive, never mind self-isolate, at home for people who have no home; the risks posed to social care staff who all too often do not have adequate personal protection equipment nor are they able to use touch as they communicate with vulnerable people in these very particular circumstances. The editorial also states that social work must look out for and speak for, the most marginalised and vulnerable in our society. It suggests that the profession must take the lead in building coalitions that will share and adapt existing expertise to address issues of well-being and survival for those who do not have the resources to do this for themselves. It also suggests that it is easy to overlook the other reality that people continue to experience breakdown and crisis and need routine support services. (Edited publisher abstract)