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Exclusion and mental health: the relationship context of mental health practice
- Author:
- BARNES Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Education (The International Journal), 18(4), November 1999, pp.401-415.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This paper will explore relationship aspects of social exclusion and consider their implications for mental health and for social work mental health practice. Current understandings of the impact of exclusionary social relations tend to focus on their implications for people's capacity to achieve need satisfaction, and thus seek to address the denial of inner and outer resources. However, a further dimension of these relations is that of their meanings for people, arising in discourses involving exclusion from relationships of respect. Evidence indicates that these meanings result in the experience of trauma, which can be shown to make its own contribution to disempowerment in the mental health context. In accordance with this, research suggests that relationships between the worker and service user which involve respect result in good mental health outcomes, and simultaneously provide a foundation for anti-discriminatory practice. The paper suggests that social work education in respect of these issues may be approached using the broad framework of radical empowerment theory, which relates discriminatory social relations to societal discourses. Within this framework, the paper explores particular educational strategies in respect of the trauma-related aspects of exclusion.
"Whatever you say, say something": the education, training and practice of mental health social workers in Northern Ireland
- Authors:
- CAMPBELL Jim, HEALEY Arlene
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Education (The International Journal), 18(4), November 1999, pp.389-400.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article describes and analyses a range of sometimes contradictory factors which have shaped the education, training an practice of mental health social workers in Northern Ireland. It begins with two accounts of the authors' personal and professional experiences, which reveal tensions in the social work role and the influence of the political conflict on judgement-making. It is argued that a critical analysis of the State in Northern Ireland helps to explain high standards of social work education and training, but also the reluctance by social workers to deal with issues associated with 'the Troubles' (the Troubles is a term used to describe the conflict in Northern Ireland). Nonetheless, the article concludes with an optimistic appraisal of current and future developments in the education, training and practice of mental health social workers, particularly in the context of a rapidly changing political and social environment.
Alcohol addiction: where are the supporting structures for clients? - Ada's story
- Author:
- CONNELL Lorraine
- Journal article citation:
- Australian Social Work, 52(3), September 1999, pp.25-29.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article documents the experience of community health workers who, in their endeavours to help an aged alcohol dependent person, needed to become familiar with processes of Australian law. It looks at deficiencies in the supporting structures of these processes and the difficulties faced by families and workers involved with individuals who are affected by substance misuse.
Mental health and substance misuse: a priority for policy and practice
- Author:
- BARKER Ingrid
- Journal article citation:
- Managing Community Care, 7(3), June 1999, pp.7-13.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Despite policy statements and abundant evidence of the particular needs and problems of those with a dual diagnosis of mental health problems and substance misuse, very little that is effective is being done for this group. The article reviews the evidence and considers some of the solutions proposed.
Establishing individualized goals in a supported education intervention: program influences on goal setting and attainment
- Authors:
- COLLINS Mary Elizabeth, MOWBRAY Carol T., BYBEE Deborah
- Journal article citation:
- Research on Social Work Practice, 9(4), July 1999, pp.483-507.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Support for goal setting and attainment is a frequent component of social work interventions aimed at fostering client growth. This study investigated goal setting and attainment in the Michigan Supported Education Research Project, an intervention that provides support for adults with psychiatric disabilities to engage in postsecondary education. Results indicate increased complexity of goal statements over time. Interventions can influence the goals that are set by individuals. Because of its importance to social work practice, researchers and practitioners should pay more explicit attention to goal setting.
Pause for thought
- Author:
- RUSHTON Brian
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Care, 2(8), April 1999, pp.277-279.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Reports on how reflective practice has transformed the work of the South West Wirral elderly mental health community team.
Strategies for encouraging and maintaining hope among people living with serious mental illness
- Authors:
- DARLINGTON Yvonne, BLAND Robert
- Journal article citation:
- Australian Social Work, 52(3), September 1999, pp.17-23.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article reports part of the results of a study of hope in mental illness. It focuses on the mental health worker's role in fostering and maintaining a sense of hope in people with serious mental illness. Approaches identified include: working within the client's frame of reference, focusing on the client's strengths, acknowledging small gains, making links to past gains, being genuine, helping clients to understand their illness, understanding the importance of achievement and holding on to hope when the client has none.
Taking the broader view
- Author:
- McCURRY Patrick
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 9.9.99, 1999, pp.8-9.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Discusses how the long awaited revision of Working Together urges the greater examination of family circumstances when safeguarding children. The author asks whether social workers have failed to do this.
User-friendly assessment of need
- Authors:
- SLADE Mike, THORNICROFT Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 18.8.99, 1999, pp.52-53.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
This report offers a quick and easy-to-use questionnaire for assessing the needs of mental health service users.
The dangers of a normal life
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 18.3.99, 1999, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Asks what do you do when a service user with learning difficulties and mental illness wants to return to normal life but, when she is given her wish, her life breaks down into dangerous behaviour.