Understanding Social Work Practice in Mental Health - Couverture souple

Coppock, Vicki; Dunn, Bob

 
9781412935050: Understanding Social Work Practice in Mental Health

Synopsis

This book provides an authoritative overview of mental health theory, policy, and practice. Exploring the complex moral and ethical dimensions underpinning the field, the book engages with the key issues encountered by practitioners working in the modern mental health system. Using real world scenarios, case studies, and reflective exercises, it asks students to critically examine the world of mental health practice from the perspective of users of mental health services and their careers.

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À propos de l?auteur

Vicki Coppock is a Reader in Social Work and Mental Health at Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, Lancashire. She is also a qualified and experienced psychiatric social worker. She teaches in the areas of social work, mental health and childhood and youth studies. She has a research and publications record in the critical analysis of theory, policy, legislation and professional practice in the field of mental health, with a particular emphasis on asserting a positive rights agenda for children and young people in mental distress. She is co-author of Critical Perspectives on Mental Health (Routledge, 2000) with John Hopton.

Bob Dunn is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work Studies at Edge Hill University. Following work as a Local Authority Staff Development and Training Officer he has researched deaths in police, prison, and psychiatric custody and his current teaching covers youth justice, community care, mental health, childhood and youth studies.

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9781412935043: Understanding Social Work Practice in Mental Health

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1412935040 ISBN 13 :  9781412935043
Editeur : SAGE Publications Inc, 2009
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