Practising Mental Health Social Work

Description:
Written by a well known researcher, practitioner and teacher within the social care field, this text sets out some of the key objectives for the social worker who wishes to work in mental health. Incorporating new and challenging research findings, the book covers topics including: the multiple factors affecting mental health; the bio-psycho-social model of practice; key areas including depression, suicide, schizophrenia and personality disorder; the mental health-child protection interface; residential work; treatment modalities. This core text presents essential information in a clear and accessible manner and includes a series of case exercises to help the reader consolidate what has been learned.

Table of Contents:
1. Introduction: A Personal Journey - Flying -by-the-seat-of-your-pants. Case Experiences that Changed my Practice and the Search for Evidence-based Practice 2. What Does Mental Health / Disorder Mean? 3. What Does Mental Health Disorder Mean? The 'Minor' Mental Health Disorders 4. Critic of Uni-dimensional medicalisation of Mental Disorder 5. Mental Health Social Work with People with Mood Disorders 6. Mental Health Social Work with People with Schizophrenia 7. Mental Health Social Work with 'Suicidal' People 8. Personality Disorders and the Psychiatric-Child Protection Interface 9. Dilemmas and Role of the Approved Social Worker 10. The accommodation Dimension and Mental Health 11. The Vortex of Mental Disorder: Problematic Case Exercises