This new edition of Mental Health Social Work in Context continues to
be an authoritative, evidence-based introduction to a core area of the
social work curriculum.
Grounded in the social models of mental health particularly relevant to
qualifying social workers, but also intended to familiarise students
with social aspects of medical perspectives, this core text helps to
prepare students for practice and to develop their knowledge around:
- promoting the social inclusion of people with mental health problems;
- the changing context of multidisciplinary mental health services;
- an integrated evidence base for practice; and
- working with people with mental health problems across the life
course.
Including new material on proposed reforms to mental health and mental
capacity legislation, this book also contains major revisions that focus
on the statutory and policy contexts of social work practice as well as
ongoing changes in the organisational frameworks for the delivery of
services and implications for the social work role.
This fully updated third edition is an essential textbook for all social
work students taking undergraduate and postgraduate qualifying degrees,
and it will also be invaluable for practitioners undertaking
post-qualifying awards in mental health social work.
