Mental Health, Service User Involvement and Recovery

Edited by Jenny Weinstein

As the momentum for personalisation and recovery approaches grows, service users are increasingly participating as partners in all aspects of health and social care delivery, policy-making and professional training. This book provides an overview of service user involvement in mental health, its origins and current practice and policy. more »

2009, Paperback: £19.99/ $36.95
ISBN: 978-1-84310-688-3, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp

Keywords: counselling, health care, mental health, mental illness, psychiatry, psychology, social policy, social work

Advance Directives in Mental Health

Theory, Practice and Ethics

Jacqueline Atkinson

Advance directive (AD) is a way of making a person's views known if he or she should become mentally incapable of giving consent, or making informed choices about treatment, in the future. This book advises users on their choices about treatment in the event of future episodes of mental illness, covering all legal and medical aspects of AD. more »

2007, Paperback: £25.00/ $42.95
ISBN: 978-1-84310-483-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 216pp

Keywords: adults, carers, disability law, families, health care, mental health, mental illness, nursing, psychiatry, psychology, social care, social policy, social work, social work law

Social Perspectives in Mental Health

Developing Social Models to Understand and Work with Mental Distress

Edited by Jerry Tew

The book offers new practice frameworks that help to make sense of people's mental distress and recovery in relation to their social experience. It explores the impact of social factors, such as power, abuse, ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation, on the causes and experiences of mental health problems. more »

2004, Paperback: £22.99/ $39.95
ISBN: 978-1-84310-220-5, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 240pp

Keywords: counselling, families, mental health, mental illness, psychology, social policy, social work

Good Practice in Adult Mental Health

Edited by Tony Ryan and Jacki Pritchard

This text is a guide to good practice within adult mental health care, providing a comprehensive introduction to mental health and illness. It is designed to aid mental health professionals and workers, and any individuals coming in to contact with mental illness, in recognising a mental health need or problem and offering appropriate support. more »

2004, Paperback: £22.99/ $36.95
ISBN: 978-1-84310-217-5, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 352pp

Keywords: adults, mental health, mental illness

Racism and Mental Health

Prejudice and Suffering

Edited by Kamaldeep Bhui

This book investigates the impact of racism in mental health (MH) settings, covering individual clinical encounters and the broader picture of service provision. It offers insights into manifestations of racism in contemporary Britain; racial and cultural identity and the inequalities in provision of MH services to minority ethnic communities. more »

2002, Paperback: £23.99/ $42.95
ISBN: 978-1-84310-076-8, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 256pp

Keywords: ethnicity, mental health, mental illness, nursing, psychiatry, psychology, social work

Students' Mental Health Needs

Problems and Responses

Edited by Nicky Stanley and Jill Manthorpe

Student life is a time of change and adjustment, and their families as well as staff need resources to help them provide support for students experiencing mental health difficulties. This book explores how the needs of students can best be met by student and community mental health services. more »

2002, Paperback: £21.99/ $34.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-983-7, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 272pp

Keywords: counselling, families, mental health, mental illness, youthwork

Mental Illness

A Handbook for Carers

Edited by Rosalind Ramsay, Claire Gerada, Sarah Mars and George Szmukler

The book examines the provision made for people with mental illness and their carers, and the support that is available to them. It includes information on housing, employment, social services and the law. Accessible, practical and comprehensive, this handbook acts as a one-stop shop for anyone caring for a person with a mental illness. more »

2001, Paperback: £22.99/ $42.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-934-9, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 304pp

Keywords: carers, challenging behaviour, counselling, families, mental health, mental illness, social care, social work

Mental Health and Social Work

Edited by Marion Ulas and Anne Connor

Examining the theory and practice of work with people with mental health problems, this volume considers the current state of policy and organisation and the changes that have taken place over the last decade in the field. The book charts the move away from separate, specialist services, and the resultant impact on service provision. more »

1998, Paperback: £29.99/ $47.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-302-6, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 256pp

Keywords: counselling, mental health, mental illness, psychoanalysis, psychology, psychotherapy, social policy, social work

Mental Health Assessments

Gwen Howe

Written with the help of sufferers and carers to give a consumer's perspective of how the mental health services react when a person becomes mentally ill. The book focuses on the problems that can arise when someone undergoes a formal assessment for compulsory admission to hospital and examines what can go wrong with the assessment process. more »

1998, Paperback: £19.99/ $32.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-458-0, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 144pp

Keywords: mental health, mental illness, social work

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