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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/ $36.95Keywords: counselling, health care, mental health, mental illness, psychiatry, psychology, social policy, social work
Professional Risk and Working with People provides advice on assessing and managing risks for all those employed to take risks with or on behalf of other people. The authors explore issues of risk assessment and management that provides readers with a broad knowledge of risk practices that can be applied across a range of disciplines. more »
2008, Paperback: £19.99/ $42.95Keywords: community care, counselling, health care, mental health, offenders, risk assessment, social care, social policy, social work, social work law
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/ $42.95Keywords: adults, carers, disability law, families, health care, mental health, mental illness, nursing, psychiatry, psychology, social care, social policy, social work, social work law
The book examines its effects on psychological functioning and on the risk factors for mental health that are associated with communities that have either high or low levels of social capital. Analyses the implications of research findings for future policy developments and makes clear recommendations for future practice and research. more »
2006, Paperback: £28.99/ $49.95Keywords: health care, mental health, psychiatry, psychology, social policy, social work
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/ $39.95Keywords: counselling, families, mental health, mental illness, psychology, social policy, social work
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/ $47.95Keywords: counselling, mental health, mental illness, psychoanalysis, psychology, psychotherapy, social policy, social work
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