Working with Mental Illness A Community-based Approach
Focusing on long term social work with psychosis sufferers, this book opens with a discussion of influences on practice: how we define mental health and mental illness; and our attitudes to psychiatry and psychiatric services. Using a series of practice axioms, the book explores direct work with suf...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
Macmillan Education UK
1993, 1993
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| Series: | Practical Social Work
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Focusing on long term social work with psychosis sufferers, this book opens with a discussion of influences on practice: how we define mental health and mental illness; and our attitudes to psychiatry and psychiatric services. Using a series of practice axioms, the book explores direct work with sufferers, work for sufferers in the clinical team and in their environment; and work with families. This text offers practical guidelines to social workers and others in an increasingly important field |
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| Physical Description: | VIII, 140 p online resource |
| ISBN: | 9781349227174 |