This volume helps to prepare students for social work practice and to develop their knowledge concerning 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. This book is intended to reflect social perspectives drawn from the social and policy sciences, as well as incorporating some knowledge from clinical psychiatry.    Read more...      Content: Introduction -- Perspectives on mental health -- Developing socially inclusive practice -- The social work role in mental health services -- Working with children and adolescents -- Mental health social work with adults : mood disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder -- Mental health social work with adults : psychoses and personality disorders -- Mental health social work with older people -- Risk and dangerousness -- The future of mental health social work. Abstract:                           There has been a re-energising of interest in social work in mental health services. This textbook helps to prepare students for practice and to develop their knowledge around. It is suitable for social work students taking undergraduate and postgraduate qualifying degrees in social work.                 Read more...

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