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17%OFFSonya Stanford - Beyond the Risk Paradigm in Mental Health Policy and Practice - 9781137441355 - V9781137441355
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Beyond the Risk Paradigm in Mental Health Policy and Practice

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Description for Beyond the Risk Paradigm in Mental Health Policy and Practice Paperback. Editor(s): Sharland, Elaine; Warner, Joanne. Series: Beyond the Risk Paradigm. Num Pages: 14 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Modern society is increasingly preoccupied with fears for the future and the idea of preventing `the worst'. The result is a focus on attempting to calculate the probabilities of adverse events occurring - in other words, on measuring risk. Since the 1990s, the idea of risk has come to dominate policy and practice in mental health across the USA, Australasia and Europe. In this timely new text, a group of international experts examines the ways in which the narrow focus on specific kinds of risk, such as violence towards others, perpetuates the social disadvantages experienced by mental ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Macmillan Education UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Beyond the Risk Paradigm
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
202
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137441355
SKU
V9781137441355
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About Sonya Stanford
Sonya Stanford is Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Tasmania, Australia. Nina Rovinelli Heller is Dean, Director of the Doctoral Program, and Zachs Professor of Social Work at the University of Connecticut, USA. Elaine Sharland is Professor of Social Work Research at the University of Sussex, UK. ... Read more

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