Social Perspectives in Mental Health: Developing Social Models to Understand and Work with Mental Distress
Jerry (Ed) Tew
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Description for Social Perspectives in Mental Health: Developing Social Models to Understand and Work with Mental Distress
Paperback. 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. Editor(s): Tew, Jerry. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSN; MBPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
`This excellent book fills an important gap and will be of interest to the full range of professionals involved in work with people with mental health problems as well as service users and carers…For those managers or education providers looking to base their provision on the 10 Essential Shared Capabilities, this book will be a must.' - Social Work Education `The book is aimed at a range of practitioners. It would be a useful beginner's book for anyone encountering the mental health services for the first time and as a reference book for experienced practitioners. It can be ... Read more
`This excellent book fills an important gap and will be of interest to the full range of professionals involved in work with people with mental health problems as well as service users and carers…For those managers or education providers looking to base their provision on the 10 Essential Shared Capabilities, this book will be a must.' - Social Work Education `The book is aimed at a range of practitioners. It would be a useful beginner's book for anyone encountering the mental health services for the first time and as a reference book for experienced practitioners. It can be ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Weight
390g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843102205
SKU
V9781843102205
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Jerry (Ed) Tew
Jerry Tew is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Central England and has substantial practitioner experience as an approved social worker. He is a member of the executive of the Social Perspectives Network and is the coordinator of its research subgroup. Jerry is also the social work advisor for the interdisciplinary Mental Health in Higher Education ... Read more
Reviews for Social Perspectives in Mental Health: Developing Social Models to Understand and Work with Mental Distress
A brilliantly succinct and readable summary that brings together models and evidence from sociology, psychology, social psychiatry, service user networks and the disability and minority rights movements into a coherent whole. I guarantee you's be hooked.
Clinical Psychology Forum 186
Clinical Psychology Forum 186