| Mental Health Social Work Reimagined Contributor(s): Cummins, Ian (Author) |
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ISBN: 1447335597 ISBN-13: 9781447335597 Publisher: Policy Press OUR PRICE: $132.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Social Work - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare - Social Science | Criminology |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.3" W x 9.3" (0.95 lbs) 200 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Taking a critical and radical approach, this book calls for a return to mental health social work that has personal relationships and an emotional connection between workers and those experiencing distress at its core. The optimism that underpinned the development of community care policies has dissipated to be replaced by a form of bleak managerialism. Neoliberalism has added stress to services already under great pressure and created a danger that we could revert to institutional forms of care. This much-needed book argues that the original progressive values of community care policies need to be rediscovered, updated and reinvigorated to provide a basis for a mental health social work that returns to fundamental notions of dignity and citizenship. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cummins, Ian: - Ian Cummins is a senior lecturer in social work at the University of Salford. |