Previous edition: 2011.

Contents note continued: Working together to safeguard children.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-234) and index.

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Values and ethical mental health social work -- A strategy for the mental health of the European Union -- Mental health strategy in the UK -- Unpicking the policy for England -- The importance of values -- Values in action -- Ethnicity and mental health -- Anti-oppressive practice -- Deaf people and mental health -- Learning disability and mental health -- Culturally competent practice: transforming social work -- Is it possible to achieve cultural competence? -- Promoting your own mental health -- ch. 2 Social work practice and mental health -- What is meant by mental illness and mental health? -- Understanding mental health -- Explaining mental health -- The medical or clinical model -- Understanding the major forms of mental disorder -- Critical psychiatry -- Neuroscience and mental health social work -- The social model -- Psycho-social causes of mental disorder -- Social work practice in a psycho-social context --

Contents note continued: ch. 3 The policy and legal context for practice Part 1: history and new developments -- A very short history of mental health law -- The legislation -- Principles underlying the MHA 1983 (and the MHA 2007 Amendment Act) -- The structure of the MHA 1983 -- Compulsory powers in the community -- Patients concerned in criminal proceedings or under sentence -- Getting out of hospital -- Regulation -- ch. 4 The policy and legal context for practice Part 2: Mental Health Tribunals; Mental Capacity -- Part 1: Mental Health Tribunal (s.65) -- Part 2: Introduction to Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards -- ch. 5 Working with vulnerable people: mental health in children and adolescents -- What social workers need to know to work effectively with children and adolescents -- Definitions of mental health in the context of adolescent development -- Mental health problems and disorders in children and adolescents -- Common mental health disorders --

Contents note continued: Social work interventions -- Lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people -- Services for children and adolescents -- Compulsory admission to hospital -- Children and adolescents who are socially excluded -- Engaging and communicating with adolescents -- Eating disorders -- ch. 6 Working with vulnerable people: adults who are short-term service users -- Policy context -- Depression and suicide -- Alternatives to traditional hospital-based services -- Intervention -- Providing for individual need -- Monitoring and review -- ch. 7 Working with vulnerable people: adults who are long-term service users -- Long-term users who experience schizophrenia -- Involving service users in risk assessment and management -- Service users at the centre? -- ch. 8 Working across organisational and professional boundaries -- Major changes in 2013 -- Service users' views -- The Equality Act 2010 -- Working towards an integrated service -- Learning from Inquiries --

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While mental health is a core subject on the social work curriculum, many students find the breadth of the subject difficult to grasp. There is much to understand from law, policy and legislation, to ethical and value-based considerations. This book is written as an introduction to the complex issues around mental health. Law and policy are outlined whilst the author gives space to ethical considerations when working alongside the most vulnerable in society. There are clear links between policy, legislation and social work practice and learning features mean students can begin to think critically about a variety of mental health issues.