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Social approaches to mental distress / Jerry Tew.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Practical social work seriesPublication details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.Description: x, 198 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780230545076 (pbk.) :
  • 9780230545076 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.8906 TEW
LOC classification:
  • RA790.5
Contents:
Introduction -- 1.Values and working relationships -- 2.Understanding the experience of mental distress -- 3.Social circumstances and life events: how damaging social experiences may contribute to mental distress -- 4.Power, agency and social capital -- 5.Personality adaptations, resilience and vulnerability -- 6.Families, relationships and social systems -- 7.Social models of mental distress -- 8.Early intervention and crisis resolution -- 9.Recovery and social participation -- 10.Risk taking and safeguarding -- 11.Assessment, action planning and self-directed support -- 12.Conclusing comments: putting social theory and research into practice.
Summary: This title sets out the values, theoretical understandings and research base which underpin a social approach to mental health. Exploring therapeutic approaches and recovery practice, it offers a practical guide to inform all work related to mental distress.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 616.8906 TEW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 215536
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 616.8906 TEW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 215535
Short Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 616.8906 TEW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 215538
Short Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 616.8906 TEW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 215539
Short Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 616.8906 TEW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 215537

Published in conjunction with the British Association of Social Workers.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- 1.Values and working relationships -- 2.Understanding the experience of mental distress -- 3.Social circumstances and life events: how damaging social experiences may contribute to mental distress -- 4.Power, agency and social capital -- 5.Personality adaptations, resilience and vulnerability -- 6.Families, relationships and social systems -- 7.Social models of mental distress -- 8.Early intervention and crisis resolution -- 9.Recovery and social participation -- 10.Risk taking and safeguarding -- 11.Assessment, action planning and self-directed support -- 12.Conclusing comments: putting social theory and research into practice.

This title sets out the values, theoretical understandings and research base which underpin a social approach to mental health. Exploring therapeutic approaches and recovery practice, it offers a practical guide to inform all work related to mental distress.

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