Mental Health and Social Problems: A Social Work Perspective

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Mental illness -- Etiology. Summary "Mental Health and Social Problems is a textbook for social work students and practitioners. It explores the complicated relationship between mental conditions and societal issues as well as examining risk and protective factors for the prevalence, course, adaptation to and recovery from mental illness.

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The introductory chapter presents bio-psycho-social and life-modeled approaches to helping individuals and families with mental illness. The book is divided into two parts.

Mental Health and Social Problems A Social Work Perspective

Part I addresses specific social problems, such as poverty, oppression, racism, war, violence, and homelessness, identifying the factors which contribute to vulnerabilities and risks for the development of mental health problems, including the barriers to accessing quality services. Part II presents the most current empirical findings and practice knowledge about prevalence, diagnosis, assessment, and intervention options for a range of common mental health problems - including personality conditions, eating conditions and affective conditions. The E-mail message field is required.

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Mental health and social problems: London ; New York: English View all editions and formats Summary: It explores the complicated relationship between mental conditions and societal issues as well as examining risk and protective factors for the prevalence, course, adaptation to and recovery from mental illness. The introductory chapter presents bio-psycho-social and life-modeled approaches to helping individuals and families with mental illness.

The book is divided into two parts. Part I addresses specific social problems, such as poverty, oppression, racism, war, violence, and homelessness, identifying the factors which contribute to vulnerabilities and risks for the development of mental health problems, including the barriers to accessing quality services. Part II presents the most current empirical findings and practice knowledge about prevalence, diagnosis, assessment, and intervention options for a range of common mental health problems - including personality conditions, eating conditions and affective conditions.

Focusing throughout upon mental health issues for children, adolescents, adults and older adults, each chapter includes case studies and web resources.


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This practical book is ideal for social work students who specialize in mental health"--Provided by publisher. Allow this favorite library to be seen by others Keep this favorite library private. Find a copy in the library Finding libraries that hold this item Nina Rovinelli Heller Alex Gitterman.

Suitable for social work students and practitioners, this title explores the complicated relationship between mental conditions and societal issues, and examines risk and protective factors for the prevalence, course, adaptation to and recovery from mental illness.

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Mental health problems affect the lives of many social work clients, yet the complexity of these problems is sometimes not well understood by practitioners and service providers. The editors of this book bring together a wide range of social work academics, nearly all from the USA, to deliver a reference text which advances our understanding of the area. Following an introduction which helpfully draws a picture of policy and practice in the context of mental health services in the USA, the book divides in two.

The eleven chapters in the first section provide quite detailed reviews of the literature on specific social, political Most users should sign in with their email address. If you originally registered with a username please use that to sign in. To purchase short term access, please sign in to your Oxford Academic account above. Don't already have an Oxford Academic account? Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford.