Social Work and Global Mental Health: Research and Practice Perspectives

by Dumont; Serge

• ISBN13: 9780789037107
• ISBN10: 0789037106
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2009-05-11
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This useful book discusses the latest in mental health research, information on violence, trauma and resilience, and social policies.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors	p. vii
Introduction
Social Work and the Development of a More Compassionate World: Experiences and Knowledge to Share	p. 1
Mental Health Research in Social Work
Mental Health Services Research and Its Impact on Social Work Practice with Adults Who Have Severe Mental Illness	p. 13
The Challenges of Implementing an Evidence-Based Practice to Meet Consumer and Family Needs in a Managed Behavioral Health Care Environment	p. 31
Needed: Critical Thinking about Psychiatric Medications	p. 43
Beyond Survivorship: Achieving a Harmonious Dynamic Equilibrium Using a Chinese Medicine Framework in Health and Mental Health	p. 63
A Critical Approach to Pedagogy in Mental Health	p. 83
Ethnopsychiatric Approach to Immigration and Mental Health	p. 103
Aging and Mental Health	p. 123
Representations of Elderly with Mental Health Problems Held by Psychosocial Practitioners from Community and Institutional Settings	p. 141
Intensive Youth Outreach in Mental Health: An Integrated Framework for Understanding and Intervention	p. 155
The Young Schema Questionnaire in Group Therapy: A Client-Focused Approach	p. 179
Violence, Trauma, and Resilience
Responding to the Individual Trauma of Domestic Violence: Challenges for Mental Health Professionals	p. 189
Violence in the Lives of Lesbian Women: Implications for Mental Health	p. 207
Reclaiming Stolen Identities: Resilience and Social Justice in Mid-Life	p. 229
Psychiatry, Testimony, and Shoah: Reconstructing the Narratives of the Muted	p. 245
Social Policy
Evidence-Based Policy and Social Work in Health and Mental Health	p. 259
Policy Barriers to the Employment of People Experiencing Psychiatric Disabilities	p. 275
Index	p. 287
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