Trauma War and Violence. Public Mental Health in Socio-Cultural Context will be of great interest to psychologists social workers anthropologists historians human rights experts and psychiatrists working or interested in the field of psychotrauma. Massive tr... Lees meer.

Independent mental health advocacy is a crucial means of ensuring rights and entitlements for people sectioned under the Mental Health Act. This book takes an appreciative but critical view of independent mental health advocacy locating the recent introduction of Inde... Lees meer.

This new edition of Mental Health Social Work in Context continues to be an authoritative evidence-based introduction to a core area of the social work curriculum. Grounded in the social models of mental health this core text helps to prepare students for practice.... Lees meer.

This fully revised and expanded fifth edition of Social Work in Health Settings. Practice in Context maintains its use of the Practice in Context PiC decision-making framework to explore a wide range of social work services in health care settings. This fully rev... Lees meer.

Moving beyond the post-Washington consensus this book shifts the focus of development policy debates away from expenditures and austerity and towards revenues and resources. The book explores the potential and the developmental impact of different categories of resour... Lees meer.

This is the first book for mental health professionals working with survivors of mass trauma to focus on the psychosocial and cultural contexts in which these disasters occur. It underscores the importance of understanding these environments in order to provide maximall... Lees meer.

This book will be of interest to a range of people who are interested in understanding a systemic view of ourselves. Psychotherapists and counsellors organisational consultants and business people. The book is a basic text on working with a systemic perspect and with t... Lees meer.

In de geestelijke gezondheidszorg is er een groeiende tendens om meer empowerend te werken. Empowerment belichaamt het proces waarbij cli nten vanuit hun eigen kracht vorm en inhoud aan hun leven geven. Helaas blijkt het vaak echter een containerbegrip te zijn waarbi... Lees meer.

The text is an incredible composite of the literature that has shaped correctional practice. The authors have a great capacity for making research interesting and accessible. Cullen and Jonson have accomplished their goal of motivating readers to become sophisticated c... Lees meer.

This fully revised and expanded fifth edition of Social Work in Health Settings. Practice in Context maintains its use of the Practice-in-Context PiC decision-making framework to explore a wide range of social work services in healthcare settings. The PiC is updated... Lees meer.

Continues to identify and evaluate the major competing theories used to guide the goals policies and practices of the U.S. correctional system... Lees meer.

The Latino population in America is expanding at a rapid rate. Currently Latinos represent more than 11 percent of the total U.S. population and of that number about 36 percent are children below the age of 18. Faced with tremAndous pressure to assimilate into the Am... Lees meer.

Diagnosis in a Multicultural Context For the first time ever the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV has acknowledged the importance of cultural variations across many mental disorders. In reaction to these changes author Freddy Paniagua... Lees meer.

There has been a re-energising of interest in social work in mental health services in recent years and mental health is now a core part of all qualifying social work students training. Grounded in the social models of mental health particularly relevant to qualifying... Lees meer.

This fully revised and expanded fifth edition of Social Work in Health Settings. Practice in Context maintains its use of the Practice in Context PiC decision-making framework to explore a wide range of social work services in health care settings. This fully rev... Lees meer.