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- Provides an inclusive and global framework
- Builds on findings from both research and practice
- Examines both established and innovative research findings
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (26 entries)
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Front Matter
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General Theories on Mental Health and Etiology of Mental Illness
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Overview of Social Work Approaches in Working with Individuals, Families, and Communities
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Contextualized Practice with Individuals and Families
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About this book
This book showcases current thinking on social work in the field of mental health and illness from a bio-ecological and spiritual framework reflecting the transition in mental health care from institution to community. The book presents a valuable tool for understanding theories on aetiology and social work interventions in mental health from varying socio-cultural, economic and political contexts.
Topics covered include: the values and ethics of social work practice in mental health; psycho-social theories on mental health and illness, including psychological perspective and the structural/ social development perspective; social work approaches in working with individuals, families and communities; contextualized social work practice in mental health with a specific population group or community; structural factors such as legal provision and financial challenges in mental health and illness; and new directions in social work and mental health.Keywords
- Mental health and social work
- Mental health and illness
- Environmental and public health
- Behavioral Sciences
- Community mental health
- Aetiology and social work
- Psycho-social theories on mental health
- Values and Ethics in social work practice
- Alternative Medicine
- Ayurveda approaches
- Complimentary & Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Medical perspective on mental health
- Families and Mental Health
- Self-help in rehabilitation
- Moral and spiritual approach to mental health
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Social Work, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Rosaleen Ow
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School of Social Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Abner Weng Cheong Poon
About the editors
Abner Weng Cheong Poon is Senior Lecturer of Social Work in the School of Social Sciences, University of New South Wales. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the National University of Singapore, Master of Social Work (Mental Health) from the University of Melbourne, and Ph.D. from the University of Melbourne. He teaches social work practice in mental health and evidence-informed practice in social work. His research focuses on social work practice in mental health, impact of mental illness on families and caregivers, family intervention in mental health, children of parents with mental illness, health and wellbeing of migrants experiencing mental health problems, intimate partner violence in China, and community mental health teams. He has published peer-reviewed articles concerning caregivers of people with psychosis, families from culturally and linguistically diverse communities, intimate partner violence, community mental health teams, and parenting needs of people with mental illness. He collaborates actively with mental health services and non-governmental organizations to conduct practice-based research that provide important and useful implications for practice and policy.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mental Health and Social Work
Editors: Rosaleen Ow, Abner Weng Cheong Poon
Series Title: Social Work
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6975-9
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Reference Module Humanities and Social Sciences, Reference Module Business, Economics and Social Sciences
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-6974-2Published: 14 July 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-6975-9Published: 13 July 2020
Series ISSN: 2946-5052
Series E-ISSN: 2946-5060
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 566
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour
Topics: Social Work, Public Health, Psychiatry, Social Work and Community Development, Psychology, general