Description
Product ID: | 9780415328456 |
Product Form: | Hardback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Contemporary Mental Health |
Subtitle: | Theory, Policy and Practice |
Authors: | Author: Barbara Fawcett, Kate Karban |
Page Count: | 160 |
Subjects: | Social and ethical issues, Social issues & processes, Social groups, communities and identities, Sociology, Social work, Social groups, Sociology, Social work |
Description: | Mental health services in the UK are at a critical point in terms of their development. This book examines key themes and tensions in relation to theory, policy, practice and research. The authors explore theoretical developments and policy and practice initiatives in the complex and changing area of mental health services. They examine the tensions, dilemmas and opportunities now operating, including those relating to gender and ethnicity and places the involvement of users/survivors centre stage.
An important theme running throughout is the critical appraisal of perspectives concerning gender, ethnicity and sexuality, drawing out wider issues of power and inequality. This book makes ideas and theoretical policy material accessible and applicable, and is a key text for students and practitioners in mental health, social work and social care. |
Imprint Name: | Routledge |
Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2005-06-16 |