Mental Health Social Work Reimagined

Cummins, ID

Abstract

Taking a critical and radical approach, this book calls for a return to mental health social work that has personal relationships and an emotional connection between workers and those experiencing distress at its core.


The optimism that underpinned the development of community care policies has dissipated to be replaced by a form of bleak managerialism. Neoliberalism has added stress to services already under great pressure and created a danger that we could revert to institutional forms of care.

Citation

Cummins, I. (2019). Mental Health Social Work Reimagined. Bristol: Policy Press

• Book Type: Authored Book
• Publication Date: Apr 17, 2019
• Deposit Date: May 13, 2019
• Publisher: Policy Press
• ISBN: 9781447335610
• Publisher URL: https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/mental-health-social-work-re-imagined
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