How does race work in social work education? Everyday racial logics, distinctions and practices in social work qualifying programmes in England. (2022)
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Morton, J., Jeyasingham, D., Vindegg, J., & Fjeldheim, S. (2022). How does race work in social work education? Everyday racial logics, distinctions and practices in social work qualifying programmes in England. British Journal of Social Work, 53(1), 552-569. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcac120

This article presents findings from a study which explored the everyday ways race works on social work programmes in England. The study focused on how race was spoken about and conceptualised, how people were categorised and ordered according to race... Read More about How does race work in social work education? Everyday racial logics, distinctions and practices in social work qualifying programmes in England..

Mental health, big data and research ethics : parity of esteem in mental health research from a UK perspective (2019)
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Morton, J., & O'Reilly, M. (2019). Mental health, big data and research ethics : parity of esteem in mental health research from a UK perspective. Clinical Ethics, 14(4), 165-172. https://doi.org/10.1177/1477750919876243

Central to ethical debates in contemporary mental health research are the rhetoric of parity of esteem, challenges underpinned by the social construct of vulnerability, and the tendency to homogenise the population diagnosed with mental health condit... Read More about Mental health, big data and research ethics : parity of esteem in mental health research from a UK perspective.

‘Text- work’ in research ethics review : the significance of an institutional ethics review document in and beyond committee meetings (2018)
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Morton, J. (2018). ‘Text- work’ in research ethics review : the significance of an institutional ethics review document in and beyond committee meetings. Accountability in research, 25(7-8), 387-403. https://doi.org/10.1080/08989621.2018.1537790

This article analyzes how a formal text (the Ethics Review Form) available at National Health Service Research Ethics Committees (NHSRECs) in the UK was used in meetings. Derived from the work of Dorothy Smith on incorporating texts into institutiona... Read More about ‘Text- work’ in research ethics review : the significance of an institutional ethics review document in and beyond committee meetings.

Emotion in crisis: Primary and secondary mental health contexts (2010)
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Morton, J. (2010). Emotion in crisis: Primary and secondary mental health contexts. Journal of Social Work Practice, 24(4), 461-474. https://doi.org/10.1080/02650531003594036

The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between emotion and the experience of a mental health crisis, in particular how this relationship is understood in crisis resolution services and formal mental health (primary and secondary) se... Read More about Emotion in crisis: Primary and secondary mental health contexts.

Crisis resolution: A service response to mental distress (2010)
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Morton, J. (2010). Crisis resolution: A service response to mental distress. Practice, 21(3), 143-158. https://doi.org/10.1080/09503150902807599

Crisis Resolution Teams (CRTs) along with other specialist mental health teams (Early Intervention and Assertive Outreach) have emerged as a definite service direction in secondary mental health services and are firmly
embedded in mental health poli... Read More about Crisis resolution: A service response to mental distress.