1st Edition
International Reflections on Approaches to Mental Health Social Work
Introduction: Mental health an issue for everyone? Malcolm Golightley and Gloria Kirwan
1. Social workers’ narratives of integrating mindfulness into practice Robyn Lynn and Jo Mensinga
2. Early onset schizophrenia and school social work Ya-Ling Chen, Barbara Rittner, Amy Manning and Rebekah Crofford
3. Analysis of social work practice: Foucault and female body image in therapy Michelle Gibson
4. Police encounters in child and youth mental health: could stigma informed crisis intervention training (CIT) for parents help? Maria Liegghio and Prableen Jaswal
5. Structural and cultural factors in suicide prevention: the contrast between mainstream and Inuit approaches to understanding and preventing suicide Marika Morris and Claire Crooks
6. ‘Only connect’ ‘nearest relative’s’ experiences of mental health act assessments Martin Stuart Smith
7. Impasses in the relationship between the psychiatric rehabilitation practitioner and the consumer: a psychodynamic perspective Hanoch Yerushalmi
Biography
Malcolm Golightley is Professor of Social Work at the University of Lincoln, UK, and a registered social worker with extensive mental health experience. He is the editor of the British Journal of Social Work.
Gloria Kirwan is Assistant Professor of Social Work at Trinity College Dublin, Republic of Ireland, and is also a registered social worker.
