Edited by Keith Hawton, Rory C. O'Connor

Suicide is increasingly recognized as a major global issue of public health, with far-reaching social, economic, and emotional consequences. The World Health Organization estimates that around 800,000 people die each year by suicide, with suicide attempts perhaps up to twenty times more frequent…

Hardback – 2012-11-19
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Major Themes in Health and Social Welfare

Edited by Teresa Scheid

Mental health and illness is one of the most fascinating and contested interdisciplinary areas of research, theory, and study. Scholars from fields such as psychology, sociology, social work, and law have, in particular, contributed to a rich literature which revolves around a number of key…

Hardback – 2008-09-05
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Major Themes in Health and Social Welfare

Edited by Nick Frost

This collection focuses on child welfare in its specific sense: welfare and social interventions with children and young people undertaken by State bodies or NGO's. The term 'child welfare' is deployed differently in diverse international settings. In the United Kingdom child welfare tends to refer…

Hardback – 2004-11-18
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Major Themes in Health and Social Welfare