Robert Bland is a social work academic, researcher and practitioner. He is Honorary Professor of Social Work at the University of Queensland. Noel Renouf worked for over thirty years as a mental health social worker. He is Honorary Senior Fellow at the University of Queensland. Ann Tullgren is a former teacher and social worker with a lived experience of mental illness.
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Preface
PART I: THE CONTEXT FOR PRACTICE
1. A starting point: Understanding social work in mental health
2. The lived experience of mental illness
3. Concepts and issues in mental health
4. The policy and legal context for practice
5. Overview of mental disorders
PART II: SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE
6. Assessment for social work practice
7. Social casework in mental health settings
8. Working with people with mental illness across service systems
9. Working with families
10. Working with communities
11. Sustaining social work in mental health agencies
Appendices
Bibliography
Index
