Beyond the Risk Paradigm in Mental Health Policy and Practice

Sonya Stanford is Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Tasmania, Australia.Nina Rovinelli Heller is Dean, Director of the Doctoral Program, and Zachs Professor of Social Work at the University of Connecticut, USA.Elaine Sharland is Professor of Social Work Research at the University of Sussex, UK.Joanne Warner is Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Kent, UK.

• Chapter 1 The Historical Context of the Risk Paradigm in Mental Health Policy and Practice: How Did We Get Here? Joanne Warner, Nina Rovinelli Heller, Elaine Sharland and Sonya StanfordChapter 2 Understanding Risk and Coercion in the Use of Community Based Mental Health Laws. Jim Campbell and Gavin DavidsonChapter 3 Risk Thinking and the Priorities of Mental Health Social Work Organizations. Chris Lee, Catherine Hartley and Elaine SharlandChapter 4 Moving Beyond Neoliberal Rationalities of Risk in Mental Health Policy and Practice. Sonya Stanford, Nina Rovinelli Heller, Elaine Sharland and Joanne WarnerChapter 5 Directions for Policy and Practice from the Lived Experience of Mental Health Problems. Gerry Bennison and Dawn TalbotChapter 6 The Limits and Possibilities of Risk Assessment: Lessons from Suicide Prevention. Nina Rovinelli HellerChapter 7 Working with People who have Psychotic Illness: Balancing Risk and Recovery. Robert Bland and Marianne WyderChapter 8 Negotiating the Interface between Risk Management and Human Rights Based Care. Anne-Maree SawyerChapter 9 Leadership, Critical Reflection and Politics: the Management of Risk in Mental Health Organizations. Catherine Hartley, Chris Lee and Jim CampbellChapter 10 Beyond Social Media Panics for ‘At Risk’ Youth in Mental Health Practice. Natalie Ann Hendry, Brady Robards and Sonya StanfordChapter 11 Mental Health Risk, Political Conflict and Asylum: A Human Rights and Social Justice Issue. Shepard Masocha and Kim RobinsonChapter 12 Conclusion: Remoralizing Risk in Mental Health Policy and Practice. Elaine Sharland, Nina Rovinelli Heller, Sonya Stanford and Joanne Warner