Social Work Practice in Mental Health

Robert Bland is Adjunct Professor of Social Work at the Australian Catholic University and the University of Queensland, Australia. Gabrielle Drake is Associate Professor of Social Work in the School of Social Sciences at Western Sydney University, Australia. John Drayton is Lecturer, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work at the University of Queensland, Australia.

• 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 health 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.