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More than Pills and Beds: Contemporary Challenges in Social Work Practice and Mental Healthcare

More than Pills and Beds: Contemporary Challenges in Social Work Practice and Mental Healthcare

Sebastian Rosenberg, Fiona McDermott
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 17
ISBN13: 9781466665637|ISBN10: 1466665637|EISBN13: 9781466665644
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6563-7.ch006
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Rosenberg, Sebastian, and Fiona McDermott. "More than Pills and Beds: Contemporary Challenges in Social Work Practice and Mental Healthcare." Evidence Discovery and Assessment in Social Work Practice, edited by Margaret Pack and Justin Cargill, IGI Global, 2015, pp. 113-129. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6563-7.ch006

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Rosenberg, S. & McDermott, F. (2015). More than Pills and Beds: Contemporary Challenges in Social Work Practice and Mental Healthcare. In M. Pack & J. Cargill (Eds.), Evidence Discovery and Assessment in Social Work Practice (pp. 113-129). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6563-7.ch006

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Rosenberg, Sebastian, and Fiona McDermott. "More than Pills and Beds: Contemporary Challenges in Social Work Practice and Mental Healthcare." In Evidence Discovery and Assessment in Social Work Practice, edited by Margaret Pack and Justin Cargill, 113-129. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2015. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6563-7.ch006

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Abstract

Contemporary models of mental healthcare emphasise the importance of multi-disciplinary approaches in supporting recovery for consumers. There is growing evidence of the key role to be played by social workers derived from both the principles of recovery and those underpinning social work theory and practice, particularly a focus on person-in-environment. However, pressures on the way mental healthcare is provided in Australia are threatening this confluence. These pressures are much more concerned with the needs of funders than professionals, consumers, and their families. The aim of this chapter is to explore the evidence to support social work as an integral element in mental health recovery and to better understand these emerging challenges. The role of social work in good mental healthcare is too important to become marginalized; yet this prospect is real. Better understanding of the contemporary landscape of social work can help ensure this does not occur.

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