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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450161703321

Autore

Sheppard Michael

Titolo

Mental health work in the community : theory and practice in social work and community psychiatric nursing / / Michael Sheppard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Falmer Press, , 1991

ISBN

1-135-38579-3

0-585-46038-8

0-203-21507-9

1-280-06013-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (212 p.)

Disciplina

362.2/045/0941

Soggetti

Psychiatric social work - Great Britain

Psychiatric nursing - Great Britain

Community mental health services - Great Britain

Mentally ill - Home care - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Theoretical foundations 2. Agency work 3. Brief intervention 4. Extended intervention 5. Practice foundations - interpersonal relations 6. Clients' and workers' views of intervention 7. Client perceptions - brief intervention 8. Client perceptions - extended intervention 9. Conclusions 10. Methodology 11. Research questionnaire

Sommario/riassunto

A presentation of a comparative analysis of the work of mental health social workers and community psychiatric nurses, an issue of importance because of "community care" and also important as much of their work territory overlaps. The findings are more favourable to social workers.