A Comparison of Supported Employment and Day Treatment Services for People with Chronic Mental Illness: A Curriculum Module for Baccalaureate Social Work Practice Courses

1998 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-127
Author(s):  
Celia J . Williamson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Supported Employment ◽  
Day Treatment ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Mental Health Research ◽  
Social Work Programs

Because the mental health field is one of the most common areas of practice for social workers, it is important for baccalaureate social work programs to include content on mental health research and services within the undergraduate curriculum. The following curriculum module, designed for inclusion in practice classes, demonstrates the use of mental health research as a teaching tool. It provides opportunities for developing students' skills in teamwork and critical thinking while exposing students to content on mental illness and mental health services.

Use of Mental Health Research in BSW Curriculum: Wraparound Services

1998 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-156
Author(s):  
Denise Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Program Development ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Service System ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Mental Health Research ◽  
Individualized Services ◽  
Wraparound Care

This module presents an overview of the Yoe, Santarcangelo, Atkins & Burchard article, “Wraparound care in Vermont: Program development, implementation and evaluation of a statewide system of individualized services,” Journal of Child and Family Studies 5(1), 23–39, and offers teaching strategies to integrate the knowledge into social work practice courses. This article examines the overall programming and effectiveness of the wraparound service system in Vermont.

scholarly journals Mad studies and social work: Conceptualising the subjectivities of service user/survivors who experience significant mental health problems

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 98-118
Author(s):  
Stephen J Macdonald ◽  
Anne Charnock ◽  
Jane Scutt
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Social Construct ◽  
Socially Constructed ◽  
Mad Studies

This article draws on contemporary and classical psycho–political theorists to conceptualise ‘mental illness’ as a social construct. The research employs a Mad Studies and anti-psychiatry perspective to reframe ‘mental illness’ from an individualised pathological defect to a socially constructed reality (Foucault, 1967; Menzies et al., 2013). The study applies a qualitative biographical methodology to analyse the subjectivities of people with severe mental health problems, their family members and mental health practitioners. In this study, once individuals were conceptualised as pathologically ‘ill’ they were then medicated and often institutionalised as a form of ‘treatment’. The findings present a theoretical analysis of participants’ subjectivities to examine historic and contemporary psychiatric practices. The article will conclude by discussing how Mad Studies can offer social work practice an alternative theoretical standpoint to conceptualise ‘mental illness’ as a social rather than a pathological phenomenon.Keywords: mad studies; anti-psychiatry movement; ‘mental illness’; biographical methodology; institutionalisation; medicalisation; family

Reflectivity in social work practice with clients with mental-health illness

2006 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 245-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kam-shing Yip
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Travail Social ◽  
Trabajo Social ◽  
Work Education ◽  
Different Levels

English The author's nine years' experience in developing social work students' practical reflectivity in working with clients with mental illness is described in this article. By means of various teaching strategies, students' different levels of reflectivity were developed. Promise and challenges to social work education are also discussed. French Dans cet article, l'auteur décrit son expérience de neuf ans en tant que formateur d'étudiants en travail social dans le développement de leur réflexivité dans le travail auprès de clients souffrant de maladie mentale. Divers niveaux de réflexivité des étudiants ont été développés à l'aide d'une variété de stratégies d'enseignement. Des promesses et des défis pour la formation des travailleurs sociaux sont également élaborés. Spanish El autor describe sus nueve años de experiencia enseñando a los estudiantes de trabajo social a usar la reflexión práctica en el trabajo con clientes con enfermedades mentales. Usando varias estrategias de enseñanza, los estudiantes desarrollaron sus capacidades reflexivas. Se examinan las promesas y las dificultades de la educación para el trabajo social.

scholarly journals Mental illness and addictions: Our responsibility to support the family

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 26-32
Author(s):  
Jessica Kean
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Addiction Services ◽  
The Family

Mental health and addictions is a field within the realms of social work practice that appears to be consistently growing. This article seeks to discuss the importance of social work practice with the families that come into contact with mental health and addiction services. It will also draw attention to the questions of whether social workers are effectively supporting and engaging family and how we can work alongside or in partnerships with family. It will seek to highlight the importance of having a clear understanding of the experiences of the family who have been affected by mental illness or addiction in order to more effectively work towards recovery.

Overcoming the deficiency of refugee mental health research

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristina Kalfic ◽  
Glenn Mitchell ◽  
Lezanne Ooi ◽  
Sibylle Schwab ◽  
Natalie Matosin
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Scientific Discovery ◽  
Mental Health Research ◽  
Psychiatric Research ◽  
Risk And Resilience ◽  
Refugee Mental Health ◽  
Refugees And Asylum Seekers

The growing number of refugees and asylum seekers are one of the most significant global challenges of this generation. We are currently witnessing the highest level of displacement in history, with over 65 million displaced people in the world. Refugees and asylum seekers are at higher risk to develop mental illness due to their trauma and chronic stress exposures, and particularly post-migration stressors. Yet global and Australian psychiatric research in this area is greatly lacking, particularly with respect to our understanding of the molecular underpinnings of risk and resilience to mental illness in traumatised populations. In this Viewpoint, we explore the reasons behind the lack of refugee mental health research and use this context to propose new ways forward. We believe that scientific discovery performed with a multidisciplinary approach will provide the broad evidence-base required to improve refugee mental health. This will also allow us to work towards the removal of damaging policies that prolong and potentiate mental health deterioration among refugees and asylum seekers, which impacts not only on the individuals but also host countries’ social, economic and healthcare systems.

scholarly journals Centering Social Justice in Mental Health Practice: Epistemic Justice and Social Work Practice

2021 ◽  
pp. 104973152110109
Author(s):  
Marjorie Johnstone
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Medical Model ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Policy Advocacy ◽  
Health Practice ◽  
Epistemic Justice

This article examines how mental health social work practice can move outside the hegemony of the medical model using approaches that honor the centering of social justice. By using the philosophical analysis of epistemic injustice and the ethics of knowing, I move out of the traditional psychiatric and psychological conceptual frameworks and discuss new guiding principles for practice. In the context of the radical tradition in social work and the impetus to blend theory with practice, I consider the use of narrative and anti-oppressive approaches to center social justice principles in individual dyadic work as well as in wider systems family and community work and policy advocacy. I evaluate these approaches through the principles of epistemic justice and discuss the importance of a relational collaborative approach where honoring the client and exploring lived experience are central to both the concepts of testimonial justice, hermeneutic justice and anti-oppressive practice.

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