Beyond the Risk Paradigm in Mental Health Policy and Practice
$73.01
- Paperback
202 pages
- Release Date
29 March 2017
Summary
Modern society is increasingly preoccupied with fears for the future and the idea of preventing ‘the worst’. The result is a focus on attempting to calculate the probabilities of adverse events occurring – in other words, on measuring risk. Since the 1990s, the idea of risk has come to dominate policy and practice in mental health across the USA, Australasia and Europe.
In this timely new text, a group of international experts examines the ways in which the narrow focus on specific ki…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781137441355 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1137441356 |
| Author: | Sonya Stanford, Elaine Sharland, Nina Rovinelli Heller, Joanne Warner |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Red Globe Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 202 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 29 March 2017 |
| Weight: | 360g |
| Dimensions: | 12mm x 154mm x 234mm |
| Series: | Beyond The Risk Paradigm |
Sonya Stanford
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.
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