Social Welfare & Social Services

A humanitarian profession as diverse as the population it serves, social work today has taken roots globally, as a profession that enables people t...

One of the non-fiction books of the year. Andrew O Hagan A powerful, evocative and deeply personal journey into the world o...

It has never been more essential to support our mental health at work. With one in four people experiencing poor mental health right now, we need t...

The most authoritative evidence-based approach to mental health policy and design. Rooted in research findings that support an evidence-based orien...

The overwhelming majority of police calls involve individuals with mental health experiences and yet limited resources exist to prepare first respo...

We all share identical properties that mark us out as human beings. Even so, every person is unique: we are not clones. Its the same with depressio...

Integrated Care: A Guide for Effective Implementation provides a detailed, thoughtful, and experience-based guide to the complex and potentially ov...

Now in an updated fifth edition, this book provides readers with overviews of all the key theories, concepts and terminology associated with mental...

In this moving, deeply humane and surprisingly uplifting book, poet Mike Barnes shows that a side of dementia that is almost entirely missing from...

'Extremely compelling'  THE GUARDIAN 'It's a fascinating read... Buy the book! Buy the book!'  JO GOOD, BBC RADIO LONDON 'Searing... funny, eloquen...

Mental health services tend to view and treat mental health problems in an individual-centric way. This book argues for an alternative route to rec...

In the published literature of madness, and its institutional management, the earliest English institutions for the mad have tended to be treated a...