Communicating Hope: An Ethnography of a Children's Mental Health Care Team

ISBN-13: 9781611321234 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 242 str.

Christine S. Davis

Opis

Kevin is a sometimes-violent teenager with severe emotional disturbance in a family environment of poverty and stress. In this ethnography of a children's mental health care team, communication scholar Christine Davis delves deeply into how members of the team create hope for themselves, for Kevin, and for his family using a strengths orientation and future focus. A rich, evocative narrative that highlights multiple voices and interpretations, Davis provides a multilayered study of how social service workers can motivate and heal troubled families in challenging environments. The volume includes clinical and practice considerations for those working in the social welfare system.

Spis treści

Chapter 1: Rigging and Launching
Chapter 2: S.S. Titanic  
Chapter 3: Abandon All Hope
Chapter 4: Appearances are Deceiving
Chapter 5: Union Gives Strength
Chapter 6: All Things are Possible  
Chapter 7: Team Voice
Chapter 8: Blended Voices  
Chapter 9: Children’s Mental Health Practice Considerations

O autorze

Christine S. Davis is Professor in the Communication Studies Department at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She is a critical narrative ethnographer and autoethnographer who experiments with method and form, and publishes regularly on topics such as qualitative research methods, children’s mental health, end-of-life communication, and family disability.