Women, Disability and Mental Distress

ISBN-13: 9780367599744 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 170 str.

Julia L. T. Smith

Opis

Over recent decades an increasing amount of attention has been paid to identifying and meeting the individual support needs of mental health service users and people with physical impairments in the UK. However, the support needs of individuals who fall into both categories have largely been overlooked by social care and health service providers, p

Recenzje

’This book is a welcome contribution to a neglected area within the literature. The inclusion of powerful personal testimonies throughout the text gives a voice to disabled service users and offers insight into the diverse factors which impact on the effectiveness of therapeutic work with this client group.’ Sue Jack, Leeds Trinity University, UK

Spis treści

Women, Disability and Mental Distress

O autorze

Between 1992 and 1997 Julia L.T. Smith was a social worker employed by Walsall Borough Council. In 1997 she became a senior social worker with Staffordshire County Council. Between 2000 and 2008 Julia had a role as a service user contributor within the Social Work Department at Birmingham University.