Social Work and the Body

Social Work and the Body

by Cameron N (Author)

Synopsis

This book brings sociological and neuroscientific perspectives on the body together to inform a new understanding of person-in-environment. It offers important new ways of working with people in various social work and social care settings from child protection to aged care, mental health and work with drug and alcohol use.

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10 in stock

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Publisher: Palgrave
Published: 14 Sep 2007

ISBN 10: 1403943303
ISBN 13: 9781403943309

Author Bio
NADINE CAMERON is completing her PhD on the relevance of neuroscience to social work interventions with depression sufferers. She is actively engaged in theatre and the arts, drawing on these sources to enrich her theoretical and practice knowledge within social work.

Dr FIONA McDERMOTT is Senior Lecturer at the School of Social Work, The University of Melbourne, Australia. Her teaching, research interests and ongoing practice are in the areas of groupwork and mental health where she has published widely.