Social Work and the Body

by Nadine Cameron, Fiona McDermott

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781350312975
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	09/11/2007
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	280
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
PART 1
The Body in Social Work
The View from Neuroscience
The Social Body
Social Work and the Body: Towards a Theoretical Framework
The Body Cognizant Social Worker in Action
PART 2
Introduction
Social Work, The Body and Mental Health
Social Work, The Body and Child Protection
Social Care, The Body and Aged Care
Social Work, The Body and Health
Social Work, The Body and Alcohol and Other Drugs
Conclusion
Glossary
References.