Customer Reviews
A must for all social workers/students - By: L. Smailes, 15 Jan 2008 
I had a mental health placementin the second year of my social work degree & knew nothing about mental health issues or services. This book almost single headedly got me through the placement & definatly improved my work with the service users. This book was also on the essential reading list for the third year of my degree at Northumbria University & was well deserving of it's place. It is easy to read & covers all the basic information as well as issues of discrimination, anti oppressive practice & social inclusion. There is also a good debate & discussion around social & medical models of mental distress & treatment. I would strongly recommend this book to all social workers or potential social worker because regardless of your field you will work with mental distress at some point & an understanding will improve the quality of your work with out a doubt.
Recommended - By: , 06 Aug 2005 This is a very easy-to-read book, the text is set out into clearly defined sections, with easy points of reference. I have found it a very useful social work students guide to mental health, so much so I could hardly put it down, having never thought this way about a text book before, I have a few othersin the series all of which are of similar easy reading & layout.
Best Mental Health Book I have read! - By: , 24 Feb 2005 This book goes into just the right amount of depthin the topics I need to know. It is hands down the best book on mental health that I have read.
