Hari Sewell

Working with Ethnicity, Race and Culture in Mental Health

A Handbook for Practitioners

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book enables practitioners to understand why it is important to consider the needs of people from black and minority ethnic (BME) backgrounds in mental health settings. It offers guidance on how they can take positive steps to improve the quality of their work their relationships with BME users, and ultimately how to improve their outcomes.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 155mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 328g
• ISBN-13: 9781843106210
• ISBN-10: 1843106213
• Artikelnr.: 23808239

Autorenporträt

Hári Sewell is Director of Health and Social Care Improvement at Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, UK. A qualified social worker, he has held senior posts in mental health and specifically with the African Caribbean community. He has worked in the field of Race and Mental Health nationally. He was involved in Black and minority ethnic work on the National Service Framework for Mental Health and is on the editorial board of the Journal of Ethnicity and Inequalities in Health and Social Care.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Chapter 1. What is Ethnicity, Race and Culture? 2. Why Ethnicity,
Race and Culture Matters in Direct Work with Users of Mental Health
Services. 3. Quality Assessments. 4. Recovery Focused Care Planning. 5.
Quality Relationships in the Delivery of Care Plans. 6. Ethnicity in the
Context of other Identities. 7. The Role of the Team Manager. 8. The Role
of Training, Education, Learning and Development Departments. 9.
Considering Alternatives to the Illness Model. 10. Positive Examples of
doing it Differently. 11. Conclusion. References. Index.