• ISBN13: 9780415105378
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Medical, Nursing and Health Sciences
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Publisher Imprint: Routledge
• Publication Date: October 26, 1995
• Pages: 235
• Original Price: GBP 20.99
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 391 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Mental Health

Race, culture and ethnicity all have a bearing on mental health care. This is the first known book to offer mental health professionals working in the statutory, private or voluntary sectors a comprehensive, practical approach to ways of working in a multi-ethnic society. It examines:the context in which mental health services operate todaythe limitations of traditional psychiatric practicethe rising influence of users of servicesthe practical issues which arise in delivering the servicesthe legal frameworkThis is a book which looks at the realities of life in a multi-ethnic community from a practical viewpoint. It is suitable for multidisciplinary trainings, basic trainings and in-service postgraduate trainings in a variety of professions including social work, psychology, psychiatry and nursing.