Social work

Creo firmemente que la respuesta al "ser o no ser" de Hamlet está relacionada en una estrecha dependencia con decidir o no decidir.

Cada enfermedad constituye un gran libro en el cual se puede leer rasgos de nuestra personalidad y situaciones de la vida que necesitamos solucionar para sentirnos bien física y mentalmente.

From pioneering family-based treatment developer James Lock, this is the first comprehensive guide to adolescent-focused therapy (AFT) for anorexia nervosa (AN), an evidence-based individual approach.

This guide introduces a humanistic, solution-focused coaching model, using lived experience to demonstrate how profound changes in our healthcare experiences and system, for patients and staff, are possible; while also supporting readers to develop their own coaching skills.

This volume is the first book-length explication of hermeneutics in social work.

This book represents the first critical edition and scholarly annotated translation of a pioneering report on the predicament of cross-cultural understanding at the dawn of globalization, titled "e;A Brief Response on the Controversies over Shangdi, Tianshen and Linghun"e; ("e;Resposta breve sobre as Controversias do Xamty, Tien Xin, Lim hoen"e;), which was written in China by the Sicilian Jesuit missionary Niccolo Longobardo (1565-1654) in the 1620s and profoundly influenced Enlightenment understandings of Asian philosophy.

'Essential reading' DIVA MAGAZINE'Highly accessible and important' EUGENCE ELLIS'A deeply helpful and engaging read' MEG-JOHN BARKERProviding an accessible and authoritative introduction to issues around People of Colour (POC) trans inclusion, this book uses case studies, tips, checklists and anonymous survey results to set out best practice for any professionals working with trans people to create safer spaces, support and awareness.

This book provides the latest research in the application of innovative technology to the tourism industry in Bangladesh, covering the perspectives, theories, issues, complexities, as well as opportunities and the challenges present.

Disaster strikes, transforming cities and towns into graveyards and wastelands in a matter of minutes.

This book explores the identities, embodied experiences, and personal relationships of young people experiencing homelessness, and analyses these in relation to the material and symbolic position that youth homelessness occupies in modern societies.

This book offers a much-needed critical overview of the concept of social justice and its application in professional social work practice.

This book approaches environmental, climate, and social justice comprehensively and interlinked.

This book investigates the relationship between social capital and loneliness of older adults living in urban China during the COVID-19 outbreak period.

This book investigates the neuroscientific knowledge on addiction as an epistemic project.

From both theoretical and practical perspectives, this book systematically expounds the important theories, key measures and major achievements in the field of poverty alleviation in China, and sums up the important experience of poverty alleviation, it answers the significant question why China has been able to lift itself out of poverty and build a moderately prosperous society in an all round way.

This book addresses a broad range of issues related to mental health in higher education in Australia, with specific reference to student and staff well-being.

This book presents a concise introduction to the contemporary research and practice of suicide prevention, and it addresses the cognitive and neurological aspects of suicide.

This book examines the role of voluntary organizations (VOs) in rural development in the south Asian context.

This book discusses inner peace from an Islamic theological and spiritual perspective, the writings of Said Nursi, a twentieth century Muslim scholar.

This book provides a comparative analysis of how communities have developed people-based resilience in response to the global impact of COVID-19.

This book provides rare insight into how real children/adolescents' lives unfold as a result of health inequity.

This book represents the first critical edition and scholarly annotated translation of a pioneering report on the predicament of cross-cultural understanding at the dawn of globalization, titled "e;A Brief Response on the Controversies over Shangdi, Tianshen and Linghun"e; ("e;Resposta breve sobre as Controversias do Xamty, Tien Xin, Lim hoen"e;), which was written in China by the Sicilian Jesuit missionary Niccolo Longobardo (1565-1654) in the 1620s and profoundly influenced Enlightenment understandings of Asian philosophy.

'This book isn't just a guide; it's a lifeline' Shirley Ballas, head judge, Strictly Come Dancing, and ambassador for CALM and Suicide&CoWorldwide, suicide is one of the leading causes of death among young people, and numbers continue to increase.

This book explains the causes, process, and results of group disputes in urban communities (the empirical experiences from Shanghai) in China.

This book presents the perspectives of some of the main players, both academics and professionals, in communication for sustainable development and social change so as to provide valuable lessons for future generations of change agents.

This volume combines approaches from three disciplines - economics, sociology, and demography - and empirically analyzes the key aspects of the labor market and social demography processes in post-Soviet transitional societies while focusing on the gender perspective.

This book presents an analysis of how the grassroots movement of Guangchang Wu or 'square dance' in China has become a national phenomenon.

This book focuses on various aspects of gender and mental health.

This book offers a comprehensive guide to psychodrama, including the underlying philosophy, methodology, theory and applications.

This book examines the state of art in disability studies, focusing on the Indian context, as well as the broader South Asian situation.

This book explores the journey of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) as it is interpreted and translated from International Human Rights Law into domestic law and policy in different cultural contexts.

The book brings to the reader a set of political and social narratives woven around people's resistance against big dams, mining and industrial projects, in short, displacement and dispossession in Odisha, India.

This book explores how students in China vary in their understanding of careers upon arrival at college and how these initial differences develop into distinctive career preparation pathways.

This book explores the affective and relational lives of young people in diverse urban spaces.

This book, as the first exploration of suicide in Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS), illustrates the scarcity of suicide research in the discipline and argues that the leading cause of violent death worldwide is a multifaceted phenomenon that needs to be fully comprehended as a significant and often preventable form of world-wide violence.

This book addresses a timely and compelling emerging issue related to the conservation and sustainable use of marine resources and the sustainable development of the coastal community.

This book discusses approaches used by NGOs in formulating and implementing mental health care in the community in the context of high treatment gap, insufficient public expenditure on health, human resource shortages, heterogeneity of communities as well as cultural beliefs in India.

This book examines the mechanisms and strategies farmers in North Australia adopt to manage the setbacks and challenges they face.

This book is devoted to offering a new concept of non-employment caused by social exclusion.

This book is about the institutional disrespect experienced by refugee immigrants at the hands of the state and its institutions.

This book showcases current thinking on social work in the field of mental health and illness from a bio-ecological and spiritual framework reflecting the transition in mental health care from institution to community.

This book brings together leaders in the field of community practice and social development in social work.

  Exploring archaeology, community engagement and cultural heritage protection in South Asia, this book considers heritage management strategies through community engagement, bringing together the results of research undertaken by archaeologists, heritage practitioners and policy makers working towards the preservation and conservation of both cultural and natural heritage.

This book examines disability in post-war Sierra Leone.

This book offers a comprehensive and critical guide to research and practice in the field of arts education and conflict management.

The dramatically increasing aging population of Hong Kong has elicited new risks and opportunities to facilitate a positive life for older adults.

This book offers a much-needed critical overview of the concept of social justice and its application in professional social work practice.

This book critically discusses the psychology of Chinese gambling from a cultural perspective.

This Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of local governance in China, and offers original analysis of key factors underpinning trends in this field drawing on the expertise of scholars both inside and outside China.