Social work

Replacing the successful "e;Working with Dementia"e;, this edition draws together many new ideas and practical approaches from a wide variety of professionals working at the leading edge of the provision of services to people with dementia and provides a comprehensive account of current best practice.

The government performance movement has been in full swing for decades around the world.

Homophobia hurts kids.

In the United States and Great Britain, 20-30% of all homicides involve the killing of a woman by a man.

This introductory text provides an invaluable and accessible overview of the rapidly developing field of integrative psychotherapy, and offers a relational-developmental approach to theory and practice.

Debates about the regulation of drugs are inseparable from talk of children and the young.

Few books written for practitioners provide any practical information regarding grief and loss issues with children and adolescents.

This pioneering volume represents the culmination of state-of-the-art research whose purpose was to investigate the relationship between health care and immigration in the USA - two broken systems in need of reform.

The Routledge Handbook of Community Development explores community development theory and practice across the world.

Few problems in education are as pressing as the severe crisis in urban schools.

Based on the author's experience as psychotherapist and counsellor, this book provides an approachable introduction to the field of counselling young people for anyone undertaking counselling within organisations such as schools, universities, the social services or industry

'Comprehensive and user-friendly.

Building a Better Man presents a theory and science based discussion of masculinity in modern America, but it also does much more than that-it interweaves a diverse group of compelling personal stories with an exploration of aggression and masculinity in the socialization of boys and men.

Substance use has become an increasingly common concern for all aspects of social work practice, and especially when working with mental health and vulnerable families.

In the past few decades, researchers and practitioners have moved away from the idea of fatherhood as a single, monolithic concept.

This volume presents psychobiographical research in non-WEIRD-Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic-contexts and samples, focusing on culture, transcultural and transdisciplinary work.

This book provides an overview of the core professional issues in the field of child and youth care practice.

Older people are the biggest service user group for social workers and an increasing proportion of the population.

This accessible book takes a unique person-centred approach to working with older people and provides an introduction to the legislation, policy, theory and research needed by social workers.

Psychology's contribution to health research and clinical practice continues to grow at a phenomenal pace.

This book explores the dynamics of community self help in local neighbourhoods.

The role of education in prisons, prisoners' decisions regarding education, the impact of prison culture on either encouraging or discouraging such activities, and the potential consequences of education for prisoners' reentry into society all have important implications.

Feminist theory is a challenging and often deeply divided body of thought that raises issues which affect us all.

Whilst assessment has long been central to the counselling process, with the recent moves towards evidence-based practice and increased regulation it is taking an increasingly pivotal role in service provision.

This compelling book provides psychotherapists with evidence-based strategies for harnessing the power of language to free clients from life-constricting patterns and promote psychological flourishing.

The Anti-Racist Social Worker in Practice shows how anti-racism can be woven into daily practice.

This book provides a much-needed account of informal community-based approaches to working with mental distress.

"e;This is a useful book with carefully condensed material that will be useful to beginning counselors and other helping professionals.

This is the third edition of Barbara Bassot's hugely popular book, a uniquely inspiring introduction to critically reflective practice.

Trainee therapists need to show practical competence through the production of client reports and case studies.

This widely used practitioner resource and course text provides an engaging overview of developmental theory and research, with a focus on what practitioners need to know.

Discussing career decision making (CDM), career guidance, a computerized system of career guidance, and the interplay among them, this book describes the way people sort themselves, or are sorted, into educational and occupational options.

Written by two leading authors in the field, Social Work and Spirituality provides a critical engagement with the concept of spirituality and a much needed framework for the integration of spiritual care in mainstream practice.

Today's children face a multitude of pressures, from the everyday challenges of life to the increasing threats of poverty, exploitation, and trauma.

This significantly updated second edition serves students and general readers alike who seek to learn what is often not taught, a basic history of race and racism in the US.

The lack of good statistical information had been a major factor in the poor planning of services for the mentally handicapped in the late 1960s.

First Published in 2003.

Traditional therapy can often be an off-putting experience for boys as it is in direct opposition to the ways they generally interact and connect with others.

Thirty percent of foreign development aid is channeled through NGOs or community-based organizations to improve service delivery to the poor, build social capital, and establish democracy in developing nations.

'Hatton's book is a welcome antidote to stagnation and moribund thinking in contemporary professional practice and readers will gain much from engaging with the concepts he sets out and the challenges he raises.

This book illustrates the current findings of interpersonal neurobiology that inform knowledge building and clinical practice.

Women Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse is a detailed discussion of the theoretical and philosophical underpinnings involved in conducting group psychotherapy with women who have experienced childhood sexual abuse.

Over the past 16 years, new theories and models have emerged in the stress and anxiety knowledge base regarding the unique forms associated with performance.

Although awareness of campus sexual assault is at a historic high, institutional responses to incidents of sexual violence remain widely varied.

This book provides a theoretical framework and a practical model of intervention for distressed couples whose relationships are affected by the echoes of trauma.

Leading family sociologist David Morgan revisits his highly influential 'family practices' approach in this new book.

This is an essential handbook for youth workers, teachers, social workers and youth justice practitioners working with young people to raise awareness about the risks and realities of gangs and gang-related crime.

Rich with clinical wisdom, this successful text and practitioner guide offers a comprehensive framework for treating adolescent problems in the family context.