It has been well over a century since the death of George Muller (1805-1898) and sadly, fewer and fewer of each ensuing generation have been acquainted with the remarkable story of the man who believed unreservedly in the power of prayer.
In turbulent Shanghai in the years between the World Wars, the International Settlement was a mercantile powerhouse that faced unrest from Communist labor unions, criminal gangs, spies, political agitators, armed kidnappers and assassins.
The hilarious adventures of Harry the Polis as recalled by ex-polis Harry Morris, the self-appointed Chief Constable of funny stories, continue with the publication of his tenth book, The Last Night on the Beat.
A handbook for counsellors and therapists working in the criminal justice system is an exciting second edition of Interventions in Criminal Justice and is a response to therapy in the criminal justice setting and addresses additional contemporary issues and challenges faced by counsellors and therapists working in the criminal justice system.
This important book provides a critical examination of the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of young women and girls in Southern Africa, examining the ways in which current policies and programmes aimed at improving SRHR often fail to reach the most marginalised populations.
A Practical Guide to Working with Depression: A cognitive behavioural approach for mental health workers provides mental health workers in all public, private and voluntary sectors with information on the nature of depression based on a number of theories from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which is the predominant model used in public services at the moment.
Verity Holloway’s nineteenth-century cousin Thomas Holloway’s patent medicine empire was so ubiquitous, Charles Dickens commented that if you’d murdered someone with the name Holloway, you’d think their spirit had come back to torment you.
Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten und empirisches Forschen sind für Studierende oft herausfordernd & schließlich werden sie meist erst im Studium mit wissenschaftlichen Arbeitsweisen konfrontiert.
Social work engages with people across the life course, and social workers are expected to work with groups of people at very different stages of their life.
This book is the second volume of a selection of the best papers presented at the XXX National Conference of Commodity Science held in Bari, Italy on 27-28th October, 2022.
This updated and revised new edition of Six Key Approaches to Counselling and Therapy provides an accessible introduction to the theory and practice of six of the most popular contemporary therapeutic approaches from the three main schools of therapy practice:- cognitive therapy and solution-focused therapy from the cognitive-behavioural school- person-centred and Gestalt therapy from the humanistic school- Freud's psychoanalysis and Jung's analytical therapy from the psychodynamic school.
Voicing Psychotic Experiences explores the process of recovery from psychosis, although is applicable to recovery from all mental health problems, by looking at definitions, research, diversity and personal experiences.
This handbook explores aspects of public mental health, focusing on the relationship between socieconomic inequalities and mental health inequalities as its central theme.
They are four-legged police officers sniffing their way through mountains, tropical forests, and urban jungles, and they operate in the southernmost Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago, just seven miles from Venezuela.
Written by a police professional with 40 years' experience, Police Responses to Islamist Violent Extremism and Terrorism examines the evolution of counter-terrorism policy and state narratives on the causes and drivers of Islamist violence and terrorism and issues a direct challenge to the reality they impose on British Muslim communities, as well as the wider British public.
Self-direction: The key to a better life is written by self direct, a social enterprise founded on the principle that people with personal experience of health and social care services are equal experts and should drive any changes.
Zentrale Themen der Sozialwirtschaft und des Sozialmanagements standen auch in den Jahren 2022 und 2023 im Fokus von Tagungen der in Deutschland in der Sozialwirtschaft führenden wissenschaftlichen Vereinigung, der „Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Sozialmanagement/Sozialwirtschaft BAG SMSW“.
It has long been known that people with learning disabilities have poorer health than the general population, but the extent of these differences becomes striking when considering the evidence of reduced life expectancy.
Psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, psychiatric nurses, theoreticians, practitioners, and other allied professionals who together represent the entire arc of the mental health field must be versed in psychopathology, the study of mental and emotional phenomena, abnormal psychology, and specific symptoms and behaviors.
The connections between sustainability and business education are becoming increasingly important due to the growing recognition of environmental and social challenges, as well as the role that businesses play in addressing these challenges.
This book focuses on two issues: the creation of benefits and opportunities for the poverty-stricken people and the trade-off between FCS and poverty alleviation.
This third edition of the best-selling book brings essential, newly-developed material, while retaining core material covering fundamentals of good supervision, group supervision and the emotional impact of work.
This theoretical but highly accessible book helps develop understanding about the philosophy of recovery, what the supporting evidence is and how workers and managers can apply this in a more recovery friendly way as well as what they can do to assess and evidence these changes.
Das Studienbuch bietet eine ebenso verständliche wie fachlich fundierte Einführung in Grundlagen der sozial- und kulturwissenschaftlichen Gender-, Queer- und Diversity Studies und damit verbundene Problem- und Handlungsfelder für die Soziale Arbeit.
They are four-legged police officers sniffing their way through mountains, tropical forests, and urban jungles, and they operate in the southernmost Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago, just seven miles from Venezuela.
Loin d’un moralisme charitable et compassionnel, les politiques sociales contemporaines s’appuient sur des idéaux proclamés, comme le bien commun, la justice sociale, la réduction des inégalités, la dignité des personnes, l’autonomie ou la responsabilité individuelle.
