Registration for the 9th International Conference on Social Work in Health and Mental Health is now open. Hosted by the International Centre for Mental Health Social Research from 22-26 July 2019 at the University of
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There seems to be a pervasive concern that use of our smartphones or tablets is associated with the widely-reported increase in loneliness in the UK and many other countries. Rather than being the cause, I
Continue ReadingShaping the future of social work in health and mental health
The call for abstracts for the 9th International Conference on Social Work in Health and Mental Health to be held in York in July 2019 has been published today. This conference is held every three years,
Continue ReadingBuilding social work research capacity in India
The work of the International Centre for Mental Health Social Research in India continued this week with a visit to the Rajagiri College of Social Sciences. Our focus this week has been supporting a new
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The International Centre for Mental Health Social Research (ICMHSR) hosted a visit to the University of York from its collaborators from India and Australia in April as part of a project developing social interventions for
Continue ReadingSharing Lived Experience in Mental Health Services
Jonny Lovell, PhD student in the International Centre for Mental Health Social Research at the University of York, has recently completed his thesis on sharing lived experience in mental health services. He conducted this research
Continue ReadingThe (Not So) Secret Life of a Social Work Academic
What do social work academics do in their spare time? Well, they ride a bike across America, of course! OK, so that's a bit extreme. But it's exactly what a colleague of mine has done.
Continue ReadingLiberate social work from its procedural constraints
Social work in the UK needs to be freed from its organisational constraints in order to be more effective. Across child and family social work, adult social work and mental health social work, practitioners are
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