Personalising care plans and collaboration is important in crisis planning in early intervention in psychosis teams.
Practitioners working in early intervention in psychosis teams have confirmed the importance of collaboration in crisis planning, a new study has found. Nikki Lonsdale used a survey and semi-structured interviews to explore practitioners' perspectives on
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Renée Aleong discusses her PhD research and explains why Black mental health matters
I am really pleased to introduce one of my PhD students, Renée Aleong, who writes here about her research. Renée is in the first year of her PhD exploring the compulsory detention of Black people
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Jonny Lovell talks about his research on sharing lived experience in mental health services
Next in my series of posts about chapters from the Routledge Handbook of Social Work Practice Research, I caught up with co-author of chapter 30, Dr Jonny Lovell. I first met Jonny when he was
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Dr Tracee Green discusses her research just published in the Routledge Handbook of Social Work Practice Research
Dr Tracee Green completed her PhD with me a few years ago. She reported the findings of her research in chapter 32 of the Routledge Handbook of Social Work Practice Research which has just been
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Watch the launch of the Routledge Handbook of Social Work Practice Research here
The launch of the Routledge Handbook of Social Work Practice Research on 27th May 2020 brought together over 50 of its 94 authors to mark its publication. We had planned to launch the book at
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Co-editor Lynette Joubert in conversation with me about the new Handbook
Following the launch of the Routledge Handbook of Social Work Practice Research, I caught up with my co-editor Lynette Joubert to discuss the book. Here's a little of what she said. Why were you attracted
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International handbook on practice research in social work is now published by Routledge
Today we are launching the Routledge Handbook of Social Work Practice Research. This is the first international handbook to focus on practice research for social work. We (Prof Lynette Joubert, University of Melbourne, and I)
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Major national survey of mental health social workers launches today
Social work has a long history in mental health services, but these services have developed without a clear understanding of the contribution that social work is intended to make. Services are organised in very different
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