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Mental Health and Social Work

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  • © 2020

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Editors:
  1. Rosaleen Ow

    1. National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

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  2. Abner Weng Cheong Poon

    1. University New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

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  • Provides an inclusive framework for understanding mental health social work
  • Builds on findings from both research and practice
  • Provides an international perspective, with contributions from many different countries
  • Comprehensively covers both established and innovative research findings

Part of the book series: Social Work (SOWO)

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Table of contents (26 entries)

  1. Alcohol and Drug Use

    • Wulf Livingston

  2. An Overview of Social Work Approaches in Working with Families of People with Serious Mental Illness

    • Abner Weng Cheong Poon, Winnie W. Kung

  3. Application of Mindfulness-Based Approaches in the Context of Social Work

    • Si Ying Tan, Shian-Ling Keng

  4. Behavior Analysis and Social Work

    • Bruce A. Thyer

  5. Community and Mental Health

    • Robert Bland, Gabrielle Drake

  6. Community Mental Health in South Korea

    • You-Jin Chung, Ok-Kyung Yang

  7. Community, Mental Health and Social Work

    • Caroline Lim, Rosaleen Ow

  8. Developmental Approach to Mental Health

    • Antoinette Lombard, Nontembeko Bila

  9. Ethics, Values, and Recovery in Mental Health Social Work Practice

    • Bani Aadam, Melissa Petrakis

  10. Financial Challenges and Mental Health

    • Irene Y. H. Ng, Trina R. Shanks

  11. Individual Approach to Mental Health from a Psychodynamic and Cognitive Behavioral Perspective

    • Mun Heng Low, Stuart Stevenson

  12. Legal Provisions, Advocacy, and Empowerment

    • Lisa Brophy

  13. Māori Social Work and Māori Mental Health in Aotearoa New Zealand

    • Hannah Mooney, Andrea (Ange) Watson, Paulé Ruwhiu, Awhina Hollis-English

  14. Medical Perspective on Mental Health

    • Carol Harvey

  15. Mental Health and Social Work: The Islamic Perspectives

    • Mohd Dahlan A.Malek

  16. Natural Disaster

    • Timothy Sim, Joydeb Garai

  17. Parenting Challenges for Persons with a Serious Mental Illness

    • Linda Campbell, Abner Weng Cheong Poon

  18. Psychological Perspective

    • Virgil L. Gregory Jr

  19. Qigong Practice

    • Jessie S. M. Chan, Siu-man Ng

  20. Reflection of Future Social Work Practice in Mental Health

    • Abner Weng Cheong Poon, Rosaleen Ow
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About this book

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. The book presents a valuable tool for understanding theories on aetiology and social work interventions in mental health from varying socio-cultural, economic and political contexts.

Topics covered include: the values and ethics of social work practice in mental health; psycho-social theories on mental health and illness, including psychological perspective and the structural/ social development perspective; social work approaches in working with individuals, families and communities; contextualized social work practice in mental health with a specific population group or community;  structural factors such as legal provision and financial challenges in mental health and illness; and new directions in social work and mental health.

Editors and Affiliations

  • National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

    Rosaleen Ow

  • University New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

    Abner Weng Cheong Poon

About the editors

Abner Poon is a Lecturer of Social Work at the School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of New South Wales. His research focuses on social work practice in mental health, impact of mental illness on families and caregivers, family intervention in mental health, children of parents with mental illness, health and wellbeing of migrants facing mental health problems, recovery and community mental health teams. He has published articles on Assertive Community Treatment Program, caregivers of people with psychosis, Chinese migrants caring for people with schizophrenia and parents with mental illness.


Dr Rosaleen Ow is currently Senior Lecturer at the Department of Social Work, National University of Singapore with a M.Sc. from University College, Cardiff, Wales, and a Ph.D. from the National University of Singapore. She was a social work practitioner working mainly with children and families with very low income in Singapore and Wales before becoming an academic at the National University of Singapore. Her administrative role at the National University of Singapore included being the Head of Department before stepping down to go on sabbatical leave. Apart from teaching, she had been and is still an active volunteer with government and non-government agencies serving children with cancer and chronic illnesses, and families in need of formal social service support. Collaborating closely with non-governmental organizations and formal government bodies, her research and writing are focused on examining the social and cultural factors that are interlinked with the needs and challenges of different types of families and the service provisions available to support such families. 

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