Publisher's Synopsis
This book explores the approved social worker?s role in contemporary mental health practice. It combines a description of various aspects of multi-disciplinary working, with accounts of clinical signs and syndromes, set against the possibilities and challenges inherent in the ASW?s duties. The authors have experience of current ASW practice, training and teaching. Whilst simply and concisely written, the book contains a number of complex case examples which illuminate and test current policy and practice.