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Journal article
Engaging with Transformative Paradigms in Mental Health
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol.18, 9504
01/09/2021
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Abstract
When graduates of Australian social work courses embark on a career in mental health, the systems they enter are complex, fragmented and evolving. Emerging practitioners will commonly be confronted by the loneliness, social exclusion, poverty and prejudice experienced by people living with mental distress; however, social work practice may not be focused on these factors. Instead, in accordance with the dominant biomedical perspective, symptom and risk management may predominate. Frustration with the limitations evident in this approach has seen the United Nations call for the transformation of mental health service delivery. Recognising paradigmatic influences on mental health social work may lead to a more considered enactment of person centred, recovery and rights-based approaches. This paper compares and contrasts influences of neo-liberalism, critical theory, human rights and post-structuralism on mental health social work practice. In preparing social work practitioners to recognise the influence of, and work more creatively with, intersecting paradigms, social work educators strive to foster a transformative approach to mental health practice that straddles discourses.
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- Title
- Engaging with Transformative Paradigms in Mental Health
- Creators
- Louise Whitaker - Faculty of Health, Southern Cross University, Coolangatta, QLD 4225, AustraliaFiona L. Smith - Department of Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Social Policy, School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3083, AustraliaCatherine Brasier - Department of Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Social Policy, School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3083, AustraliaMelissa Petrakis - Department of Social Work, School of Primary & Allied Health Care, Monash University, Caulfield East, VIC 3145, AustraliaLisa Brophy - Department of Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Social Policy, School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3083, Australia
- Publication Details
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol.18, 9504
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Identifiers
- 991012968349602368
- Copyright
- Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Academic Unit
- Social Work; Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article