Social work and a social model of madness and distress
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https://doi.org/10.1921/swssr.v12i2.454Keywords:
<i>social work</i>, <i>social model</i>, <i>madness and distress</i>, <i>disconnection</i>, <i>oppression</i>, <i>barriers</i>Abstract
This article explores the social model in relation to ‘mental health’ policy and practice generally and social work specifically. It highlights the continuing dominance of bio-medical approaches to and interpretations of ‘mental health’; examines the development and nature of mainstream social approaches and considers mental health service users’ own discussions of a social model of madness and distress. The article looks at the ramifications for social work which is based on a social model of madness and distress; what it might look like and what infrastructural supports it is likely to require to develop effectively.
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2012-12-26
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Beresford, P. (2012). Social work and a social model of madness and distress. Social Work and Social Sciences Review, 12(2), 59-73. https://doi.org/10.1921/swssr.v12i2.454
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