Research Guides: Human Services Technology Research Guide: Books and eBooks

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Social Welfare by Mark Stern; June Axinn
ISBN: 9780134303734
Publication Date: 2017
Social Welfare: A History of the American Response to Need enables students to place current issues of social concern in their historical contexts, while exploring the ideas-as well as the economic and political forces-that have shaped policy development.
Understanding Mental Illness by Carlin Barnes; Marketa Wills
ISBN: 9781510745940
Publication Date: 2019
Dr. Carlin Barnes and Dr. Marketa Wills have written this necessary and comprehensive, practical guide to educate and help everyone better understand mental health, with insights and wisdom concerning a variety of psychiatric conditions.
A Sociology of Mental Health and Illness by Anne Rogers; David Pilgrim
ISBN: 0335236650
Publication Date: 2010
Rogers and Pilgrim construct compelling arguments for the need to focus on the social, economic and political determinants of mental well-being, providing a key teaching and learning resource for workers in the fields of social work, nursing, clinical psychology and psychiatry.
The Aging Population by Margaret Haerens
ISBN: 9780737769432
Publication Date: 2014
Examine topics related to the aging population, including the economic consequences of an aging population, the social and legal issues of an aging population, social security, and the medical challenges that face an aging population.
Elderhood by Louise Aronson
ISBN: 9781620405468
Publication Date: 2019
Harvard-trained geriatrician Louise Aronson uses stories from her quarter century of caring for patients, and draws from history, science, literature, popular culture, and her own life to weave a vision of old age that's neither nightmare nor utopian fantasy--a vision full of joy, wonder, frustration, outrage, and hope about aging, medicine, and humanity itself.

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Careers in Human Services by Michael Shally-Jensen (Editor)
ISBN: 9781619257788
Publication Date: 2015
Merging scholarship with occupational development, this single comprehensive guidebook provides human services students with the necessary insight into potential careers, and provides instruction on what job seekers can expect in terms of training, advancement, earnings, job prospects, working conditions, relevant associations, and more.
Counseling Theories and Techniques for Rehabilitation and Mental Health Professionals by Norman L. Berven (Editor); Kenneth R. Thomas (Editor); Fong Chan
ISBN: 9780826198686
Publication Date: 2015
Emphasizes state-of-the-art scientific evidence that supports the effectiveness of various counseling approaches and techniques for people with and without disabilities.
Social (in)Justice and Mental Health by Ruth S. Shim (Editor); Sarah Y. Vinson (Editor)
ISBN: 9781615373765
Publication Date: 2020
Social (In)Justice and Mental Health addresses the context in which mental health care is delivered, strategies for raising consciousness in the mental health profession, and ways to improve treatment while redressing injustice.
Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System by Ian Cummins
ISBN: 9781910391938
Publication Date: 2016
his book examines the experiences of people with mental health problems across all stages of the CJS and across all the points of contact - police, Courts and prisons between the CJS and people with mental health problems.
Working with Strengths: The Developmental Pathway To Addiction Recovery by Steve Morgan
ISBN: 9781909810723
Publication Date: 2014
Working with Strengths is a handbook to delivering person-centered practice and recovery.
Ageing and Mental Health by Julian Ashton, Lee Knifton, and Heather Edwards
ISBN: 9781800712393
Publication Date: 2020
Focuses on a range of issues surrounding challenges of ageing which, despite increased life expectancy, have in many countries not been given the priority they deserve.