Power and Control in Mental Health Social Work

Community Treatment and Involuntary Intervention in Mental Health Services
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-4473-6951-6
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Research in Social Work

Control forms the basis for much social work practice, yet the realities of how much control is exercised in everyday practice often remains hidden. Combining original research with critical analysis, this book reveals how ethical frameworks, agency and interaction influence decisions – and how control can produce paradoxical, unexpected outcomes.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jobling, Hannah

Hardy, Mark

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Gesundheitssystem, Gesundheitswesen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pflege Psychiatrische Pflege
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Medizin- und Gesundheitsrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Virtuous authority? Understanding the role of control in social work

1. Power and control in social work

2. Control in mental health social work

3. A virtual asylum? The meanings of compulsion in the community

4. Enacting control: agency, interaction and context

5. Sense of an ending: Deciding when to relinquish control

6. Practice paradoxes and (perverse) consequences

7. Reconciling control

Appendix: Methods and brief portraits

Über Autor(innen)

Jobling, Hannah
Hannah Jobling is Lecturer in Social Work at the University of York.

Hannah Jobling is Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of York.

Mark Hardy is Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of York.