ABSTRACT

First published in 1998. This is Volume VII, the final of seven in the Sociology of Mental Health series. Written in 1953, this book is about individuals who choose and are chosen for psychiatric social work, the use that they make of training and the shaping of their careers when they enter employment.

chapter |8 pages

Introduction

chapter |28 pages

Origins and Growth

chapter |18 pages

Three Examples of Case-Work

chapter |34 pages

Selection

chapter |25 pages

Training

chapter |14 pages

The Shaping of Careers

chapter |20 pages

Working in Partnership

chapter |22 pages

Service in Wider Fields

chapter |24 pages

Personal Difficulties

chapter |26 pages

Ends and Means

chapter |6 pages

Conclusion