Published
May 25, 2020Page count
182 pagesISBN
978-1447350590Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy PressPublished
May 25, 2020Page count
182 pagesISBN
978-1447350644Imprint
Policy PressPublished
May 25, 2020Page count
182 pagesISBN
978-1447350644Imprint
Policy Press
Mental Health Services and Community Care
This critical interdisciplinary study charts the modern history of mental health services, reflects upon the evolution of care in communities, and considers the most effective policies and practices for the future.
Starting with the development of community care in the 1960s, Cummins explores the political, economic, and bureaucratic factors behind the changes and crises in mental health social care, returning to those roots to identify progressive principles that can pave a sustainable pathway forward.
This is a groundbreaking contribution to debates about the role, values, and future of community care, and is vital reading for students, teachers, and researchers in the field of social work and mental health.
“Cummins carefully unpicks the threads underpinning the development of community care and its consequences. This will be of value to those interested in learning from past failures to improve mental health services in the future.” Kathryn Karban, University of Bradford
Ian Cummins is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Health and Society at the University of Salford.
Introduction
Community care: a brief overview
The asylum and the community
Inquiries
Deinstitutionalisation and the penal state
Reform or revolution? Mental health legislation and the development of community care
International perspectives
Neoliberalism, advanced marginality and mental health
Conclusion
