Child Protection and Mental Health Services

Health and social care professionals are constantly exhorted to work collaboratively. This book reports on research which examines interprofessional work with families in which mothers have a mental health problem and where there are also concerns about child protection. Breakdowns in interprofessio [...]
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Health and social care professionals are constantly exhorted to work collaboratively. This book reports on research which examines interprofessional work with families in which mothers have a mental health problem and where there are also concerns about child protection. Breakdowns in interprofessional co-ordination, issues of risk, and mothers' evaluations of professional input are all addressed. Service users' views are also included providing a valuable and significant alternative to professional perspectives. "Child protection and mental health services": reports on a survey of 500 practitioners working in health; the social services and the voluntary sector; presents data from in-depth interviews with mothers with severe mental health problems; identifies weaknesses in interprofessional co-ordination in this area of work; and suggests a new model for work with families where mental health problems and child protection concerns co-exist. The book should be stimulating reading for all those involved in mental health or child protection work with families.Practitioners, managers and policy makers as well as students on health and social work programmes of study will find much of interest here.