Mental Health Social Work Practice in Canada [Paperback] Regehr, Cheryl and Glancy, Graham

Product Description Clear, comprehensive, and research-based, this is the leading Canadian introduction to mental health practice in social work. This is the only Canadian textbook to offer a comprehensive overview of the legal and policy framework for mental health practice in social work. Accessible, rigorous, and grounded in research, this text combines analysis of case studies with careful examination of evidence-based practices. Review "Regehr and Glancy rise to the challenge and this text continues to be the most relevant reading for Canadian social work curriculum, scholarship, and practice." ―Alice Schmidt Hanbidge, Renison University College/University of Waterloo "A thorough, accessible, relevant text that will support and deepen students' knowledge of mental health within a Canadian context." ―Kathy Smith, Vancouver Island University "This newly revised textbook is foundational reading for Canadian social work students. It provides a clear and comprehensive overview of current mental health issues and evidence-based practice application." ―Rosemary Vito, King's University College/Western University About the Author Cheryl Regehr is the vice-president and provost of the University of Toronto. She is a professor in the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work with cross-appointments to the Faculty of Law and the Institute for Medical Sciences at the University of Toronto. Previously she was dean of Social Work and director of the Research Institute for Evidence-Based Social Work and the Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare. In addition, she has been a member of several editorial boards for international scholarly journals and of committees adjudicating grants for national granting councils. Her practice background includes 20 years of direct service in forensic social work and emergency mental health and in the administration of mental health programs. As a forensic social worker, she specialized in workplace trauma interventions and civil litigation and criminal court assessments of trauma victims and violent offenders. Her current research uses experimental design methods to examine factors influencing social work assessments of suicide risk, and qualitative studies addressing the impact of video evidence of violent crime and archival work on professionals. Graham Glancy is a Founder of Forensic Psychiatry in Canada and is past-president of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. He is an associate professor of Psychiatry, director of Forensic Psychiatry, and an adjunct professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto, and an assistant clinical professor at McMaster University. His clinical work involves consultation with the legal and medical community, correctional facilities, and private companies. In his previous role as chief of the Forensic Service at the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry (now the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health), he was instrumental in developing and running the Sex Offender Treatment Program and the Relapse Prevention Group. He was also director of the post-graduate Psychiatry program at the Clarke Institute. He is a past-president of the Canadian Academy of Psychiatry and the Law and was on a team to develop the first Canadian examination for certification in Forensic Psychiatry. In 2000, he was awarded the Bruno Cormier Award for outstanding contribution to Forensic Psychiatry.