He has research interests in social work, social theory, power, ageing and vol- unteering. He has published over publications. Jeffrey L. He has worked as an academic and applied anthropologist in areas related to health and mental health practice and the cross- cultural study of mental illness. He has served as editor and associate editor of journals for the American Anthropological Association and the Society for Applied Anthropology.
He has also served on the editorial board of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis. He is the author of Meds, Money, and Manners: The case management of severe mental illness Columbia University Press , where, through uti- lising ethnographic and socio-historical methods, he examines the rise of community support services and of the case manager and case management, and the limits of management mod- els in providing effective services.
She has researched and written about social work practice from a number of perspectives and is co author of Social Work Practice, a textbook for social work. In all her work, she has explored the relationship between feminism and social work practice and research. An extended account of her analysis, which informs the chapter in this text, can be found in Gender and Community Care: Social work and social care perspectives Palgrave Macmillan Kate M.
She has worked in a range of community, political and academic settings, and has contributed to research on eviction, homelessness and anti-poverty activism, and educational texts on social welfare, social work and social theory. Prior to this, she was a lecturer in sociology at Sheffield Hallam University. She has recently co- written an article exploring the relationship between deaf children and resilience and another on bereavement and sexuality.
She is currently working on a research project examining the support needs of groups subject to sexual and domestic violence who have hitherto been little researched, such as ethnic minorities, the LGBT community and heterosexual men.
His most recent books include A Crisis of Waste? He is currently developing a research project on material culture in the criminal world. Her background includes research experience in conducting systematic reviews and knowledge exchange and transfer, such as synthesising evidence on best practices and improving outcomes for service providers. She has published in a range of mental health topics, including anti-stigma interventions, the prevalence of mental health difficulties in children and, most recently, in knowledge translation efforts in the journal Evidence-based Social Work.
His next book, to be published in , is focused on social theory and social work. Purnima works with child and youth mental health organisations to support the use of evidence- informed practice to improve mental health outcomes for children, youth and families.
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