Social Work and Mental Health: Evidence-Based Policy and Practice

Social work and the mental health system -- A short history of mental health policy and treatment in the United States -- Views from the inside : mental health clients and their families -- Mental illness across the life cycle : children, adolescents, adults, and older adults -- Social work and mental illness : labels and diagnoses -- Social work and psychiatry : psychotropic medications and brain stimulation techniques -- Gender, race, ethnicity and the mental health system -- Social work, mental illness, and the criminal justice system -- No place to go : homelessness and mental illness -- Views from the field : challenges in mental health social work -- Innovations in mental health care -- Prevention and future issues in mental health social work.