Social work in mental health areas of practice, challenges and way forward

Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of illustrations -- Foreword by Vimla V. Nadkarni -- Acknowledgements -- Prologue: the making of the book -- Introduction / by Abraham P. Francis -- Areas of social work practice in mental health -- Engaging children with mental health issues : review of approaches to practice / Abul Khan -- School mental health practice : challenges for school social work in India / V. Sayee Kumar -- Child and adolescent mental health in India / Archana Dassi -- Psychosocial intervention model for the well-being of adolescent girls in the institutions for care / Sheeja B. Karalam -- Gender-based violence and mental health / Ines Zuchowski -- Domestic work and migration : a dual burden to women's mental health / Kalpana Goel -- Mental health issues of home-based elderly and geriatric social work -- Intervention / Sheeba Joseph -- Ageing, religiosity and mental health : some reflections / Braj Bhushan -- Mental health and well-being among older persons : gerontological social work perspectives / Ilango Ponnuswami and P. Udhayakumar -- Social work interventions for comprehensive psychosocial care in substance use disorders / Lakshmi Sankaran and Pratima Murthy -- The dead end : reflections on suicide in developing economies of Southeast Asia / Sonny Jose, Reeja P.S. and Faheema Mustaffa -- Challenges and way forward -- Social justice and human rights issues in mental health practice / Mark David Chong and Abraham P. Francis -- Ethical considerations in mental health research for evidence-based -- Practice / Nonie Harris -- Community mental health and NGO engagement : the Kerala experience / Chitra Venkateswaran, Sonny Jose and Abraham P. Francis -- Emerging issues for social work practice / Anthony McMahon -- Future directions and implications for social work practice in mental health / Abraham P. Francis and Ilango Ponnuswami -- Appendix 1: Key terms explained -- Appendix 2: Reflective/practice questions -- About the editor and contributors -- Index.