Power and Control in Mental Health Social Work

Community Care and Involuntary Intervention
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-4473-6951-6
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Research in Social Work

Control forms the basis for much social work practice, yet the realities of how much control is exercised in everyday practice often remains hidden. Combining original research with critical analysis, this book reveals how ethical frameworks, agency and interaction influence decisions – and how control can produce paradoxical, unexpected outcomes.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jobling, Hannah

Hardy, Mark

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pflege Psychiatrische Pflege
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Medizin- und Gesundheitsrecht
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Gesundheitssystem, Gesundheitswesen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Virtuous authority? Power and control in practice

1. Theorising power and control

2. Control and community mental health practice

3. A virtual asylum? The various meanings of compulsion in the community

4. Experiencing Control - how Service users navigated CTOs

5. Enacting control - the purpose and practices of CTOs

6. Sense of an ending - deciding when to relinquish control

7. Practice paradoxes and (perverse) consequences

8. Reconciling Control

Reference List

Appendix: How the study was conducted

Über Autor(innen)

Jobling, Hannah
Hannah Jobling is Lecturer in Social Work at the University of York.

Hannah Jobling is Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of York.

Mark Hardy is an Honorary Fellow in the School for Business and Society at the University of York