Mental Health Social Work Practice in Canada

Note: Each chapter includes:
- Learning Objectives
- Summary
- Discussion Questions
- Suggested Readings and Websites
1. The Context of Mental Health Social Work Practice in Canada
2. A Policy Framework for Mental Health Practice in Canada
3. Mental Health Law in Canada
4. Social Work Assessment in Mental Health
5. Suicide and Self-Harm
6. Trauma and Traumatic Grief
7. Schizophrenia and Related Psychotic Illnesses
8. Mood Disturbance: Depression and Mania
9. Anxiety
10. Neurocognitive Disorders
11. Substance-Related Disorders
12. Personality Disturbance
Glossary
References
Index

Instructor's Manual:
For each chapter:
· Learning Objectives
· Lecture Outline
· 3-6 Ideas for the Classroom
· 5-8 Ideas for Discussion and Debate
· 5-8 Supplemental Resources (web links to recommended videos, podcasts, articles, and websites)
· Role Plays in selected chapters
PowerPoint Slides:
For each chapter:
· 15-20 slides
Test Bank: NEW
For each chapter:
· 25 multiple-choice questions
· 15 true/false questions
· 5 short answer questions
- Answers for all questions with section references
Image Bank: NEW
- All figures and tables from the book, with alt text.

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.

Essential Law for Social Work Practice in Canada - Cheryl Regehr, Karima Kanani, Jesstina McFadden and Michael Saini
Introduction to Social Work in Canada - Nicole Ives, Myriam Denov and Tamara Sussman
Canadian Social Policy for Social Workers - Edited by Robert Harding and Daphne Jeyapal
Social Policy in Canada - Ernie Lightman and Naomi Lightman
Connecting Policy to Practice in the Human Services - Brad McKenzie and The late Brian Wharf

Special Features

• Written by two top Canadian academics and practitioners, this is the only book that offers students a comprehensive overview of both the social and legislative frameworks for mental health practice in social work within a Canadian context.
• Accessible writing style makes the text engaging and comprehensible to students, while discussion questions encourage students to think critically about current mental health issues.
• Case studies illustrate examples of social work practices at work, to equip students with the tools and knowledge needed once working in the field.
• A strong pedagogical program - including learning objectives, key term definitions, discussion questions, and suggested readings and web links - ensure students understand the material and can put theory into practice.

New to this Edition

• All figures have been improved to enhance students' understanding of key concepts, processes, and data.
• Updated statistics throughout, including statistics regarding depression and anxiety among Canadian post-secondary students (Ch.1), Indigenous mental health (Ch.4), and the societal cost of dementia (Ch.10).
• Updated coverage of mental health legislation in Canada (Ch.3) and discussion of the Mental Health Commission of Canada's recently released Standard on Psychological Health and Safety for Post-Secondary Students (Ch.2).
• New coverage of important topics, including self-care for social workers (Ch.1); medical assistance in dying (Ch.5); legalization of cannabis (Ch.7); online therapies (Ch.8); the impacts of social media (Ch.9); and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on anxiety (Ch.9).
• Increased coverage of topics such as the social determinants of health (Ch.2), gender differences in mental health (Ch.4), and traumatic brain injuries (Ch.10).