Mental Health
News, practice information and opinion on mental health social work
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Inform Adults, Inform Children, Mental Health
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Adults, Mental Health, Workforce
‘I didn’t even know what mental health social work was – a profession, a career’?
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Community treatment orders offer few social benefits for patients with psychotic illnesses, research finds
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