Working with ethnicity, race and culture in mental health : a handbook for practitioners / Hári Sewell.

By:

Sewell, Hári, 1966-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2009.Description: 208 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

1843106213 (pbk.)
9781843106210 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

616.89 SEW

Contents:

What is ethnicity, race and culture? -- Why are ethnicity, race and culture important in mental health services? -- Quality assessments -- Recovery-focused care planning -- Quality relationships in the delivery of care plans -- Ethnicity in the context of other identities -- The role of the team manager -- The role of training, education, learning and development department -- Considering alternatives to the illness model -- Positive examples of doing it differently.

Holdings
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This is a book for practitioners - essentially a self-training book but also one that could be used as a source of knowledge in a complex and controversial field. The author knows about the realities at the grass roots, how NHS mental health care is currently set up, what types of approach are practicable and what are not and more than all that he understands what busy practitioners may look for in a book called a "handbook".'
- Extract from the Foreword by Dr Suman Fernando

This book enables front line practitioners to understand why it is important to consider the specific needs of people from black and minority ethnic (BME) backgrounds in mental health settings.

It offers practical guidance on how practitioners can take positive steps to improve the quality of their work and their relationships with BME service users, and ultimately how to improve their outcomes. By advocating the practice of recognizing the individuality of each service user, this book provides practitioners with the tools and information they need to work fairly and effectively.

Case examples of organisations that have achieved a quality of delivery that is valued by BME people are included, along with exercises that help practitioners to make links between theory and their individual practice. It is invaluable reading for all those working on the front line in mental health.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-195) and indexes.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Foreword (p. 11)
1 What is 'Ethnicity, Race and Culture'? (p. 13)
Definitions (p. 13)
Race (p. 14)
Ethnicity (p. 17)
Culture (p. 19)
The problem with race (p. 21)
Institutional racism (p. 22)
Nomenclature - black and minority ethnic groups (p. 25)
Conclusion (p. 25)
2 Why are Ethnicity, Race and Culture Important in Mental Health Services? (p. 26)
Legislation and policy (p. 26)
The implications of variations: Ethnicity, race and culture in mental health (p. 29)
Hypotheses about causes of variations (p. 31)
Toxic Interactions Theory - a new perspective (p. 34)
Relationships between areas of variation (p. 37)
Taking ethnicity, race and culture into account as a practitioner (p. 39)
Conclusion (p. 43)
3 Quality Assessments (p. 44)
Components of an assessment (p. 45)
Ethnicity, race and culture and the assessment process (p. 46)
Racism Diagnostic and Review Tool (RaDAR Tool) (p. 52)
Conclusion (p. 55)
4 Recovery-focused Care Planning (p. 56)
Definition (p. 56)
Conflicts with the recovery-focused approach (p. 57)
Implementing recovery-focused care planning (p. 57)
Conclusion (p. 69)
5 Quality Relationships in the Delivery of Care Plans (p. 72)
Rationale for focusing on the relationship (p. 74)
Trust (p. 76)
Obstacles to effective relationships (p. 77)
Speaking about race and racism (p. 82)
Conclusion (p. 88)
6 Ethnicity in the Context of Other Identities (p. 89)
Sexuality (p. 89)
Mixed heritage (p. 96)
BME children brought up in white families or in public care (p. 101)
Gender (p. 104)
Disability (p. 112)
Making complexity manageable (p. 114)
Conclusion (p. 123)
7 The Role of the Team Manager (p. 124)
Business and performance management of the team (p. 124)
Management of individual team members (p. 130)
The role of the manager as an advocate (p. 143)
Conclusion (p. 144)
8 The Role of the Training, Education, Learning and Development Department (p. 145)
Developing competence (p. 145)
Informing organisational strategy (p. 147)
Developing the knowledge and skills of the workforce: Getting from A to B (p. 148)
Defining competence (p. 150)
Responding to gaps: The content of education, learning and development (p. 153)
Getting from A to B: Applying the different approaches (p. 157)
Conclusion (p. 157)
9 Considering Alternatives to the Illness Model (p. 159)
Psychiatry and race (p. 161)
Faith and religion (p. 162)
Hearing Voices Approach (p. 164)
Trauma approaches (p. 165)
Recovery Approach (p. 169)
Explanatory models (p. 170)
Alternative models and the impact on practice (p. 170)
Conclusion (p. 171)
10 Positive Examples of Doing it Differently (p. 172)
Exploring examples of positive practice (p. 174)
Conclusion (p. 181)
11 Conclusion (p. 182)
References (p. 184)
Subject Index (p. 196)
Author Index (p. 206)
Tables
1.1 Race, ethnicity and culture (p. 13)
1.2 Language of discrimination (p. 22)
2.1 Utilisation of different services (p. 38)
3.1 Critical analysis of referrals for black people (p. 48)
3.2 Critical analysis of referrals for Asian and other minority ethnic groups (p. 51)
4.1 Template: Working towards recovery with service users (p. 70)
6.1 Sewell's Seven Elements for Strengthening Practice (p. 116)
7.1 Evaluation of team performance (p. 127)
7.2 Template: Identifying and Responding to views of minority groups (p. 129)
8.1 ERC competencies (p. 151)
8.2 Template: Matching development methods to competencies (p. 158)
Figures
1.1 Institutional racism (p. 23)
5.1 The 4 Ps in the therapeutic relationship (p. 73)
5.2 Relationship as the container for change in the 4 Ps (p. 74)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Hári Sewell is Director of Health and Social Care Improvement at Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, UK. A qualified social worker, he has held senior posts in mental health and specifically with the African Caribbean community. He has worked in the field of Race and Mental Health nationally. He was involved in Black and minority ethnic work on the National Service Framework for Mental Health and is on the editorial board of the Journal of Ethnicity and Inequalities in Health and Social Care.