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This book brings sociological and neuroscientific perspectives on the body together to inform a new understanding of person-in-environment. It offers important new ways of working with people in various social work and social care settings from child protection to aged care, mental health and work with drug and alcohol use.

Social Work and the Body

Acknowledgements.- PART 1.- The Body in Social Work.- The View from Neuroscience.- The Social Body.- Social Work and the Body: Towards a Theoretical Framework.- The Body Cognizant Social Worker in Action.- PART 2.- Introduction.- Social Work, The Body and Mental Health.- Social Work, The Body and Child Protection.- Social Care, The Body and Aged Care.- Social Work, The Body and Health.- Social Work, The Body and Alcohol and Other Drugs.- Conclusion.- Glossary.- References.