Tie a Knot and Hang on: Providing Mental Health Care in a Turbulent Environment (Social Institutions and Social Change Series) - Softcover

-Tie a Knot and Hang On contributes quite substantively to our knowledge of mental health organizations. It does so not merely because research on this topic is all too rare, but because the in-depth qualitative nature of the study has generated new and provocative ideas about the nature of mental health work about the nature of mental health organizations... The study also has implications beyond the field of mental health, because it underscores the added value of research questions that consider the cultural, social, professional, and organizational contexts that shape all health and social service delivery.- --Elizabeth Durkin, Qualitative Social Work -A well-researched and compelling look at ourselves and the arc of our profession. This book should be required reading for mental health care providers and administrators who want to be reminded of the important role they play in society and the ease with which clinical ideals can be corrupted by fiscal and political expediency.- --Thomas A. Simpatico, M.D., Psychiatric Services "Tie a Knot and Hang On contributes quite substantively to our knowledge of mental health organizations. It does so not merely because research on this topic is all too rare, but because the in-depth qualitative nature of the study has generated new and provocative ideas about the nature of mental health work about the nature of mental health organizations... The study also has implications beyond the field of mental health, because it underscores the added value of research questions that consider the cultural, social, professional, and organizational contexts that shape all health and social service delivery." --Elizabeth Durkin, Qualitative Social Work "A well-researched and compelling look at ourselves and the arc of our profession. This book should be required reading for mental health care providers and administrators who want to be reminded of the important role they play in society and the ease with which clinical ideals can be corrupted by fiscal and political expediency." --Thomas A. Simpatico, M.D., Psychiatric Services "Tie a Knot and Hang On contributes quite substantively to our knowledge of mental health organizations. It does so not merely because research on this topic is all too rare, but because the in-depth qualitative nature of the study has generated new and provocative ideas about the nature of mental health work about the nature of mental health organizations... The study also has implications beyond the field of mental health, because it underscores the added value of research questions that consider the cultural, social, professional, and organizational contexts that shape all health and social service delivery." --Elizabeth Durkin, Qualitative Social Work "A well-researched and compelling look at ourselves and the arc of our profession. This book should be required reading for mental health care providers and administrators who want to be reminded of the important role they play in society and the ease with which clinical ideals can be corrupted by fiscal and political expediency." --Thomas A. Simpatico, M.D., Psychiatric Services "Tie a Knot and Hang On contributes quite substantively to our knowledge of mental health organizations. It does so not merely because research on this topic is all too rare, but because the in-depth qualitative nature of the study has generated new and provocative ideas about the nature of mental health work about the nature of mental health organizations... The study also has implications beyond the field of mental health, because it underscores the added value of research questions that consider the cultural, social, professional, and organizational contexts that shape all health and social service delivery." --Elizabeth Durkin, Qualitative Social Work