Download or read book Evidence-based Policy and Practice in Mental Health Social Work written by Martin Webber and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2011-07-11 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mental health social workers work within multidisciplinary teams, often based in health settings. The variety of services they work within are shaped by mental health policy that is increasingly being influenced by research evidence of ′what works′. This fully-revised second edition has a new chapter on systematic reviews and greater coverage of the impact of the 2007 amendment to Mental Health Act 1983 on mental health practitioners and services.