First published in 1998. This is Volume VII, the final of seven in the Sociology of Mental Health series. Written in 1953, this book is about individuals who choose and are chosen for psychiatric social work, the use that they make of training and the shaping of their careers when they enter employment.

Margaret Ashdown, S. Clement Brown

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Origins and Growth; Chapter 3 Three Examples of Case-Work; Chapter 4 Selection; Chapter 5 Training; Chapter 6 The Shaping of Careers; Chapter 7 Working in Part nership; Chapter 8 Service in Clinics and Hospitals; Chapter 9 Service in Wider Fields; Chapter 10 Personal Difficulties; Chapter 11 Ends and Means; Chapter 12 Conclusion;