"adolescence, ... is ' a time of awkwardness, of disproportions, of frightening sexual maturation, of pimples, and of new and untried feelings. Nothing is set. Nothing is solid. Everything is in flux and change'. The aim with adolescence, is to get past it and then, not to look back." (Theodore Jacobs)
Adolescent mental health is a key social policy priority. CSWR focuses on understanding the causes of contemporary difficulties and exploring, assessing and evaluating practice in the field of adolescent mental health. Growing out of the Tavistock Clinic’s Adolescent Department’s research workshop the group’s research projects focus on key issues in adolescent mental health and multidisciplinary therapeutic practice, including
This research group has grown out of the Tavistock Clinic’s Adolescent Department Research Workshop. At its inception in 1998, this was a place for thinking about and supporting the development of research projects within the Adolescent Department. Since then the workshop has grown to encompass research projects and support for research minded and research active staff. The group will aim to continue these developments and provide a container for the Adolescent Department’s research, scholarly and scientific work.
The group is informed by the aims of the Adolescent Department’s therapeutic clinical work and represents the range of professional disciplines in the Department- psychologists, psychiatrists, child psychotherapists, social workers, nurses. It includes staff, trainees and students.
The aims of the group are
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Introduction
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International Perspectives & Comparative Social Work
Adolescent Mental Health
The Modern Welfare State
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