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Session 8 - The end of social work (with Dr. Chris Maylea)

1h 11m | Jan 20, 2021

Mental Health Researcher, Advocate, Social Worker and Lawyer, Dr. Chris Maylea discusses his recent paper with us calling for the end of the social work profession as well as the significant ethical concerns and contradictions with involuntary treatment in our current mental health system.


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The end of social work - Chris Maylea

https://academic.oup.com/bjsw/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/bjsw/bcaa203/6018482?redirectedFrom=PDF



00:00 Introduction to Dr. Chris Maylea

01:20 Intro to ‘the end of social work’ 

03:10 Beer Introduction

06:15 Function of the mental health system

11:27 Structural issues with Victorian system

16:15 Contradiction of social work ethics and role

19:50 Human rights and involuntary treatment

28:40 Can involuntary treatment be justified?

37:47 Meaningful reform requires consumers

41:30 Disparity of care and health outcomes

47:00 Using your skills to create change

49:00 Capacity of social work to be self-critical

54:39 Failure of mental health and social work reform

59:20 Social workers are conservatives

62:30 Final takeaways for new workers

66:10 Beer Review


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Intro and Outro Music:

El Camino del Alce by Silva de Alegria

Licenced under Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

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