NADINE CAMERON is completing her PhD on the relevance of neuroscience to social work interventions with depression sufferers. She is actively engaged in theatre and the arts, drawing on these sources to enrich her theoretical and practice knowledge within social work.Dr FIONA McDERMOTT is Senior Lecturer at the School of Social Work, The University of Melbourne, Australia. Her teaching, research interests and ongoing practice are in the areas of groupwork and mental health where she has published widely.

• AcknowledgementsPART 1The Body in Social WorkThe View from NeuroscienceThe Social BodySocial Work and the Body: Towards a Theoretical FrameworkThe Body Cognizant Social Worker in ActionPART 2IntroductionSocial Work, The Body and Mental HealthSocial Work, The Body and Child ProtectionSocial Care, The Body and Aged CareSocial Work, The Body and HealthSocial Work, The Body and Alcohol and Other DrugsConclusionGlossaryReferences.