Principles of Community Psychology
Murray Levine(Author)
Oxford University Press Inc
Published on 30. April 1987
Book
Hardback
380 pages
978-0-19-503946-7 (ISBN)
Description
This text presents the principles and practices of community psychology in a coherent, even-handed fashion. Early chapters analyse the conceptual roots of community psychology in epidemiology, the medical model of mental health, and social ecology, while later chapters focus on practical applications in preventative mental health and social community change. An up-to-date, critical review of research is included. The text also addresses unusual but increasingly important topics in community psychology, such as self-help, consciousness-raising, labelling theory, and school desegregation, as well as the role of behavioural scientists in social change. Principles of Community Psychology is appropriate for undergraduate and graduate courses in community psychology as well as courses in community mental health. Social psychologists; those involved in community mental health and community psychology.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
6 figures
ISBN-13
978-0-19-503946-7 (9780195039467)
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Persons
Content
Introduction: an overview of community psychology; Life is a soap opera; The social and historical context of community psychology; The ecological analogy; Three psychological conceptions of the environment; Labelling theory: an alternative to the illness model, and its limitations; Adaption, crisis, coping and support; Prevention in mental health; Self help groups; Consciousness-raising as self help; The problem of change; School desegregation: a societal level of intervention; Social action in community psychology: science, politics, and the ethics of community intervention.