Principles of Community Psychology

Updated and expanded in this third edition, Principles of Community Psychology: Perspectives and Applications presents the most recent literature, empirical work, issues, and events in the field and the relevant policy debates surrounding them. The book maintains the basic architecture of the previous edition—integrating theory, research, and practice across the diverse subject matter of community mental health and community psychology—but reduces jargon and improves clarity. Contents: Preface Life is a Soap Opera The Origins of Community Psychology A Conceptual Road Map of Community Psychology The Ecological Analogy Five Psychological Conceptions of the Environment Labelling Theory: An Alternative to the Illness Model Adaption, Crisis, Coping, and Support Prevention Self-Help Groups The Problem of Change School Desegregation: A Societal Level Intervention Community Development and Social Action in Community Science Ethic, and the Future of Community Psychology Index