Advances in Community Psychology – serie
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9 produkter
Housing, Citizenship, and Communities for People with Serious Mental Illness
Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy Perspectives
Av John Sylvestre, Geoffrey Nelson m. fl.
Häftad, 2017
1156 kr
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Housing has emerged as a popular and central topic of research, mental health system development, and social and mental health policy in recent years. The field has rapidly evolved in a number of ways: first, with the introduction and popularization of the Housing First approach; second, there are …
The Return of the Sun
Suicide and Reclamation Among Inuit of Arctic Canada
Häftad, 2019
914 kr
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Inuit have among the highest suicide rates in the world - ten times the national average. Inuit narratives of suicide provide clues as to what can and in some cases has been done to combat the problem, but until recently they have not circulated far beyond Inuit communities themselves. At the same …
Diverse Careers in Community Psychology
Av Judah J. Viola, Olya Glantsman
Häftad, 2017
1313 kr
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Community psychology is a diverse field. Community psychologists may work for the government, for nonprofit foundations, as researchers or teachers in academic settings, at NGOs, as independent consultants, overseas in international development, and more. Despite such professional diversity, very …
Community Power and Empowerment
Häftad, 2019
1110 kr
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Many people want to help bring about changes in their neighborhoods, workplaces, and communities. Leaders and scholars of change efforts are likewise eager for insights into what makes some organizations and coalitions capable of building and exercising power. Why are some groups successful in …
Building Community at Work
Av Neil Boyd
Häftad, 2025
511 kr
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Employees and managers alike seek ways to be happy and effective in the workplace--an arena in which we all spend many hours of our week. Community is an essential ingredient in a healthy and productive work environment: when asked what people like about their jobs, it's not uncommon to hear "We're …
Breaking Barriers
Sexual and Gender Minority-led Advocacy to End AIDS in Africa and the Caribbean
Av Robin Lin Miller, George Ayala
Häftad, 2025
595 kr
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What contributions can LGBT activists make to eliminating the inequities that drive the HIV epidemic in countries that are hostile to sexual and gender minority rights? In Breaking Barriers: Sexual and Gender Minority-led Advocacy to End AIDS in Africa and the Caribbean, Robin Lin Miller and George …
Community Psychology and Community Mental Health
Towards Transformative Change
Av Geoffrey Nelson, Bret Kloos m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
1087 kr
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Mental health practices and programs around the world face growing criticism from policymakers, consumers, and service providers for being ineffective, overly reliant on treatment by professionals, and overly focused on symptoms. Many have called for new paradigms of mental health and new practices …
Principles of Social Change
Häftad, 2013
1167 kr
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The efforts of social activists and mental health professionals to institute population-level social change, such as reducing poverty, building better schools, and establishing more effective substance abuse programs, often fail. They tend to focus on individuals and not real-life community …
Influencing Social Policy
Applied Psychology Serving the Public Interest
Häftad, 2016
1658 kr
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Influencing Social Policy synthesizes current knowledge about how psychologists influence social policy to serve the public interest. The volume builds upon interviews with 79 applied psychologists about their experiences in the policy domain, with special focus on the work of applied developmental …
