Levine,
M., Perkins, D.D., & Perkins, D.V. (2005). Principles of
community psychology: Perspectives and Applications (3rd Edition). New
York: Oxford University Press.
3rd edition webpage at
Email: Murray Levine Douglas D. Perkins David V. Perkins
CONTENTS:
Preface
by Seymour Sarason
Introduction:
An Overview of Community Psychology
Chapter
1: Life Is a Soap Opera
The
Incidence and Prevalence of Problems in Living
Institutionalized population
Outpatient mental health care
Alcohol and Substance abuse
Crime
Problems of children and adolescents
Medical problems and chronic
illnesses
Box: Psychosocial Adaptation To Health Problems: The Case
of Genital Herpes
Disasters
Marriage and parenting
Divorce
Economics and employment
Leisure-time and value changes
Aloneness in American society
The
Availability of Professional Care
Problems
of the Medical Model
Summary
Chapter
2: The Origins of Community Psychology
Origins
of Mental Health Care in the Welfare System
Community
Mental Health
Community
Psychology Grows from Community Mental Health
The
Influence of Applied Social Psychology and the War on Poverty
Current
Issues in Community Mental Health
Deinstitutionalization
Box 2.1: Homelessness
Community Alternatives to Hospitalization
Box
2.2: Assertive Community Supports
Minorities and Other Underserved Groups
Children and Adolescents
The
Community Perspective
Summary
Chapter
3: A Conceptual Road Map of Community Psychology
The
Dohrenwend Model
Stressful
life events
Person
and Environment
Outcomes
Box
3.1 Poverty, unemployment, and social problems
Opportunities
for Intervention Based on Dohrenwend’s Model
Crisis
intervention
Intervention
to Enhance Psychological Mediators
Intervention
to Enhance Situational Mediators
Psychological
characteristics of the person that increase the likelihood of a stressful life
event
Situations
that Increase the Risk of Stressful Events
Preventing
stressful life events
Summary
Chapter
4: The Ecological Analogy
Ecology
as a paradigm
A paradigm shift
Box 4.1: Community Research from an Ecological
Perspective
Implications for the research enterprise
Principles of Ecology
Interdependence
Cycling of resources
Adaptation; niche
Box 4.2: Behavior‑Environment
Congruence in Geel, Belgium
Succession
Box 4.3: The Boom in Hong Kong's Elderly Home Industry
Mental
health and the law
Law as a factor in the ecological analogy
Adapting to legal change
Box 4.4: Unforeseen Consequences of a Change in Child
Protection Laws
Ecology
and values
Ecology
and practice
Summary
Chapter
5: Five Psychological Conceptions of the Environment
Social
Environmental Influences on Behavior and Well-being
Perceived social climates
Social roles
Social capital: community cognitions,
behaviors, and networks
Physical
Environmental Influences on Behavior and Well-being
The
Socio-Physical Environment: Behavior Settings
Box 5.1:
The Fairweather lodge
Postscript: What role remains for individual differences?
Summary
Chapter
6: Labeling Theory: An Alternative to the Illness Model
The
Social Context for the Development of Labeling Theory
Principles
of Labeling Theory
Primary and Secondary Deviance
Cultural Stereotypes and Labeling
When is Residual Rule Breaking
Labeled?
Diagnosis and Labelling
Theory
Behavior is Assimilated to the Label
Stigma
The Use of Law to Reduce Stigma
Some
Cautions
Summary
Chapter 7: Adaptation, Crisis, Coping, and Support
Adaptation
Crisis and
Neurosis
Box 7.1:
Research on Stressful Life Events
Vulnerability: An Integrative Perspective
Coping
General Characteristics of Coping
Box 7.2: Pollyanna and the Glad Game
Stages in Crisis Resolution
Individual and Situational Differences in
Coping
Social Support
Theory and Research Concerning Social
Support
Box 7.3:
Coping and Support in the Context of Culture
New Directions in Research on Social
Support
Box 7.4: Support Interventions
for People with Disabilities
Summary
Chapter
8: Prevention
Basic Concepts in Prevention
Indicated (Secondary) Prevention
The
Primary Mental Health Project
Box 8.1:
Preventing child maltreatment: The problem of false positives
Limitations of
Indicated Prevention in Mental Health
Universal and Selective
(Primary) Prevention
Competence building
Box 8.2: A
Successful School Change Effort
Prevention
through stepwise risk reduction
Box 8.3: Head
Start and Early Head Start: An
Experiment in Selective Prevention
Prevention of HIV/AIDS
Schools as a locus of
prevention
Community-based health promotion
Summary
Chapter
9: Self-Help Groups
Growth of Self-Help Groups
Contemporary
reasons for growth
Types
of self-help groups
The Nature of Self-Help Groups
Dynamics
of self-help groups
How
self-help groups work
Are Self-Help Groups Effective?
AA
and recovery from alcoholism
Advocacy Groups
Summary
Chapter 10: The Problem of Change
The
Creation of New Settings
Box
10.1: The Residential Youth Center (RYC)
Change
in Existing Settings
Systems
theory
First- and second-order change
Organizational
Change, Development, and Learning
Production
and satisfaction goals
The
social context of change
Cases
Studies of Change in Existing Settings
Changing
a State Mental Hospital
Court-Ordered
Change in Caring for Persons with Mental Retardation
Planned
Change on a Statewide Level: The Texas Miracle
Summary
Chapter
11: School Desegregation: A Societal
Level Intervention
Slavery,
Segregation, and the Constitution
The
NAACP and its Litigative Strategy
Social
Science Theory and Integration
Successful
Desegregation of the Schools – A Case Study
After
Desegregation
Future
Problems
Summary
Chapter
12: Community Development and Social Action in Community Psychology
The Politics
of Problem Definition
Blaming the Victim
Paradox and Empowerment
Competent
Communities
Community Development
Social Action
An Example of
Social Action: The Love Canal Homeowners' Association
Box
12-1: Center for Health, Environment, and Justice and the Environmental Justice
Movement
Summary
Chapter
13: Science, Ethics, and the Future of Community Psychology
Ecology
and Science
The
Ethics of Community Intervention
Box 13-1: Applying the Ecological-Psychopolitical Model to One Domain: The Physical
Environment
Community Psychology Around the Globe
References
Name
Index
Subject
Index