This book focuses on the theoretical concepts of community
psychology, and its applications in day-to-day life. It discusses
the challenges that adversely affect the welfare and wellbeing of
common people and suggests community centric, evidence-based
measures to address them. Factors like new age lifestyles,
fast-paced development and an increase in occurrence of natural
calamities have been detrimental to the psychological wellbeing of
the community. This volume integrates the social, cultural,
economic, political, and environmental aspects of community
psychology to address community life-based issues which include
mental health stigma, social asymmetries, resource disparities,
disadvantaged minority groups, the differently abled, HIV/AIDS
patients, project affected people and disaster victims. Key
features of this book include: Dedicated intervention-based
chapters on mental health, physical health, differently abled
people, elderly, vulnerable children, HIV/AIDS patients, and people
affected by development projects and disasters. Focus on challenges
faced by students and school-based family counselling. Case Studies
and conceptual models for better understanding and application of
the subject. The volume will be a valuable resource to students,
researchers and teachers of Psychology, Social Work, Sociology,
Public Health, and Social Economics. It will also be an
indispensable read for social workers, NGOs, advocacy groups, and
policy makers working in the field of social upliftment.
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