Community Psychology

Catalog description

Community psychology is an action-oriented movement. It is characterized by innovative approaches to problems based upon an ecological and interactionist view of behavioral dynamics in the community. This course covers the development of community psychology as a specialty area in both theory and application, including the central assumptions in methodology of the field. Contributions of an ecological model and emphasis on prevention, competence building, population focus, and related research and interventions will be discussed. The course emphasizes community interventions and the theories and principles needed to help people in various settings achieve maximum mental health.