Community Mental Health and Behavioral-Ecology (eBook, PDF)

A Handbook of Theory, Research, and Practice
Redaktion: Jeger, A. M.; Slotnick, R. S.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This volume is addressed to professionals and students in community mental health-including researchers, clinicians, administrators, educa tors, and students in relevant specialities within the fields of psychology, psychiatry, social work, public health, and nursing. The intent of this book is to serve as a practical resource for professionals and also as a di dactic text for students. In addition,·the volume seeks to make a theoret ical contribution to the field by presenting, for the first time in book form, a behavioral-ecological perspective in community mental health. We present behavioral-ecology as an emerging perspective that is concerned with the interdependence of people, behavior, and their sociophysical environments. Behavioral-ecology attributes mental health problems to transactions between persons and their settings, rather than to causes rooted exclusively within individuals or environments. In this vol ume we advance the notion of behavioral-ecology as an integration of two broad perspectives--behauioral approaches as derived from the indi vidual psychology of learning, and ecological approaches as encompassing the study of communities, environments, and social systems. Through the programs brought together in this book we are arguing for a merging of these two areas for purposes of advancing theory, research, and prac tice in community mental health.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer US
• Seitenzahl: 540
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781461333562
• Artikelnr.: 43992316

Inhaltsangabe

I. Behavioral-Ecology: Conceptualization, Values, and Knowledge Bases.- 1 Community Mental Health: Toward a Behavioral-Ecological Perspective.- 2 Guiding Values of Behavioral-Ecological Interventions: The Merging of Ethics and Practice.- 3 Streams of Behavioral-Ecology: A Knowledge Base for Community Mental Health Practice.- II. Community Alternatives to Instttutionalization.- 4 The Behavioral Analysis and Modification Project for Community Mental Health: From Conception to Dissemination.- 5 Innovation and Diffusion in Mental Health: The Community Lodge.- 6 Integrating Skill Building and Peer Support in Mental Health Treatment: The Early Intervention and Community Network Development Projects.- III. Consultation As Indirect Service.- 7 Behavioral-Ecological Consultation to Day Care Centers.- 8 A Multienvironment School Mental Health Consultation: Behavioral Skill Training for Teachers and Parents.- 9 Measures of Staff Morale and Organizational Environment as Indicators of Program Change in an Institution for Youthful Offenders.- 10 Consultation for Self-Evaluation: Social Climate Assessment as a Catalyst for Programmatic Change in Mental Health Treatment Environments.- IV. Prevention as Community Enhancement.- 11 A Multilevel Behavioral-Preventive School Program: Process, Problems, and Potential.- 12 Prevention of Cultural-Familial Mental Retardation.- 13 Behavioral and Community Interventions during Transition to Parenthood.- 14 Media and Community Organization for Prevention Programs.- V. Social Support Networks.- 15 Behavioral-Ecology and Self-Help/Professional Collaboration.- 16 Designing Behavioral Technologies with Community Self-Help Organizations.- 17 The Neighborhood and Family Services Project: An Empowerment Model Linking Clergy, Agency Professionals, and Community Residents.- 18 The Social Ecology of Natural Supports.- VI. Evaluation And Community Accountability.- 19 Evaluating a Behavioral Community Mental Health Center.- 20 The Multiphasic Environmental Assessment Procedure: A Method for Comprehensively Evaluating Sheltered Care Settings.- 21 Assessing Citizen Participation in a Community Mental Health Center.- 22 An Experimental Evaluation and Process Analysis of a Behavioral Consultation Program.- 23 A Structural Framework for Conceptualizing Ethical Issues in Behavioral-Ecological Practice.- VII. Mental Health Personpower: Education and Training.- 24 Educating Professionals for Social Systems Intervention: A 10-Year Retrospective.- 25 Training Programs for Paraprofessionals: Guidelines and Issues.- 26 Endorsement of a Community Mental Health Ideology: A Guide for Inservice Staff Training.- VIII. Epilogue: Where Do We Go From Here?.- 27 From Community Mental Health Centers to Community Resource Centers.- Appendix Resources in Community Mental Health and Behavioral-Ecology.- Author Index.