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Community Psychology
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On completion of this course, the students will be able to: CO121: Identify the laws and programs implemented by the government to promote mental health and their impact on Indian society. CO122: Use community psychology concepts and models to analyse an organisation conducting community interventions. CO123: Identify stressors in one’s life and how to manage them through different prevention and intervention strategies. CO124: Developing insights with respect to mental health promotion programs in communities. Gain the applied knowledge about crisis management and intervention CO125: Developing sensitivity towards individual and cultural diversity and understanding its implication in clinical work. |
Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Demonstration, Team teaching Learning activities for the students: Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Simulation, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks, Field practical |
Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects |
Evolution and Orientation: Introduction, Core Values and Principles of Community Psychology, Emergence and Development of Community Psychology, Ecological level of analysis
Mental Health Act (Latest) and Its Implications (Mental Health Act of 1987, National Mental Health Program 1982, the Persons with Disabilities Act 1995; Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) Act of 1992, Mental Health Care Bill 2011), Perspective on Ethical Issues in Community Psychology.
An ecological framework-risk and preventive processes, distal factors, proximal stressors, stress reaction, resources activated for coping, coping processes, coping outcomes, intervention to promote coping, spirituality and coping; Social Support-generalised and specific support, relationship context of support, social support network; Community Psychology and Routes to Psychological Wellness
Primary, Secondary and Tertiary; Crisis Intervention; Mental Health Consultation; Role of NGO’s & Self Help Groups in Community Mental Health, Mutual Help Groups
Community and Social Change - Approaches, Issues and Strategies
· Dalton, J. H., Elias, M. J., & Wandersman, A. (2007). Community Psychology: Linking Individuals and Communities. Australia: Wadsworth Pub.
· Levine, M. & Perkins, D.V. (1987). Principles of Community Psychology. Perspective and Applications. NY: Oxford University Press.
· Mann, P.A. (1978). Community Psychology: Concepts and Applications. NY: The Free Press.
· Nelson, G. B., & Prilleltensky, I. (2010). Community Psychology: In pursuit of Liberation and Well-being. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
· Rappaport, J. (1977). Community Psychology Values , Research and Action. NY: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.
· Rappaport, J., & Seidman, E. (2000). Handbook of Community Psychology. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum.
· Shanmughum, T.E. (1988). Community Psychology. Madras: Utsav Shanmungan.
· Bloom, B. (1973). Community Mental Health: A Critical Analysis, N. Jersey: General Learning Press.
· Cohen, E.L. (1973). Social Community Interventions. Annual Review of Psychology, 423-472.
· Gown, E.L. Chinsky, J.M. & Rappaport J. (1970). An Undergraduate Practicum in Community Mental Health. CMH Journal, 6, 91-100.
· Glidewell. J.C. (1971). Frontiers for Psychologists in Community Mental Health. In G. Rosenbaum (Eds.). Issues in Community Psychology and Community Mental Health. New York: Bell Publication.
· Glidewell, J.C. (1973). Preventive and Therapeutic Effects of two school Mental Health Programmes. American Journal of Community Psychology Vol. I, 295-329.
