Handbook of Clinical Sociology

Herausgegeben von Bruhn, John G.; Rebach, Howard M.

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is a most welcome addition to the growing literature on sociological practice. There isa wealthofwisdomandexperience reflected in thesechaptersas well as a wide variety ofexamples of sociology in action. Clinical sociology, in its broadest sense, is the application of a sociological perspectivetofacilitatechange. Itspractitionersareprimarilychangeagentsrather than scholars or researchers, and work with a client, be that an individual, family, group, organization, or community. The reappearance and growthofclinical sociology during the past decade is therealizationofavisionofmine,borninthe 1960sand 1970soutofmyangerand frustration-first as a graduate studentand then as a professor-thatsociologists, unlike their psychological brethren, did not practice what they preached. Persons trainedinotherdisciplineswere practicingclinicalsociology,and those fewsociolo gists who did kept it a secret. The ClinicalSociologyAssociation, which I cofounded in 1978, had itsbegin nings at aroundtable I led at the American Sociological Association meetings in New York in 1976. I hadjust concluded four years as the only sociologist on the facultyoftheCaliforniaSchoolofProfessionalPsychologyinLosAngelesteaching graduateclinicalpsychologystudentshowtodosociology. Isawsociologygivingup by default a role in change efforts that necessitate the consideration of social systems.Socialworkers, psychologists,politicalscientists,gerontologists,criminolo gists, marriage and family counselors, to name a few, have eagerly gone where we had failed to tread. Practitioners in these fields, as social systems change agents, have carved a niche, often protecting themselves with licensing laws and other restrictions that make entry by sociologists difficult. Thus we are latecomers in a crowded field.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer US / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-306-43579-9
• 1991.
• Seitenzahl: 440
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 1991
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 832g
• ISBN-13: 9780306435799
• ISBN-10: 0306435799
• Artikelnr.: 39171207

Inhaltsangabe

I The Reemerging Field of Clinical Sociology.- 1. Clinical Sociology: Defining the Field.- 2. The Emergence of American Clinical Sociology.- II General Practice Concerns.- 3. Assessment in Clinical Sociology.- 4. Intervention in Clinical Sociology.- 5. Program Evaluation and Clinical Sociology.- 6. Communication and Relationships with Clients.- 7. Ethics in Clinical Sociology.- 8. The Effects of Social Change on Clinical Practice.- III Clinical Sociology in Specific Settings.- 9. Clinical Sociology with Individuals and Families.- 10. Public Policies and Clinical Sociology.- 11. The Clinical Sociologist in Medical Settings.- 12. Health Promotion and Clinical Sociology.- 13. Mental Health and Clinical Sociology.- 14. Clinical Sociology in the Criminal Justice System.- 15. Clinical Sociology and Mediation.- 16. A Clinical Perspective on Organizational Development.- 17. Clinical Sociology in the Workplace.- 18. Clinical Educational Sociology: Interventions for School Staff.- IV Work with Special Populations.- 19. Culture Adaptive Therapy: A Role for the Clinical Sociologist in a Mental Health Setting.- 20. Empowering Women: A Clinical Sociology Model for Working with Women in Groups.- 21 . Gerontology and Clinical Sociology.- 22. Drug Abuse Prevention: Clinical Sociology in the Community.