Main description:

Clinical sociology is a multidisciplinary field that seeks to improve life situations for individuals and groups. This book showcases the art and science of clinical sociology from around the world. It is the first book to present basic clinical sociology diagrams and models in addition to detailed histories of clinical sociology in the United States, Quebec, France, and Japan. A range of interventions are discussed in light of a region's economic, social, political, and disciplinary history. The book presents illustrative case studies from leaders in the field, and it serves the need of graduate-level courses from around the world.

Contents:

Preface.- Part I: The Essentials.- Chapter 1. Introduction (Jan Marie Fritz).- Chapter 2. The Basics: From Concepts to Models (Jan Marie Fritz).- Part II: Regional Histories.- Chapter 3. The History of Clinical Sociology in the United States (Jan Marie Fritz).- Chapter 4. Clinical Sociology in Quebec: When Europe Meets America (Jacques Rheaume).- Chapter 5. On the Origins of Clinical Sociology in France: Some Milestones (Vincent de Gaulejac).- Chapter 6. Clinical Sociology in Japan (Yuji Noguchi and Hideyo Nakamura).- Chapter 7. The Emergence of Clinical Sociology in South Africa (Tina Uys).- Part III: Selected Applications.- Chapter 8. The Patient's Personal Experience of Schizophrenia in China: A Clinical Sociology Approach to Mental Health (Robert Sevigny).- Chapter 9. Bridging Social Capital: A Clinical Sociology Approach to Substance Use Intervention (Miriam Boeri).- Chapter 10. Children's Human Rights as a Buffer to Extremism: A Clinical Sociology Framework (Yvonne Vissing).- Chapter 11. Clinical Sociology Contributions to the Field of Mediation (Jan Marie Fritz).- Chapter 12. The Art of Facilitation (Jan Marie Fritz).- Chapter 13. Organizational Consulting for Strategic Change in a Public School in Colombia (Fernando de Yzaguirre).- Chapter 14. Climate Resilience Initiative in Metro Manila: Participatory Community Risk Assessment and Power in Community Interventions (Emma Porio).- Chapter 15. The South African Military and Gender Integration: Bridging Theory and Practice (Lindy Heinecken).- Chapter 16. Focus Groups in the Context of International Development: In Pursuit of the Millennium and Sustainable Development Goals (Janet Mancini Billson).- Index.