LibGuides: PSY610v1: Module 1

Module 1

Community Mental Health: History and Contemporary Overview

The California Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) was a landmark policy that shaped the entire community mental health movement in California. Each chapter’s reading will provide a historical understanding of the mental health movement and the community approaches in both theory and practice.

TEXTBOOKS

Community Mental Health: Challenges for the 21st Century
Rosenberg, S. & Rosenberg, J. (2018). (Eds.). Community mental health: Challenges for the 21st century (3rd ed.). Rutledge.
Chapter 1: The Recovery Model and the Citizenship: Taking the Next Steps
Access your DART eBook in the Getting Started Module of the course.
Community Psychology: In Pursuit of Liberation and Well-being
Evans, G., Nelson, G., Prilleltensky, I., Reich, S., & Riemer, M. (Eds.). (2020). Community psychology: In pursuit of liberation and well-being (3rd ed). MacMillan Higher Education.
Chapter 1: Community Psychology: Research and Action for Social Change and Wellbeing.
Chapter 2: Highlights of the History of Community Psychology.
Access your DART eBook in the Getting Started Module of the course.
Toward Psychologies of Liberation: Critical Theory and Practice in Psychology and the Human Sciences
Watkins, M., Shulam, H., & Bergman, M. (2008). Toward psychologies of liberation: Critical theory and practice in psychology and the human sciences. (1st ed). Palgrave MacMillian.
Chapter 1. Beyond Universals: Local Regeneration
Chapter 2. Beyond Ideology: Dialogue
Chapter 3: Beyond Development: Liberation

ARTICLE

Lessons Learned in Developing Community Mental Health Care in North America
Drake, r. & Lamir, E. (2012). Lessons learned in developing community mental health care in North America. World Psychiatry, 11(1), 47–51.