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Community psychology's origin and destination: Alternative pathways to the discipline's future
Author(s) -
Lorion Raymond P.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/jcop.22504
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , community psychology , psychology , identity (music) , discipline , psychotherapist , social psychology , developmental psychology , sociology , social science , aesthetics , psychiatry , philosophy
A review of the Journal's nearly five decades of publications revealed an early commentary entitled “Common sense Community Psychology” (Thorne, 1974) reflecting on early decisions about the discipline's professional identity and interactions with targeted communities of color and need stimulated this commentary. Considered are ways we distinguished ourselves from our parent, clinical psychology, and its focus on emotional and behavioral disorder treated through psychotherapeutic interventions. Thorne's examination of alternative pathways that the discipline could have followed are considered relative to current challenges confronting communities of color and need.