Theories and Practice in Complex Social Contexts Chtouris, Sotirios. creator author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Miller, DeMond S. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut SpringerLink (Online service) text sz 2024 1st ed. 2024. monographic eng

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access XVII, 170 p. 7 illus., 6 illus. in color. online resource. Containing a novel compilation of theoretical and methodological approaches, this textbook lays out the most relevant foundations of clinical sociology. Relying heavily on well-recognized medical models and concepts to help communicate ideas (e.g. treatment, diagnosis, clinical, cure), the methods of social diagnosis and social therapy presented in this book will help in better and socially informed protection of vulnerable individuals and citizens as well as an informed design of protection policies for macro, mezzo and micro levels of society. The book explains that many problems, perceived as economic, psychological-individual, and political, are rooted in social functions and structures of the wider society, and how these social structures and functions interact in everyday life. Through the application of the theoretical and methodological approaches in case studies on recent issues, such as the Covid pandemic, or the Hurricane Katrina disaster, the book will allow readers to easily cope with the complexity of clinical sociology and to develop clinical competencies and pertinent training. This renders the book not only highly useful for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of clinical and applied sociology but also for the preparation of courses for theoretically informed practitioners who are keen to work by defining learning objectives and learning paths. Chapter 1. The Scope of Clinical Social Research -- Chapter 2. Clinical Social Research and Social Intervention -- Chapter 3. Clinical Social Research as a Dialectic of Social Field and Network: Diagnosis and Intervention -- Chapter 4. Social Bond and Social Self -- Chapter 5. Research Methods in Clinical Social Research -- Chapter 6. The Levels of the Process of Diagnosing and Solving Problems in Social Development (DP). Micro-level, Medium-level, Macro-level -- Chapter 7. Development of the Social Value Stock -- Chapter 8. Social Pathology: the Great Social Isolation and Regressive Individuality -- Chapter 9. Cultural Pathology: Clinical Diagnosis and Artistic Interventions -- Chapter 10. Clinical Social Research and Disaster Recovery: Informing Inquiry, Analysis, Reflection, and Intervention for Recovery Following Disasters and Crises. by Sotirios Chtouris, DeMond S. Miller. Sociology Methodology Social medicine Clinical psychology Culture Social policy Sociological Methods Medical Sociology Clinical Psychology Sociology of Culture Social Policy HM511-538 9783031524158 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52415-8 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52415-8 240404 20251030111805.0 978-3-031-52415-8