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What is critical community psychology

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Critical Community Psychology as mentioned in this paper is a collection of essays written by a group of academic community psychologists with many years of experience working, teaching and thinking together, who have developed a clear and effective method for bringing together the theory and practice of community psychology, which has become firmly grounded in time and place.
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Critical Community Psychology is written by a group of academic community psychologists with many years of experience working, teaching and thinking together. They have developed a clear and effective method for bringing together the theory and practice of community psychology, which has become firmly grounded in time and place. This book aims to provide students of different community-based professions, working in a range of applied settings, with not only the theories, values and principles of community psychology, but also with the practical guidance that will underpin their community psychological work.

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The impact of dis/abl(e)ism on disabled people in Portugal: fado, citizenship and the embodied self

Ema Loja
TL;DR: In this article, the authors bring insights from leaders of disability associations about the community of disabled people in Portugal, the barriers to their politicization and links with disabled identity, and suggest suggestions to transform this social reality by disseminating politically aware alternative disability paradigms and the possibility of a positive disabled identity.
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Coping with experiences of war in Sri Lanka : perspectives from Tamil immigrants living in the UK

TL;DR: Coping strategies differed between Sri Lanka and the UK and the findings suggest limited use of professional help-seeking, which highlights the particular importance placed on collective coping within this community through resource accumulation and membership to Tamil community organisations.
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Mapping meaning into the everyday : experiences of an urban 'Walk and Talk' group

Jessica Muir
TL;DR: In this paper, a qualitative study explores service-users' perspectives of an urban-based "Walk and Talk" (WnT) group and how being part of it has intersected with their experiences of other contexts.

Researching with Young People who Provide Primary Care for a Family Member with Mental or Physical Health Problems: A Critical Psychology Approach

Lester Watson
TL;DR: This book aims to provide a history of web exceptionalism from 1989 to 2002, a period chosen in order to explore its roots as well as specific cases up to and including the year in which descriptions of “Web 2.0” began to circulate.
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Dis/entangling critical disability studies

TL;DR: The authors provide an inevitably partial and selective account of this trans-disciplinary space through reference to a number of emerging insights, including theorizing through materialism, bodies that matter, inter/trans-sectionality, global disability studies, and self and Other.
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Collaborative analysis of qualitative data

TL;DR: This handbook is the first to provide a state-of-the art overview of the whole field of QDA; from general analytic strategies used in qualitative research, to approaches specific to particular types of qualitative data, including talk, text, sounds, images and virtual data.
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The role of communities in advancing the goals of the Movement for Global Mental Health

TL;DR: This special section of Transcultural Psychiatry explores the local-global spaces of engagement being opened up by the Movement for Global Mental Health, with particular emphasis on the need for expanded engagement with local communities.
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Compassion fatigue and resilience: A qualitative analysis of social work practice

TL;DR: Compassion fatigue is a term used to describe behaviour and emotions experienced by those who help people who have experienced trauma as discussed by the authors, it is viewed as a potential consequence of stress related to s...
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Dialogue: Bridging Personal, Community, and Social Transformation

TL;DR: The concept and practice of dialogue has underpinned key developments in humanistic psychotherapy and counseling as mentioned in this paper and has also been adopted by, and incorporated into, a range of educational, community and social theories and practices, and in this sense forms a valuable bridge between humanistic psychology and the wider field of sociopolitical theory and activity.
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