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Название: Psychology and the National Institute of Mental Health : a historical analysis of science, practice, and policy
Автор: Pickren, Wade E.; Schneider, Stanley F.
Издательство: American Psychological Association
Год: 2005
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 359
Размер: 18.18 МБ
Язык: English
This volume is a historical analysis of the reciprocal relationship of psychology and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). As a historical volume, the book provides important insights into the remarkable expansion of psychology since World War II and illuminates the role of government in shaping the lives and practices of its citizens through its funding of research, training, and service. It is also meant to serve as a resource for scholars who wish to write more specialized histories of postWorld War II psychology and government. There has been little historical work that offers a compelling analysis of the forces that have given such a psychological cast to the last 50 years. This volume focuses on issues of mental health policy, support of research through the extensive grants programs, training for research and practice, and the expanded support of mental health services by the federal government, each of which had important consequences for the discipline of psychology. In turn, government policy and practices were changed by the involvement of psychologists as science administrators.