Providing unique global perspectives on community psychology, this is exciting and important reading for students and researchers alike, written by leading experts in the field. Drawing on a wealth of experience and examples, it offers an essential guide to the political global context of this fast-developing area of psychology.

Introduction: Community Psychology and the Socio-economics of Mental Distress: International Perspectives; C.Walker, K.Johnson, and L.Cunningham PART I: SOCIO-ECONOMICS AND MENTAL DISTRESS Introduction; C.Walker Seroxat: the Corruption of Pharmacological Corporations, Health Care Professionals, Politicians and Academics; P.Duckett Gambling: Government and Industry Promotion of a Dangerous Form of Consumption; J.Orford Neoliberal Ideology and Personal Debt in the UK; C.Walker The Operation of a Suicidal Cohort and its Socio-economic Origins; C.Curtis and B.Curtis Mental Health and Community Psychology in India; S.Bhatia PART II: PSYCHOLOGY, IDEOLOGY AND MODES OF INTERVENTIONS Introduction; K.Johnson Social Integration, Violence and Mental Health in Columbia; C.Quenza Supporting Global Mental Health: Critical Community Psychology as a Potential Panacea?; R.Burgess Developing a Cambodian Psychology; L.Cunningham, N.Hema, S.Sovandara, K.Sareth, P.Peou, K.Hourn and S.Hour Communities and Professional Identities: South African Women Students' Accounts of Applied Psychology Training; J.Callaghan Community Psychology as a Globalised Commodity? A South African Perspective; R.Carolissen PART III: INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECTS Introduction; L.Cunningham Charting a Path From Data to Action: A Culturally Sensitive Intervention for Adolescent Self-Harm in Sri Lanka; J.Marecek Housing for People with Lived Experience of Mental Health Issues: Housing First as a Strategy to Improve Quality of Life; G.Nelson, P.Goering and S.Tsemberis Developing a Tenant Organisation as a Resource in Supported Housing; B.Kloos, K.Scrimenti, N.Masson, S.Zimmerman, B.Davis, and D.Snow The Clubhouse Model and Community Psychology; S.Phillips Liberation of the Social Consciousness through Alternative Learning and Action Research: Work in Progress with the Aytas of the Philippines; E.Estacio and D.Marks Art, Social Action and Social Change; M.Murray Conclusion Global Mental Health, Cultural Specificity and the Risk of Neo-colonialism: Challenges for Critical Community Psychology; K.Johnson.