PSYCO335 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Community Psychology, Conduct Disorder, Health Promotion

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCO335
• Professor: Jaylene Brinker

Document Summary

Health promotion: programs designed to increase activities that are beneficial to many aspects of physical health. Community psychology: a branch of psychology that focuses on research and practice on reciprocal relations between individuals and the community in which they live. Three types of intervention with respect to illness: primary, secondary and tertiary. Primary intervention: before the disorder has developed, helps prevent disorder development. Secondary intervention: occurs when a disorder is evident; treatment. Tertiary intervention: focuses on rehabilitation and long-term adaptation. Universal preventative intervention: a prevention program applied to an entire population, such as media awareness campaign on the dangers of drinking and driving. Selective prevention intervention: a prevention program that targets people who are at elevated risk of developing a particular disorder or problem. Indicated preventative intervention: a prevention program that targets people who do not meet criteria for a disorder, but who have elevated risk and may show detectable, but subclinical, signs of the disorder.