Clinical sociology is a multidisciplinary field that seeks to improve life situations for individuals and groups. Clinical sociologists work with client systems to assess situations in order to avoid, reduce, or eliminate problems through a combination of analysis and intervention. This book showcases the art and science of clinical sociology from around the world. It is the first book to present basic clinical sociology diagrams and models in addition to detailed histories of clinical sociology in the United States, Quebec, France, and Japan. A range of interventions are discussed in light of a region's economic, social, political, and disciplinary history. Among the topics that are covered are mediation, environmental justice activities in Brazil, focus groups for international clients, bereavement, conflict prevention work in Malaysia, movement building in the United States, a therapeutic house for adults, mental health challenges in China, and street children in Mexico.

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Selected Regional Histories.- The Basics: From Concepts to Models.- The History of Clinical Sociology in the United States.- Clinical Sociology in Québec: When Europe Meets America.- On the Origins of Clinical Sociology in France: Some Milestones.- Clinical Sociology in Japan.- Clinical Sociology Applications.- Clinical Sociological Contributions to the Field of Mediation.- Clinical Sociology and Bereavement.- Psychosocial Interventions and the Rehabilitation of Drug Users in Greece.- The Patient's Personal Experience of Schizophrenia in China: A Clinical Sociology Approach to Mental Health.- Art and Science in Italian Clinical Sociology.- Socioanalysis and Clinical Intervention.- Focus Groups in the Context of International Development: In Pursuit of the Millennium Development Goals.- Clinical Sociology and Community Mediation: Training Grassroots Leaders in Multiethnic Malaysian Communities.- Mexico's Street Children.- Building Environmental Justice in Brazil: A Preliminary Discussion of Environmental Racism.- Globalization and Community Organizing: Building Today's Local-Global Movement in the United States.