Psychology in India, Volume 3

Introduction

Girishwar Misra

This volume deals with the broad domain of disciplinary developments in the areas of clinical psychology and health psychology. While doing so, we have included the efforts to address the concerns of two special groups—the differently abled and the aged. There are two chapters that focus on intervention. One is on therapeutic practices to help people suffering from mental disorders and problems at the individual level and the other is concerned with interventions at the level of the community. All these areas are increasingly becoming very important.

In contemporary research and professional practice, the twin areas of disease and health are separately emphasized. This indicates that it is not sufficient enough ...