PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTION IN SOCIAL SERVICES

Manuel Berdullas *, Sabino Ayestaran**, Fernando Chacon***, Dario Paez**

* Health Department of the City Council of Madrid

** Faculty of Psychology, University of the Basque Country

*** Faculty of Psychology, Complutense University of Madrid

1. IDEOLOGY AND SCOPE OF SOCIAL SERVICES
2. PREDOMINANT APPROACHES AND SUBJECT AREAS
3. THE MOST OUTSTANDING LINES OF RESEARCH
3.1 Areas of research regarding the methodology of social intervention.
3.1.1. Techniques of psycho-social intervention.
3.1.2.The evaluation of social intervention.
3.2 Areas of research centred on specific areas of social intervention.
3.2.1. The organization and planning of social services.
3.2.2. The social construction of the image of the drug addict.
4. THE MOST NOTEWORTHY CENTRES AND INSTITUTIONS
4.1. Political decision-making centres in that which is related to social interaction.
4.2. Faculties and Departments at the University
5. PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTION IN LATIN AMERICA AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY IN SPAIN
6. REFERENCES

ABSTRACT

This paper outlines the current state of the psychological interventions in the area of Social Services in Spain. Ideological issues and professional procedures cannot be approached separately in this field. Social Psychology techniques and procedures are on the stage while clinical assessment and diagnosis in a conventional sense remain in the back yard. Minority or marginal groups are the main beneficiaries of these types of psychological actions. However, when we consider all "minorities" and "marginal groups" together their number constitute a majority in an affluent society. Social services pay attention to specific problems as well as general problems in our society that cannot remain hidden.

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