This book focuses on the theoretical concepts of community psychology, and its applications in day-to-day life. It discusses the challenges that adversely affect the welfare and wellbeing of common people and suggests community centric, evidence-based measures to address them.

Factors like new age lifestyles, fast-paced development and an increase in occurrence of natural calamities have been detrimental to the psychological wellbeing of the community. This volume integrates the social, cultural, economic, political, and environmental aspects of community psychology to address community life-based issues which include mental health stigma, social asymmetries, resource disparities, disadvantaged minority groups, the differently abled, HIV/AIDS patients, project affected people and disaster victims.

Key features of this book include:

• Dedicated intervention-based chapters on mental health, physical health, differently abled people, elderly, vulnerable children, HIV/AIDS patients, and people affected by development projects and disasters.

• Focus on challenges faced by students and school-based family counselling.

• Case Studies and conceptual models for better understanding and application of the subject.

The volume will be a valuable resource to students, researchers and teachers of Psychology, Social Work, Sociology, Public Health, and Social Economics. It will also be an indispensable read for social workers, NGOs, advocacy groups, and policy makers working in the field of social upliftment.

Sibnath Deb, PhD, DSc, is the Director of the Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Government of India. He is also Adjunct Professor at the School of Justice, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia. From 2004 to 2008, he served as a Council Member at the International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN). His research interests include child safety, students' mental health, youth development, adolescent reproductive health, family relationships and child protection. In recognition of his academic and research contribution, Prof. Deb has received many national and international awards, including "Visitor's Award 2019" from the Hon'ble President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind.

Aleena Maria Sunny is Teacher of Psychology at St.George's College, UK. She did her PhD under the supervision of Professor Sibnath Deb at the Department of Applied Psychology, Pondicherry University, India. She holds a Master's degree in Applied Clinical Psychology from Tata Institute of Social Sciences and a Bachelor's Degree (Honours) in psychology from Christ University, Bengaluru. Her research interests include Clinical Psychology, Neuro-Cognitive Psychology, and Child Development.

Nilanjana Sanyal is a retired Professor of the Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta, India. She has been practising psychoanalyst for the last 36 years. She has imparted training in counselling in various governmental institutions and NGOs, both nationally and internationally; and is consistently involved in mass media programmes for awareness generation regarding mental health issues. Her research interests include Psychoanalysis and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Personality, Clinical and Spiritual Psychology, and Interpersonal Relationships. She is the recipient of the Jubilee Merit Prize and Jawaharlal Nehru Award from the Government of India.

Shayana Deb holds a MSc degree in Behavioural Science from the CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, India. She did her undergraduate with a triple major i.e., Biotechnology, Chemistry and Botany. She has a special interest in child protection and youth development. She volunteered in three research projects which developed her interest in child welfare and well-being, and positive development of adolescence and youth.