Social Responsibility of Psychology - Acitivity or Passivity of Psychologists to what is Happening in the Public
Social Responsibility of Psychology - Acitivity or Passivity of Psychologists to what is Happening in the Public
Author(s): Eleonora Serafimovska, Marijana MarkovićSubject(s): Psychology
Published by: Институт за социолошки и политичко-правни истражувања
Keywords: Association of psychologists in Republic of Macedonia; education on psychology in RM; psychological-intervention programs
Summary/Abstract: Changes in society have always reflected on the mental health of its citizens. The psychological issues of people have always been and still are, at least a part of them, a result of the specific social order they are part in, from the social processes nad events, which always, more or less, contribute to the repression and/or inclusion of the majority of population: the poor, older people, disabled, women, unemployed, homosexuals etc. This is why if psychologists are passive and explicitly refuse to talk about the issues, injustices and social affairs in general, they inlicitly support this state and at the same timecompromise their personal, professional and social resposnsibility. This woork reprsents an analysis of the data available online which refer to the activities of the Association of Psychologists of RM, the formal education on psychology, the activities of psychologists outside of academic circles, psychological-intervention and action projects, psychological research and psychotherapy.
Journal: Annual of the Institute for Sociological, Political and Juridical Research
- Issue Year: XXXIV/2009
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 233-245
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English