SAMPLE OF PUBLICATIONS BY ISAAC PRILLELTENSKY (FOR FULL LIST OF PUBLICATIONS, PLEASE REFER TO CV)

 

SUMMARIES OR PRE-PUBLICATION DRAFTS OF SOME OF THESE PUBLICATIONS CAN BE READ ONLINE. JUST FOLLOW THE LINKS.

 

            Books:

 

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Prilleltensky, I., and Prilleltensky, O. (2006). Promoting well-being: Linking personal, organizational, and community change. For details see http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471719269.html

 

Prilleltensky, I. (1994). The morals and politics of psychology: Psychological discourse and the status quo. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press.  -To read selections online click here

 

Fox, D., & Prilleltensky, I. (Eds.). (1997).  Critical Psychology: An Introduction. London: Sage. For overview and chapter summaries go to http://www.dennisfox.net/. For ordering information visit http://www.amazon.com/

 

Prilleltensky, I., Nelson, G., & Peirson, L. (Eds.). (2001). Promoting family wellness and preventing child maltreatment. University of Toronto Press. For ordering via the internet visit  this site

 

Prilleltensky, I., & Nelson, G. Doing Psychology Critically: Making a Difference in Diverse Settings.  Macmillan Press. read overview. See announcement at http://www.amazon.com/

 

            Nelson, G., & Prilleltensky, I. (Eds.). (2004).Community psychology:

            In pursuit of well-being and liberation. Macmillan read announcement and chapter sample

 

Edited Special Issue of Journal

 

            Prilleltensky, I., & Laurendeau, M.C. (Eds.). (1994). Prevention: Focus on children and youth. Special issue of the Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 13(2). (Prilleltensky Senior Editor).

 

            Book Chapters:

 

Prilleltensky, I., Prilleltensky, O. and Voorhees, C. (2007). Psychopolitical validity in the helping professions: Applications to research, interventions, case conceptualization, and therapy. In C. Cohen, and S. Tamiami (Eds.), Liberatory psychiatry: Towards a new psychiatry (pp. 105-130). New York: Cambridge University Press. View.

 

Prilleltensky, I., Dokecki, P., Frieden, G., & Ota Wang, V. (in press). Counselling for wellness and justice: Foundations, practice, and ethical dilemmas. In E. Aldarondo (Ed.). Promoting social justice through mental health practice. NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. read online

 

Prilleltensky, I., & Prilleltensky, O. (in press). Beyond resilience: Blending wellness and liberation in the helping professions. Chapter to appear in M. Ungar (Ed.). Pathways to Resilience: A Handbook of Theory, Methods, and Interventions. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. read online

 

Evans, S., & Prilleltensky, I. (in press). Youth civic engagement: Promise and perils. Chapter to appear in M. Ungar (Ed.). Pathways to Resilience: A Handbook of Theory, Methods, and Interventions. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. read online

 

Pawelski, J., & Prilleltensky, I. (in press). That at Which All Things Aim: Happiness, Wellness, and the Ethics of Organizational Life. In R. Giacalone (Ed.). Positive Psychology in Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility. InfoAge Press. read online

 

Prilleltensky, I., & Nelson, G. (in press). Research and solidarity: Knowing with community members. In. D. Pare and G. Larner, (Eds). Critical knowledge and practice in psychology and psychotherapy. Haworth Press. read preliminary draft

 

Prilleltensky, I. (2003). Poverty and power: Wellness and suffering in collective, relational, and personal domains. In T. Sloan and S. Carr (Eds.). Community approaches to poverty. Kluwer/Plenum. read pre-publication draft

 

Peirson, L., Nelson, G., & Prilleltensky, I. (2003). Expanding the frontiers of thinking and action in promoting family wellness and preventing child maltreatment. In K. Kufelt and B. McKenzie (Eds.)., Child Welfare: Connecting Research, Policy and Practice. (pp. 101-110). Wilfrid Laurier University Press.. For summaries of family wellness project visit http://www.cwlc.ca/, click on resources and follow link to family wellness project.

 

Rossiter, A., Prilleltensky, I., & Walsh-Bowers, R. (2000). Postmodern professional ethics. In Rossiter et al. (Eds.), Postmodern and feminist perspectives in social work practice (83-103). London: Routledge. 

 

Prilleltensky, I. (2001). Cultural assumptions, social justice, and mental health. In J. Schumaker and T. Ward (Eds.), Cultural cognition and psychopathology (pp. 251-265). Westport, CO: Praeger. read preliminary draft

 

Prilleltensky, I. (2000). Bridging agency, theory and action: Critical links in critical psychology. In T. Sloan, (Ed.), Critical psychology: voices for change (pp. 67-81). London: MacMillan.

 

Prilleltensky, I., Peirson, L., & Nelson, G. (2001) Mapping the terrain: Framework for promoting family wellness and preventing child maltreatment. In I. Prilleltensky, G. Nelson, & L. Peirson (Eds.). Promoting family wellness and preventing child maltreatment: Fundamentals for thinking and action.

 

Prilleltensky, I., Laurendeau, M.C., Chamberland, C., & Peirson, L. (2001). Vision and values for child and family wellness. In I. Prilleltensky, G. Nelson, & L. Peirson (Eds.). Promoting family wellness and preventing child maltreatment: Fundamentals for thinking and action. read summary

 

Nelson, G., Prilleltensky, I., & Peirson, L. (2001). Beyond the boundaries: Themes for thinking and action in the promotion of family wellness and the prevention of child maltreatment. In I. Prilleltensky, G. Nelson, & L. Peirson (Eds.). Promoting family wellness and preventing child maltreatment: Fundamentals for thinking and action.

 

Prilleltensky, I. (1999). Critical psychology praxis. In M. Montero (Ed.), La Psicologia al fin del siglo [Psychology at the end of the century] (pp. 279-304). Caracas: Sociedad Interamericana de Psicologia. read pre-publication draft on line

 

Nelson, G., Prilleltensky, I. & Peters, R. (1999). Mental health promotion and the prevention of mental health problems. In W. Marshall and P. Firestone (Eds.). Abnormal Psychology Perspectives (pp. 461-478). Scarborough, ON: Prentice Hall.

 

Prilleltensky, I., & Nelson, G. (1997). Community Psychology: Reclaiming social justice. In D. Fox and I. Prilleltensky (Eds.), Critical Psychology: An introduction (pp. 166-184) London: Sage. Read summary at http://www.dennisfox.net/

 

Prilleltensky, I., & Fox, D. (1997). Introducing Critical Psychology: Values, assumptions, and the status quo. In D. Fox and I. Prilleltensky (Eds.), Critical Psychology: An Introduction (pp. 2-20). London: Sage. http://www.dennisfox.net/

 

 

Prilleltensky, I. (1995).  The politics of abnormal psychology: Past, present and future. In Goldberger, N., & Veroff, J. (Eds.), (1995). The culture and personality reader. New York University Press.  Originally published in 1990 in Political Psychology, 11, 767-785.

 

            Prilleltensky, I., & Gonick, L. (1994). The discourse of oppression in the social sciences: Past, present, and future. In E. Trickett, R. Watts, and D. Birman (Eds.), Human diversity: Perspectives on people in context. San Francisco: Jossey Bass. (Prilleltensky senior author).

 

Dictionary entries

 

Prilleltensky, I. (1999). Contributed the following terms to The Dictionary of Psychology  (John Wiley) edited by R. Corsini: deconstruction, communitarianism, postmodernism, affirmative postmodernism, skeptical postmodernism, liberation psychology, liberal pluralism, victim blaming, metacriterion, emancipatory communitarianism.

 

Papers In Refereed Journals:

 

Bess, Kimberly D., Prilleltensky, Isaac P., Perkins, Douglas D., and Collins, Leslie V., (2009). Partiiipatory Organizational Change in Community-Based Health and Human Services: From Tokenism to Political Engagement. Journal of Community Psychology read online

 

Prilleltensky, I. (submitted). Justice as a determinant of family and community well-being.Family-based community development.  Read draft

 

Prilleltensky, I. (in press). Promoting well-being: Time for a paradigm shift in health and human services. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. read

 

Totikidis, V., & Prilleltensky, I. (in press). Engaging community through a Cycle of Praxis:  Multicultural Perspectives on Personal, Relational, and Collective Wellness. Community, Work, and Family. read

 

 

Prilleltensky, I., & Fox. D. (in press). Psychopolitical literacy for wellness and justice. Special Issue of Journal of Community Psychology on Youth and Democracy. read online

 

Morsillo, J., & Prilleltensky, (in press). Social action with youth: Interventions, evaluation, and psychopolitical validity. Special Issue of Journal of Community Psychology on Youth and Democracy. read online

 

Prilleltensky, I. (in press). The role of power in wellness, oppression, and liberation: the promise of psychopolitical validity. Journal of Community Psychology read online

 

Prilleltensky, I. (2003). ). Understanding and overcoming oppression: Towards psychopolitical validity. American Journal of Community Psychology, 31, 195-202. read online

 

Prilleltensky, I., & Prilleltensky, O.  (2003). Towards a critical health psychology practice. Journal of Health Psychology, 8(2), 197-210. read online

 

Prilleltensky, I. & Prilleltensky, O. (2003). Reconciling the roles of professional helper and critical agent in health psychology. Journal of Health Psychology, 8(2), 243-246. read on line

 

Prilleltensky, I., & Prilleltensky, O. (2003). Synergies for wellness and liberation in counselling psychology. The Counseling Psychologist. 20(10), 1-9 read online

 

            Austin, S., & Prilleltensky, I. (2002). Diverse origins, common aims: Challenges of Critical Psychology. Journal of Radical Psychology.  

 

            Prilleltensky, I., Sanchez, L., Walsh Bowers, R., Rossiter, A. (2002). Applied Ethics in Mental Health in Cuba: Dilemmas and resources. Ethics and Behavior, see CV for page numbers.  read preliminary draft online

 

Sánchez Valdés, L., Prilleltensky, I., Walsh-Bower, R., & Rossiter, A. (2002). Applied Ethics in Mental Health in Cuba: Guiding Concepts and Values. Ethics and Behavior, 13, 243-260.  read preliminary draft on line

 

James, S., & Prilleltensky, I. (2002).  Cultural diversity and mental health: Towards integrative practice. Clinical Psychology Review, 22, 1133-1154.  read pre-publication draft online

 

Austin, S., & Prilleltensky, I. (2001). Contemporary debates in critical psychology: Dialectics and synthesis. Australian Psychologist, 36,(1),  75-80.

                       

Prilleltensky, I. Nelson, G., & Peirson, L. (2001). The role of power and control in children’s lives: an ecological analysis of pathways towards wellness, resilience, and problems. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 11, 143-158. read pre-publication draft online

 

Prilleltensky, I. (2001). Emancipation, epistemology, and engagement: Challenges for critical psychology. International Journal of Critical Psychology, 1, 106-110.

 

Prilleltensky, I. (2000). Value-based leadership in organizations. Ethics and Behavior, 10(2), 139-158. read preliminary draft

 

Prilleltensky, I., & Austin, S. (2001). Critical psychology for critical action. International Journal of Critical Psychology, 2, 39-60.

 

Prilleltensky, I. (2001). Value-based praxis in community psychology: Moving towards social justice and social action. American Journal of Community Psychology, 29, 747-777. read pre-publication draft online

 

Nelson, G., Prilleltensky, I., & McGillivary. (2001). Value-based partnerships: Toward solidarity with oppressed groups. American Journal of Community Psychology, 29, 778-794. read semi-final draft

 

            Prilleltensky, I., Nelson, G., Sanchez, L. A. (2000). Value-based  smoking prevention program with Latin American Youth: Program evaluation. Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 9(1-2), 97-117. read pre-publication draft

 

            Rossiter, A., Walsh-Bowers, R., & Prilleltensky, I. (In press). Ethics as a located story: A comparison of North American and Cuban professional ethics. Theory and Psychology.

 

Nelson, G., & Prilleltensky, I. (2000). Context, agency, and language in the promotion of child and family wellness. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 10, 241-245.

 

Prilleltensky, I., & Nelson, G. (2000). Promoting child and family wellness: Priorities for psychological and social interventions. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 10, 85-105 read preliminary draft

 

Prilleltensky, I., Walsh-Bowers, R., & Rossiter, A. (1999). Clinicians’ lived experience of ethics: Values and challenges in helping children. Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, 10(4), 315-342. read preliminary draft

 

Nelson, G., Amio, J., Prilleltensky, I., & Nickels, P. (2000). Partnerships for Implementing School and Community Prevention Programs. Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, 11, 74-86.

 

            Prilleltensky, I. (1999). Critical psychology foundations for the promotion of mental health. Annual Review of Critical Psychology, 1, 95-112.read pre-publication draft on line

 

Prilleltensky, I. (1998). Valori, presupposti e prassi: Come valutari le implicazioni morali de lla teoria e dell’azione psicologica. Bollettino di Psicologia Applicata, XLV, 3-26. (Italian translation of paper published in 1997 in American Psychologist, see entry below).

 

Prilleltensky, I. (1997). Values, assumptions, and practices: Assessing the moral implications of psychological discourse and action. American Psychologist, 47, 517-535. read pre-publication draft

 

Prilleltensky, I., Peirson, L., & Nelson, G. (1997) The application of community psychology values and guiding concepts to school consultation. Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, 8(2), 153-173.

 

Prilleltensky, I., Peirson, L., Gould, & Nelson, G. (1997). Planning mental health services for children and youth: Part I - A value-based framework. Evaluation and Program Planning, 20(2), 163-172.

 

            Peirson, L., Prilleltensky, I., Nelson, G., & Gould, J. (1997). Planning mental health services for children and youth: Part II - Results of a value-based community consultation project. Evaluation and Program Planning, 20(2), 173-183.

 

Prilleltensky, I. (1996). Human, moral and political values for an emancipatory psychology. The Humanistic Psychologist, 24(3), 307-324.

 

Prilleltensky, I., Rossiter, A., & Walsh-Bowers, R. (1996). Preventing harm and promoting ethical discourse in the helping professions: conceptual, research, analytical, and action frameworks. Ethics and Behavior, 6(4), 287-306.

 

Walsh-Bowers, R., Rossiter, A., & Prilleltensky, I. (1996). The personal is the organizational in the ethics of hospital social workers. Ethics and Behavior, 6(4) 321-335.

 

Rossiter, A., Walsh-Bowers, R., & Prilleltensky, I. (1996). Learning from broken rules: Individualism, bureaucracy and ethics. Ethics and Behavior, 6(4), 307-320.

 

            Nelson, G., Prilleltensky, I., Laurendeau, M.C., & Powell, B. (1996). A survey of prevention activities in mental health in the Canadian provinces and territories. Canadian Psychology, 37(3), 161-172.

 

Fox, D., & Prilleltensky, I. (1996). The inescapable nature of politics in psychology. New Ideas in Psychology, 14(1), 21-26 (authorship alphabetical). See summary at http://www.uis.edu/~fox/

 

Prilleltensky, I., Gonick, L. (1996). Polities change, oppression remains: On the psychology and politics of oppression. Political Psychology, 17, 127-147

 

McCallum, S., & Prilleltensky, I. (1996) Empowerment in child protection work: Values, practice, and caveats. Children and Society, 10, 40-50.

 

Prilleltensky, I. (1994). The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child:

Implications for Children's Mental Health. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 13(2), 77-93.

 

Prilleltensky, I., & Laurendeau, M.C. (1994). Prevention and the public good.        

Introduction to special issue of Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health on Prevention: Focus on children and youth, 13(2), 5-10.

 

            Peirson, L., & Prilleltensky, I. (1994). Understanding school change to facilitate     

prevention: A study of change in a Secondary School. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health 13(2), 127-144.

 

Prilleltensky, I. (1994).  Empowerment in mainstream psychology:  Legitimacy, obstacles, and possibilities.  Canadian Psychology, 35, 358-375. 

 

Prilleltensky, I. (1994).  On the social legacy of B.F. Skinner: Rhetoric of change/Philosophy of adjustment.  Theory and Psychology, 4(1), 125-137.

 

Prilleltensky, I., & Walsh-Bowers, R. (1993). Psychology and the moral imperative. Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, 13(2), 90-102 (Authorship alphabetical).

 

Prilleltensky, I. (1993). The immigration experience of Latin-American families: Research and action on perceived risk and protective factors. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 12(2), 101-116.

 

Prilleltensky, I.  (1992). Humanistic psychology, human welfare, and the social order. Journal of Mind and Behavior, 13(4), 315-328.

 

Prilleltensky, I. (1992).  Radical behaviorism and the social order.  Counselling and Values, 36, 104-111.

 

Prilleltensky, I. (1991).  The social ethics of school psychology: A priority for the nineties.  School Psychology Quarterly, 6(3), 200-222.

 

Prilleltensky, I. (1990).  Psychology in industry: Origins and sociopolitical implications.  Critical Sociology, 17, 73-91.

 

Prilleltensky, I. (1990).  The politics of abnormal psychology: Past, present and future.  Political Psychology, 11, 767-785.

 

Prilleltensky, I. (1990).  On the social and political implications of cognitive psychology.  Journal of Mind and Behavior, 11, 127-136.

 

Prilleltensky, I. (1990).  Enhancing the social ethics of psychology: Towards a psychology at the service of social change.  Canadian Psychology, 31, 310-319.

 

Prilleltensky, I. (1989).  Psychology and the status quo.  American Psychologist, 44, 795-802.

 

Prilleltensky, I., & Lobel, T. (1987).  The experience of being understood: A phenomenological-structural analysis.  Multivariate Experimental Clinical Research, 8, 221-238. 

 

Conference Proceedings

 

Prilleltensky, I. (2001). Promoting child wellness and preventing child maltreatment: Leadership for action. Proceedings of the 8th Australasian Conference on Child abuse and Neglect. read

 

Prilleltensky, I. (2001). Vision and values for child and family wellness.  Proceedings of the 8th Australasian Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect. read

 

Prilleltensky, I. (1999). Value-based leadership in organizations. McGill University Symposium on Ethical leadership, Montreal, May 27-28, 1999.

 

Rossiter, A., Prilleltensky, I., & Walsh-Bowers, R. (1996). Learning from broken rules: Individualism, organization and ethics. Conference Proceedings of Joint World Congress of the International Federation of Social Workers and the International Association of Schools of Social Work. Hong Kong, July 24-27, 1996. 46-49

 

            Comments

 

Prilleltensky, I. (1998). Values and assumptions about values and assumptions. American Psychologist, 53, 325-326.

 

            Prilleltensky, I. (1994). Psychology and social ethics. American Psychologist. 49, 966-967.

 

            Book Review:

 

Prilleltensky, I. (1992).  Review of Pransky's (1991) Prevention: The Critical Need. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 11(1) 125-128.

 

Prilleltensky, I. (1994). Review of Albee, Bond, and Monsey's (Eds.), (1992) Improving children's lives: Global perspectives on prevention. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health 13(2), 244-247.

 

Invited Book Reviews

 

Prilleltensky, I. (2003). Review of Alexa Hepburn’s Introduction to Critical Social Psychology. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology.

 

Prilleltensky, I. (2002). Knowledge for liberation or liberation from knowledge? Review of Philo and Miller Merket killing: what the free market does and what social scientists can do about it (Longman). Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology.

 

Prilleltensky, I. (2002). Book review of Community Psychology by M. Seedat (Oxford University Press) and Handbook for Psychologists Working with Aboriginal Australians (Gunada Press). The Community Psychologist.

 

 

Prilleltensky, I. (2001). Book Review of Ética de la intervencion social (Ethics of social intervention) by Alipio Sánchez Vidal (1999). Published by Paidós, Barcelona, Spain.

 

Prilleltensky, I. (1998). Tensions between the good life, the good profession and the good society. Review of Lisa Hoshmand's (1998) Creativity and moral vision in psychology. Contemporary Psychology. 43

 

Prilleltensky, I. (2000). Finally! Imbuing applied ethics with grounded experience. Review of Daniel Chambliss's Beyond caring: Hospitals, nurses, and the social organization of ethics. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health.

 

Prilleltensky, I. (1997). Historical context for psychology, moral context for historians. Review of Graham Richards’s (1996) Putting psychology in its place: An introduction from a critical historical perspective. Contemporary Psychology, 42(11), 990-991.

 

Prilleltensky, I. (1997) And what about social change? Review of Argyle's (1994) The psychology of social class (Routledge). Theory and Psychology, 7, 276-278.

 

Prilleltensky, I. (1996). Critical Psychology Reaching Critical Mass:  Review of Tolman's (1994) Psychology, society, and subjectivity. (Routledge). Contemporary Psychology, 41(6), 560-562.

 

            Invited Non-referred Publications

 

            Peirson, L., Nelson, G., & Prilleltensky, I. (Fall 2000). Family wellness and child maltreatment: An ecological perspective. Canada’s children, 30-33.

 

            Prilleltensky, I. Walsh-Bowers, R., & Rossiter, A. (1997). Values and ethical dilemmas in helping children. Hearsay: Manitoba Speech and Hearing Association Newsletter.

 

Prilleltensky, I. (1997). Values, discourse, and action: On the morality of psychological practice. California Psychological Association -- Division of Professional Practice. CPA Briefings, # 141, pp. 1, 5-6.

 

            Technical report:

 

Prilleltensky, I., Nelson, G., & Peirson, L. (Eds.). Promoting family wellness and preventing child maltreatment. Final report submitted to Human Resources Development Canada. (9 chapters, 495 pages).

           

Prilleltensky, I., Peirson, L., Gould, J., & Nelson, G.  (1993). Mandate Review: Report of Community Consultation Process. Prepared for Sarnia/Lambton Centre for Children and Youth. (Prilleltensky senior author).

 

Prilleltensky, I. (1997). Demonstration project to prevent the use of tobacco among children and youth in a Latin American Community: Final report and guidelines for implementation. Submitted to Health Canada in April 1997.

 

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