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Community Intervention as Clinical Case Study

William Alanson White InstituteOEDTREX{at}aol.com

In the field of community psychology, empowerment is analogous with health, and the concept of intervention, synonymous with treatment, is intended to foster and sustain long-term prevention of both acute and chronic problems in the target community. Community empowerment interventions that include prevention techniques and focus on interpersonal functioning are the most successful form of interventions for communities that have undergone crisis or disaster. In this article, the author briefly reviews the theoretical and research basis for integrating community revitalization techniques with a psychoanalytic model that specifically highlights and addresses interpersonal functioning as the cornerstone of community health and well-being. An illustrative case study includes a conceptualization of the underlying pathological problems that were treated and the adaptive resources thatwere developed in a 4-year intervention in one circumscribed South Central Los Angeles community after the 1992 riots there.

Key Words: community • revitalization • empowerment • prevention • interpersonal Psychoanalysis

Clinical Case Studies, Vol. 3, No. 3, 250-270 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/1534650103259636


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