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Human behavior is a subject so vast that it would seem to defy one's ability to comfortably and confidently grasp its varieties, nuances, shapes, and dynamics. But in this wide-ranging and comprehensive survey of the contexts of human behavior, Dennis Saleebey examines the different social science approaches to understanding the way humans react to and are affected by their environment. Using a biopsychosocial perspective, this book demonstrates that there are many paths of knowledge, many methods of inquiry, and many perspectives that can guide one's understanding of human behavio

The strengths perspective and resilience literature suggest that social workers
may learn from those people who survive and in some cases flourish in the face of
oppression, illness, demoralization, and abuse. Social workers need to know what
steps these natural survivors have taken, what processes they have adopted, and
what resources they have used. In this article, written specifically for Advances in
Social Work, Dennis Saleebey discusses the central tenets of strengths-based practice.

It is the thesis of this paper that there is a palpable, perhaps even useful, social psychological theory of addiction now emerging. The basic themes of the evolving theory are reviewed and contrasted with the current "disease" model. However, there are difficulties to be encountered with such a social psychological perspective and some of these are discussed as well.