Includes index

The assessment of complex adaptive systems -- The roots of social and personal change : self-organization, natural selection, and entropy -- Understanding in action : the role of theory in the human services -- Recent developments in the study of consciousness -- Maturation, learning, and personal development through the life cycle -- Motivation and personality: conflict, consistency, and fulfillment models -- Problem solving, decision making, and creativity -- Theories of mental dysfunction -- Small groups and their processes -- Families as complex systems -- The dynamics of organizations -- Community theory, dynamics, and assessment -- Diversity : problems, challenges, opportunities -- Helping relationships and advanced generalist practice in complex systems -- Values, ethics, and spirituality in the human services.