Psychology in Brazil

Foreword

Preface

In Search Of Integration

Building Community Psychology in Brazil as a Tool for Change and Social Well-being

Interrelationships between Health and Child Development: Research and Preventive Interventions at Early Ages

Brazilian Studies on Social Skills and Social Competence

Human Values: Contributions from a Functional Perspective

Relation in Social Psychology: A Central Concept to understand Human Being, Groups and Society

Child Development in Context: From Clinical Remediation to Promotion in SchoolVulnerable Children and Youth - Innovative approaches from the Psychology of Social Development 



Psychology, for What? For Whom? - Ethical and Political Commitments for this Profession in Brazil 

Looking in History for Novel Integrated View of Theory and in Method for a Reversal Reconciliation Between First and Third Person Perspective

A Post-constructionist Approach to Social Psychology

Understanding Human Development As A Product Of Our Evolutionary History And Situated In Cultural Context: A Personal Trajectory

Psychology, History and Culture: The Field of the History of Psychological Knowledge

The Study of Childhood and Youth - Dilemmas and Choices of a 'Southern' Academic

On Becoming a Brazilian Full Professor in PsychologyAdvancing Facet Theory as The Framework of Choice to Understand Complex Phenomena in the Social and Human Sciences



Psychology and Care in Mental Health in Primary Care

Cooperation from an Evolutionary Perspective

Violence Prevention in a Violent Country

Silvia Helena Koller is a full professor at the Psychology Institute of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil and at Optentia, North West University, Vanderbijlpark South Africa. She was a Visiting Professor at Harvard Graduate School of Education and Visiting Scientist at Harvard T. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Koller has published over 300 peer-reviewed articles, edited 12 books, and 50 chapters in edited volumes in national, regional, and international outlets. She also edited more than 10 books in Brazil. She leads an active research group that has conducted numerous empirical studies and developed and/or evaluated programs that focus on promoting social justice; preventing and treating emotional, sexual and physical abuse and outcomes; training teachers and professionals who work with at-risk populations, and fostering economic and international development. Dr. Koller has received funding from the Kellogg Foundation, World Childhood Foundation (WCF), World Bank, Jacobs Foundation, David Rockefeller Foundation, and Brazilian agencies. Through these activities, Dr. Koller has established a major network of contacts and research collaborations throughout the five continents.