Complex Systems and Human Behavior

Both as services and as sciences, social work and psychology rest on a multi-dimensional theory base that is rich and varied. Here, Christopher Hudson offers a forward thinking, integrative, and authoritative look at the theoretical underpinnings of the human services that will provide readers with a fresh perspective on their professional life and practice.

This is a necessary book for practitioners as well as for other advanced students of human behavior who seeks a greater understanding of the evolution and foundation of their craft.

Christopher G. Hudson (PhD, University of Illinois, Chicago; AM, AB, University of Chicago) is a professor in the MSW program at Salem State College in Salem, MA. He has regularly taught in MSW programs and published extensively in professional journals on human behavior and mental health policy issues, including developments in complex systems and chaos theories. His books include Dimensions of State Mental Health Policy (Praeger, 1991) and An Interdependency Model of Homelessness (Mellon, 1998). Has received numerous awards, including Researcher of the Year (awarded by the Massachusetts Alliance for the Mentally Ill), and a faculty Fulbright fellowship.