title: The community psychologist as social planner. Designing optimal environments.
abstract: The environmental movement may provide a vehicle by which community psychologists can contribute to large-scale ecological change. This paper uses one outgrowth of the environmental movement--the environmental impact assessment process--to illustrate the procedures for input by community psychologists can participate in the environmental impact assessment process to (1) predict the effects of any new project on the demand for treatment services and (2) suggest ways in which a project may be designed to prevent psychological problems and enhance community well-being.
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D004779:Environment Design; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control; D011584:Psychology / Q000193:education; D012939:Social Planning