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This paper presents how deinstitutionalization was designed and built in Western countries, as well as the positive and negative effects of this practice.Moreover, the paper presents the main types of community-based mental health services, some of which have also been undertaken at a national level.

The paper reviews briefly the psychosocial perspective on evaluating school results and the main types of errors associated with them, as well as the influence of attribution within this process. Also, this perspective presents the description of the relationship between social influence and attitudinal change in education.

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The paper presents an exploration of the relationships that exist between the concepts of altruism (as a form of a rather deviant behavior in Western societies), trust (concept which is closely related to the concept of "social capital") and volunteering (social practice by which altruism is promoted and contributes to the development of trust).