關於此課程：Learn how social factors promote mental health, influence the onset and course of mental illness, and affect how mental illnesses are diagnosed and treated. This course explores how our understanding of mental health and illness has been influenced by social attitudes and social developments in North America and around the world. The course begins by situating our contemporary mental health practices in historical context, then looks at different aspects of mental health, mental illness and mental health services and their connections to what’s going on in our social environment.
製作方： University of Toronto
教學方： Charmaine Williams, Associate Professor
Faculty of Social Work
| 語言 | English |
| 如何通過 | 通過所有計分作業以完成課程。 |
| 用戶評分 |
授課大綱
第 1 週
Welcome and A Brief History of Madness
We begin with a quick orientation to the course and continue with our first lecture topic: A brief history of madness.
11 個視頻, 2 個閱讀材料
- Reading: Course Information
- Reading: Readings and Resources
- 視頻: 1.0 Introduction
- Discussion Prompt: Introductions
- 視頻: 1.1 Visiting the asylum
- 視頻: 1.2 Why the asylum?
- 視頻: 1.3 20th century mental health care
- 視頻: 1.4 Antipsychiatry
- 視頻: 1.5 Deinstitutionalization
- 視頻: 1.6 Community-based mental health care
- 視頻: 1.7 Recovery and mental health
- 視頻: 1.8 Conclusion
- 視頻: Bonus material: An introduction to author Caroline Fei-Yeng Kwok
已評分: Commentary
第 2 週
What is mental health and what causes mental illness?
8 個視頻, 1 個閱讀材料
- Reading: Readings and Resources
- 視頻: 2.1 defining mental health
- 視頻: 2.2 what is mental illness?
- 視頻: 2.3 social determinants of mental health
- 視頻: 2.4 SDoH in action
- 視頻: 2.5 the biopsychosocial perspective on mental health
- 視頻: 2.6 applying the biopsychosocial perspective
- 視頻: 2.7 Conclusion
- Discussion Prompt: Key social determinants of mental health in your local community
第 3 週
The social context of diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses
9 個視頻, 1 個閱讀材料, 1 個練習測驗
- Reading: Readings and Resources
- 視頻: 3.1 Demystifying the DSM
- 視頻: 3.2 Diagnosis as a series of social events
- 視頻: 3.3 Diagnosis: An example of the role of social context
- 視頻: 3.4a The social context of treatment options
- 視頻: 3.4b The social context of treatment options part 2
- 視頻: 3.5 The social context of treatment access
- 視頻: 3.6 Conclusion
- Discussion Prompt: Psychiatric Diagnoses and Genera Medical Diagnoses
- Discussion Prompt: Involuntary treatment
- Practice Quiz: Extra-credit quiz
- 視頻: From summer 2014: what's with the DSM?
已評分: Personal Reflection
第 4 週
Culture, mental health and mental illness
8 個視頻, 1 個閱讀材料
- Reading: Readings and Resources
- 視頻: 4.1 culture mental health mental illness
- 視頻: 4.2 culture & mental health in historical context
- 視頻: 4.3 culture and mental health
- 視頻: 4.4 culture and mental illness
- 視頻: 4.5 an example of intersections between culture and mental health
- 視頻: 4.6 cultural competence and multicultural mental health care
- 視頻: 4.7 Conclusions
- Discussion Prompt: Mental Illness Experience and Perspectives
第 5 週
Families, caregiving and mental illness
6 個視頻, 1 個閱讀材料
- Reading: Readings and Resources
- 視頻: 5.1 families and mental health
- 視頻: 5.2 do families cause mental illness - no
- 視頻: 5.3 families and caregiving
- 視頻: 5.4 families and recovery
- 視頻: 5.5 conclusions
- Discussion Prompt: Family Guide to Mental Health Recovery interviews
第 6 週
society, communities and mental health
7 個視頻, 1 個閱讀材料
- Reading: Readings and Resources
- 視頻: 6.1 stigma and mental illness
- 視頻: 6.2a a life course approach to preventing mental disorders part 1
- 視頻: 6.2b a life course approach to preventing mental disorders part 2
- 視頻: 6.3 interventions to promote community mental health
- 視頻: 6.4 towards community that support mental health
- 視頻: 6.5 conclusions
- Discussion Prompt: Investing in Mental Health
已評分: Final Assignment
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University of Toronto
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Great content. A lot of information about mental health and illness.
cool course
The insight gained from the course was amazing. I learnt a lot! Plus the teaching style and course content made the whole difference.
well worth the time. The professor makes the course easy to learn from.