The Social Context of Mental Health and Illness
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The Social Context of Mental Health and Illness
Instructor: Charmaine Williams
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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.
We begin with a quick orientation to the course and continue with our first lecture topic: A brief history of madness.
What's included
11 videos2 readings1 peer review1 discussion prompt
11 videos•Total 120 minutes
- Welcome to the course!•3 minutes
- 1.0 Introduction •8 minutes
- 1.1 Visiting the asylum •9 minutes
- 1.2 Why the asylum? •20 minutes
- 1.3 20th century mental health care •14 minutes
- 1.4 Antipsychiatry •12 minutes
- 1.5 Deinstitutionalization •16 minutes
- 1.6 Community-based mental health care •16 minutes
- 1.7 Recovery and mental health •11 minutes
- 1.8 Conclusion •5 minutes
- Bonus material: An introduction to author Caroline Fei-Yeng Kwok •7 minutes
2 readings•Total 20 minutes
- Course Information•10 minutes
- Readings and Resources•10 minutes
1 peer review•Total 60 minutes
- Commentary•60 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
- Introductions•10 minutes
What's included
8 videos1 reading1 discussion prompt
8 videos•Total 77 minutes
- 2.0 introduction to lecture 2 •3 minutes
- 2.1 defining mental health •7 minutes
- 2.2 what is mental illness? •12 minutes
- 2.3 social determinants of mental health •10 minutes
- 2.4 SDoH in action •14 minutes
- 2.5 the biopsychosocial perspective on mental health •14 minutes
- 2.6 applying the biopsychosocial perspective •12 minutes
- 2.7 Conclusion •4 minutes
1 reading•Total 10 minutes
- Readings and Resources•10 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
- Key social determinants of mental health in your local community•10 minutes
What's included
9 videos1 reading1 assignment1 peer review2 discussion prompts
9 videos•Total 105 minutes
- 3.0 Introduction to lecture 3 •8 minutes
- 3.1 Demystifying the DSM •15 minutes
- 3.2 Diagnosis as a series of social events •15 minutes
- 3.3 Diagnosis: An example of the role of social context •17 minutes
- 3.4a The social context of treatment options •12 minutes
- 3.4b The social context of treatment options part 2 •9 minutes
- 3.5 The social context of treatment access •12 minutes
- 3.6 Conclusion •3 minutes
- From summer 2014: what's with the DSM?•13 minutes
1 reading•Total 10 minutes
- Readings and Resources•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Extra-credit quiz•30 minutes
1 peer review•Total 60 minutes
- Personal Reflection•60 minutes
2 discussion prompts•Total 20 minutes
- Psychiatric Diagnoses and Genera Medical Diagnoses•10 minutes
- Involuntary treatment•10 minutes
What's included
8 videos1 reading1 discussion prompt
8 videos•Total 76 minutes
- 4.0 introduction to lecture 4 •4 minutes
- 4.1 culture mental health mental illness •8 minutes
- 4.2 culture & mental health in historical context •15 minutes
- 4.3 culture and mental health •14 minutes
- 4.4 culture and mental illness •12 minutes
- 4.5 an example of intersections between culture and mental health •8 minutes
- 4.6 cultural competence and multicultural mental health care •12 minutes
- 4.7 Conclusions •3 minutes
1 reading•Total 10 minutes
- Readings and Resources•10 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
- Mental Illness Experience and Perspectives•10 minutes
What's included
6 videos1 reading1 discussion prompt
6 videos•Total 53 minutes
- 5.0 introduction to lecture 5 •5 minutes
- 5.1 families and mental health •8 minutes
- 5.2 do families cause mental illness - no •16 minutes
- 5.3 families and caregiving •16 minutes
- 5.4 families and recovery •5 minutes
- 5.5 conclusions •2 minutes
1 reading•Total 10 minutes
- Readings and Resources•10 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
- Family Guide to Mental Health Recovery interviews•10 minutes
What's included
7 videos1 reading1 peer review1 discussion prompt
7 videos•Total 73 minutes
- 6.0 introduction to lecture 6 •5 minutes
- 6.1 stigma and mental illness •18 minutes
- 6.2a a life course approach to preventing mental disorders part 1 •11 minutes
- 6.2b a life course approach to preventing mental disorders part 2 •8 minutes
- 6.3 interventions to promote community mental health •12 minutes
- 6.4 towards community that support mental health •14 minutes
- 6.5 conclusions •4 minutes
1 reading•Total 10 minutes
- Readings and Resources•10 minutes
1 peer review•Total 120 minutes
- Final Assignment•120 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
- Investing in Mental Health•10 minutes
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Reviewed on Feb 20, 2019
It was so structured and meaningfully engaging. Loved every part of it . Thank you Charmaine for bringing this course to coursera. Lots of best wishes to you.
Reviewed on Mar 21, 2021
I enjoyed the course The Social Context of Mental Health and Illness. Informational and thought provoking however I was somewhat disappointed with lack of updated course lecture information.
Reviewed on Jun 4, 2021
Excellent overview of historical and current status of mental health and illness. Also offers practical suggestions to encourage mental health and to support mentally ill.
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