SOC3346F-530
Prof. Fthenos
2016-2017
Department of Sociology
SOC3346F 530
Sociology of Mental Health
Thursday 6:30pm-9:30pm, UH27
Professor Georgios Fthenos
Office: UH 215
Email: [email protected]
Office Hours: 3:30pm-4:30pm; By appointment
Course Descriptio
Chapter 1 What is mental health?
Intro:
According to the world health organization no single definition of mental health is widely accepted.
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Cultural differences
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Competing professional theories
Good mental health = the absence of mental disorders, emo
Lecture3
TheoreticalModelsofMentalIllness
Reviewofthemajortheoreticalmodelsthatexplainthecausesofmental
disorders
o Comingfrompsychologists,anthropologists,therapists,etc.
Severalmodelsexist:
o Medical
o Psychoanalytic
o Behaviourmodification
o Socialstre
TestContent3hours
Chapters1,2,3,4(Nosupplementalreadingsotherthantheoneuploadedtoday)
60multiplechoice
o Textbookandlittlebitoflectures
o 1minuteperquestion
20fillintheblanks
o Challenging
o Statementorexampleofsomethingandasksforterm
o Givesdefinitionand
Prevalence and Pa+erns of Mental Illness
Case Study: Mental Illness and Incarcera7on
What is Mental Illness?
Mental illnesses are characterized by altera7ons in thinking,
mood or behaviouror some combina7on thereof
associ
