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assignment Level : Introductory
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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.

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Syllabus

  • Week 1 - 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.
  • Week 2 - What is mental health and what causes mental illness?
     
  • Week 3 - The social context of diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses
     
  • Week 4 - Culture, mental health and mental illness
     
  • Week 5 - Families, caregiving and mental illness
     
  • Week 6 - society, communities and mental health
     
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Instructors

Charmaine Williams
Associate Professor
Faculty of Social Work

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University of Toronto
Established in 1827, the University of Toronto has one of the strongest research and teaching faculties in North America, presenting top students at all levels with an intellectual environment unmatched in depth and breadth on any other Canadian campus.
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Coursera

Coursera is a digital company offering massive open online course founded by computer teachers Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller Stanford University, located in Mountain View, California. 

Coursera works with top universities and organizations to make some of their courses available online, and offers courses in many subjects, including: physics, engineering, humanities, medicine, biology, social sciences, mathematics, business, computer science, digital marketing, data science, and other subjects.

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