SOC 3450 :
Soc of Mental Health & Illness

Examination of mental health and illness in social and historical context; different frameworks for understanding mental illness (e.g. psychological, biomedical, and sociological); social meanings, definitions, and determinants of mental illness; approaches to treatment; and the various ways in which the mentally ill (and/or those labelled as mentally ill) have been marginalized in society.

Overview

Program

Credits

Credits 3

Last Offered

Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2015