SOC 356 - Sociology of Mental Illness

Institution:

California State University-San Bernardino

Subject:

Description:

Cultural variations in definitions of mental health and illness; social processes involved in defining, labeling and treating mental illness; stigmatizing effects of being labeled mentally ill; relationship of the incidence and treatment of mental illness to class, ethnicity and other sociological categories. (4 units)

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.csusb.edu

Phone Number:

(909) 537-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Quarter

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