SO 327 - Sociology of Mental Health and Illness

Institution:

Park University

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Description:

Cross-cultural social history and analysis of mental health professions and psychiatric diagnoses, and an analysis of the politics and social control related to the labeling of mental illnesses. Topics include institutional and informal care-giving, effects of mental illness on family and friends, homelessness and substance abuse, effects of current mental health policies and trends, medicalization of deviance, and a social epidemiology of mental illness. 3:0:3

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.park.edu

Phone Number:

(816) 741-2000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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