HISTSCI 173 - The Abnormal Mind

Institution:

Harvard University

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Description:

This course examines how the abnormal mind has been understood from the origins of psychiatry and psychoanalysis to the development of psychopharmaceuticals. We will study classification of diseases and methods of treatment, the professional formation of psychiatry, changing definitions of normality, the interplay between social and mental norms, and ways that deviant or minority social groups have been explained through references to the character of their minds.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.harvard.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 495-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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