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523 ratings

About the Course

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....

Top reviews

AW

Sep 27, 2020

A very enlightening course. This opened my eyes a lot more to what Mental health is all about and how patients with diverse mental illness struggle through their journey to healing and recovery.

OA

Aug 18, 2020

This is a very interesting and eye opening course. Professor Williams explained in such a way that students like me with zero knowledge could understand and be interested. Highly recommended.

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By sammie e

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Mar 26, 2020

Great content!

By Fiona D

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Dec 12, 2020

Great course.

By leilani b

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Jan 20, 2017

Great course!

By Pallavi D D

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May 8, 2018

cool course

By Mohamed A

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Aug 3, 2017

it any time

By Francesco M

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Oct 31, 2016

Beautiful.

By Sunmi s

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Mar 18, 2024

very nice

By Josiah H

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May 7, 2023

Loved it!

By Nayana S

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Jan 2, 2024

loved it

By Luis A A D

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Sep 10, 2020

great

By منير ح

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Oct 15, 2023

good

By RESHMA B

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May 7, 2022

nice

By Jessica R

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Oct 28, 2020

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By Susan P

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Mar 10, 2021

This was a very complex course. Being a mom, who hasnt been in school for over 45 years, it was a challenging one to complete. What i learned thru videos was immeasurable, but completing assignments, especially written papers was beyond words difficult for me. Writing was not my best subject in HS, so i met this with much high anxiety and almost gave up many times. This began as a fullfillment for my Unemployment benefits works search alternative, but i picked things that interested me, that i lived with or was around alot.. For the person in college trying to get a degree, im sure this was a great course. To the average person, peer assignments like this werent easy. It wasnt until i completed most courses that i saw how to go into each course and check type of syllabus and assignments. Anyways, very informative and helpful course in many ways for me.

By Mary P B

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Aug 22, 2022

I greatly appreciated the opportunity to take this course. The one criticism I have of it is that it has not been updated since it launched. This is particularly evident now, in 2022 and in a post-Covid world. It would be fantastic to refresh this course and to look at the role individuals might play in transforming our health system to one more atune to the needs of (in my case) Canadian citizens. With global research collaboration on Covid vacines, the urgency around climate change, greater understanding and actions on Aboriginal wisdom, and unfortunate increases in addictions, homelessness and expressions of mental illness in all ages and particularly in health-care professions, the social context is changing. We need to act... This course is more relevant now than ever before. Thank you so very much.

By Kimble P

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Jul 18, 2017

This is an excellent course. It is presented in a friendly and competent manner, useful for both Mental Health professionals and the lay person. Only the digital platform glitches and missing management compromised my rating. I use other online courses, and having the discussion forum below each video lesson is more user-friendly, essential towards the promotion of student engagement. The chronic issues of missing or non-functional links belie how awkward fixing the issues students have highlighted and recycling their solutions. These 2 critiques are the only reason I did not give a full 5 stars.

By Sarah C

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Mar 21, 2021

I really enjoyed this course! It will definitely influence how I think about mental health and illness from now on. I also enjoyed listening to Professor Williams very much. The only reason not to rate it 5 stars is because of its age. It references being created in 2013 a few times and, although the content still seems very relevant, I would have expected it to be a little more current. Also, several of the links need to be updated as they no longer work.

By Jamies J L N

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Jan 26, 2023

The length of the course is suitable. The instructor spent a lot of time and effort in preparing the course. However, if the instructor can explain concepts in a short and concise manner. The material can sometimes be dry and a little bit mundane. I wish there will be more Ted Talks, but shorter lecture videos. I hope the course will be more interactive especially between learners.

By Ayesha S

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May 26, 2020

course is very informative and i really enjoyed while doing it. I am batter able to understand mental illness in social context. it increase my knowledge of social factors that influence mental health. positive social environment and positive attitude is very important to promote mental health. Thanks Coursera for this course.

By Kathi C

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Apr 3, 2021

I thought Professor Williams was great. The only thing that prevented me from giving a five-star rating is that, if the course were going to be re-offered, the information should have been updated. For instance, the DSM-IV was being used at the time the course was recorded, but I have used nothing but the DSM-V.

By Jay B S

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Jul 30, 2019

Great course for sure. The issue is the grading! Not enough people taking it so I couldn't get my final graded! Had to take a lower grade just to close the course and get my certificate. It ended up fine but they need to figure out a better way to do this going forward.

By Jennifer S

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Mar 22, 2018

The information and coursework was perfect. The only negative for me was peer grading. The course was well presented and very helpful. The assignments were also very useful and helped to solidify the knowledge presented.

By Freda E

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Mar 22, 2021

I enjoyed the course The Social Context of Mental Health and Illness. Informational and thought provoking however I was somewhat disappointed with lack of updated course lecture information.

By Cristina G

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Jan 7, 2021

The course is really interesting and the teacher is very good. Maybe there are information, like some reports of the WHO or some links which don't work, that should be update.

By DomInique B

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Dec 4, 2016

I really like the course, all the information presentent.

I think it can be better if there was some test, because sometimes it gets too easy.