Learn how social factors promote mental health, influence the onset and course of mental illness, and affect how mental illnesses are diagnosed and treated.
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The Social Context of Mental Health and Illness
University of TorontoAbout this Course
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Welcome and A Brief History of Madness
What is mental health and what causes mental illness?
The social context of diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses
Culture, mental health and mental illness
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- 5 stars79.58%
- 4 stars14.63%
- 3 stars2.68%
- 2 stars1.44%
- 1 star1.64%
TOP REVIEWS FROM THE SOCIAL CONTEXT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ILLNESS
It was so structured and meaningfully engaging. Loved every part of it . Thank you Charmaine for bringing this course to coursera. Lots of best wishes to you.
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.
Charmaine Williams is a natural communicator and the course material is varied and detailed, however, I would prefer less video and more texts material.
Very nice. A good opportunity to learn about mental health and illness and discover how these two concepts are seen in others places around the world.
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