PSY49993A - Special Topics: Integrative Healthcare

(3 units)

This course provides an in-depth look into historical social injustice and how this relates to modern changes in the mental health delivery system.  Students will take a journey through self-reflection and learn to understand the experience of mental illness.  Students will learn about mental illness from the perspective of those who experience symptoms as well as those who serve people with mental illness.  Students will learn the newest ways of working with people who live with serious mental illness, methods that help people begin their recovery journey.  Students who complete this class will be prepared to use empowerment and strengths-based skills, and will recognize how stigma and discrimination permeate public mental health systems.  Finally, workers will be able to function as a “bridge” between traditional treatment methods and newer philosophies and practices.