SOCIOL 703

Sociology of Mental Health

Please note: this is archived course information from 2023 for SOCIOL 703.

Description

Interrogates advanced sociological theories of medicine and psychiatry, investigating mental health interventions as social, economic, cultural and political projects. Key issues will include The Enlightenment and theories of the self, the rise of science and the 'psy' professionals, institutionalisation and community care, current sociological theories of mental health, the medicalisation of everyday life, and gender, race and mental illness.

For full course information see the Digital Course Outline for SOCIOL 703.

Digital Course Outlines are refreshed in November for the following year. Digital Course Outlines for courses to be offered for the first time may be published slightly later.

Availability 2023

Semester 1

Lecturer(s)

Coordinator(s) Dr Bruce Cohen

Points

SOCIOL 703: 30 points