Mental Health — A BioPsychoSocial Perspective

A Praxis Course at Bryn Mawr College
Spring 2002
Supported by the Center for Science in Society and Serendip

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SCHEDULE

22 January 2002

Class #1: Introduction - Jim Martin



29 January 2002

Class #2: Mental Health from a Biological Perspective 1 - Paul Grobstein

Genetic and Evolutionary Perspectives

(Some of the Scientific American articles linked to below are available only from computers in the TriCo community. If you have trouble with the links from TriCo computers, go to http://www.sciamarchive.org, search on the author or title, and click on the relevant article in the search results.)

Assigned Readings:

Paul Grobstein (1991) From Genomes to Dreams, from Bryn Mawr Alumnae Bulletin

Paul Grobstein (1989) Diversity and Deviance: A Biological Perspective, from Bryn Mawr Alumnae Bulletin

Recommended Readings:

Ari Berkowitz (1996) Our genes, Ourselves?, from BioScience 46: 42-51

William Calvin (1998) The Emergence of Intelligence, from Scientific American (November)



5 February 2002

Class #3: Mental Health from a Biological Perspective 2 - Paul Grobstein

Brain and Behavior

(Some of the Scientific American articles linked to below are available only from computers in the TriCo community. If you have trouble with the links from TriCo computers, go to http://www.sciamarchive.org, search on the author or title, and click on the relevant article in the search results.)

Assigned Readings:

Paul Grobstein (1994) Variability in Brain Function and Behavior, in The Encyclopedia of Human Behavior, Volume 4 (V.S. Ramachandran, editor), Academic Press, 1994 (pp 447-458).

Antonio Damasio (1999) How the Brain Creates the Mind, from Scientific American (December)

Recommended Readings:

Ronald Melzack (1997) Phantom Limbs, from Scientific American (spring)

Esther Steinberg and Philip Gold (1997) The Mind-Body Interaction in Disease, from Scientific American


12 February 2002

Class #4: Mental Health from a Biological Perspective 3 - Paul Grobstein

Variations in Brain and Behavior

(Some of the Scientific American articles linked to below are available only from computers in the TriCo community. If you have trouble with the links from TriCo computers, go to http://www.sciamarchive.org, search on the author or title, and click on the relevant article in the search results.)

Assigned Readings:

Charles Nemeroff (1998) The Neurobiology of Depression, from Scientific American (June)

McDermott, Ray and Herve Vareene (1995) "Culture as Disability." Anthropology and Education Quarterly 26, 3 (1995): 324-348.

Recommended Readings:

Kay Redfield Jamison (1997) Manic Depressive Illness and Creativity, from Scientific American (spring)

Patricia Rodier (2000) The Early Origins of Autism, from Scientific American (February)

 

19 February 2002

Class #5: Mental Health from a Psychological Perspective 1 - Leslie Rescorla

Overview of the main psychological models of psychopathology

Note: Class discussion time (7:30 to 9 PM) will be used for a "round table discussion" of mental health issues and services at Bryn Mawr College. Guest discussants: Mark Coffey (drug & alcohol issues), Jean-Marie Barch (Counseling Center), Cynthia Chalker (Asst. Director of Institutional Diversity)

 

26 February 2002

Class #6: Mental Health from a Psychological Perspective 2 - TBD

 

5 March 2002

Class #7: Mental Health from a Psychological Perspective 3 - Marc Schulz

Cognitive-Behavioral and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy in Action

Required readings:

Excerpts on Psychodynamic (pp.94-97) and Cognitive Behavioral (pp.110-118) Approaches to Therapy from: Seligman, M.E.P., Walker, E.F., & Rosenhan, D.L. (2001). Abnormal Psychology. NY: Norton.

Ellis, A. (1995). Excerpts from: A twenty-three year old woman guilty about not following her parents' rules. In D. Wedding & R.J. Corsini (eds.), Case Studies in Psychotherapy. Itasca: F.E. Peacock Publishers

 

12 March 2002 - Spring Break

 

19 March 2002

Class #8: Mental Health from a Social Perspective 1 - Jim Martin

Special Populations & Barriers to Mental Health Services

 

26 March 2002

Class #9: Mental Health from a Social Perspective 2 - Cynthia Bisman

A Focus on Family

 

2 April 2002

Class #10: Mental Health from a Social Perspective 3 - Philip Kilbride

Culture and Comparative Perspectives

Note: Second Short essay due

 

9 April 2002

Class #11: Mental Health from a Social Perspective - Dana Becker

Women’s Issues

 

16 April 2002

Class #12: Instructor "Integration Panel" and Class Discussion

All instructors will present 10 to 15 minutes of information related to the course theme that evolves from their course presentation and their area of special interest. This will be followed by a large group instructor/class discussion that examines the concept of a biopsychosocial model of mental health.

Note: Course paper due

 

23 April 2002

Class #13: Access to Mental Health Services, Including a Discussion of Issues of Cost and Confidentiality Associated with Mental Health Services - Jim Martin

Note: last week of Field experience

 

30 April 2002

Class #14: Discussion of Course Papers and Course Summary - Jim Martin




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