Skills you'll gain

There are 6 modules in this course

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.

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

Families, caregiving and mental illness

society, communities and mental health

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