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Apr 23, 2024
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BHSC 7361 - Gender and Psychopathology Across Cultures
Credits: 3
Explores how people experience psychological distress and what its varied manifestations (psychiatric symptoms, somatic complaints, spirit afflictions, relational disruptions) reveal about the social and cultural construction of psychopathology. While the suffering of psychological illnesses is an excruciating reality in the lives of many people, its amelioration necessitates an understanding of how the conception and experience of psychopathology are shaped by local values and conditions. This advanced course draws upon the fields of anthropology, psychology, psychiatry, history, religion, and gender and sexuality studies to explore the interrelationships among culture, gender, and the conceptualization of madness in North America and other parts of the world. May be applied to the following curricular field concentrations: global studies; gender studies; arts and cultural traditions; humanities.
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