Listed in: Psychology, as PSYC-357
Formerly listed as: PSYC-57
Lisa A. Raskin (Section 01)
Though the history of madness is as old as humanity, the field of psychiatry has come of age over the past 300 years. The understanding and treatment of mental illness within the psychiatric profession has drawn upon neurological and medical, as well as psychological and psychodynamic points of view. An emerging field, Neuropsychoanalysis, attempts to integrate the two. This course will survey psychiatry’s evolution, with special emphasis on the major contributions that have changed perspectives and directions in psychiatric medicine. We will also review the history of how mentally-ill patients have been housed, from custodial asylums to de-institutionalization and community-based programs, as a reflection of changing attitudes towards mental disease. Seminar. One class meeting per week.
Requisite: PSYC 212 and 228, or consent of the instructor. Limited to 15 students. Spring semester. Professor Raskin.
Section 01
W 02:00 PM - 04:30 PM MCLS 428
| ISBN | Title | Publisher | Author(s) | Comment | Book Store | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A History of Psychiatry: From the Era of the Asylum to the Age of Prozac | Wiley, 1997 | Shorter, E. | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Darkness Visible | Vintage books, 1990 | Styron, W. | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| An Unquiet Mind | Vintage books, 1995 | Jamison, K. | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| The Sorrows of Young Werther | Penguin Classics, 1989 | Goethe, J. | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| The Trial of the Assassin Guiteau | The University of Chicago Press | Rosenberg, C. | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Women and the Asylum | Anchor Books, 1994 | Geller (Eds) | Amherst Books | TBD |
These books are available locally at Amherst Books.