Critical Perspectives in Mental Health

Module code: SOW7018-B

Module Aims

The module aims to critically examine a range of perspectives and theories in mental health and distress, including a social perspective, service user and carer perspectives, critical psychiatry with regard to issues of power and empowerment.

Outline Syllabus

Medical, social and psychological models of mental health; service user and carer perspectives; critical psychiatry, recovery; health inequalities and the social determinants of health; global mental health; stress-vulnerability model and psychosocial approaches; mental health, culture and religion; power and inequality including the impact of stigma; discrimination and oppression including the impact of gender, 'race' and sexuality.

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