Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Anthropolgy of Madness
Course Code
HZK_023
Branch of Science
Philosophy, Ethics and Religion
ECTS
3.00
Target Audience
Medicine
LQF
Level 7
Study Type And Form
Full-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Vents Sīlis
Structure Unit Manager
Ieva Puzo
Structural Unit
Faculty of Social Sciences
Contacts
Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf@rsu.lv
About Study Course
Objective
Provide knowledge of factors that determine the changing public attitude towards normality and mental illness.
Preliminary Knowledge
Ability to read and understand text in English.
Prior knowledge of medical sociology is preferred.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.Student will be able to explain how different factors (culture, social environment, religion, political regime, the media, medicine, etc.) determine normality and madness.
Skills
1.Student will be able to analyze with mental illness related issues in the society and health and social care: well-being and quality of life in nursing homes and psychiatric hospitals, stigma and discrimination, integration in society, rights of mentally ill people etc.
Competences
1.Ability to assess the impact a variety of factors (cultural specifics, social background, religion, political regime, medical, etc.) on the definition of normality and madness and evaluate the impact of these factors in the treatment of mental disorders.
Assessment
Individual work
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Students read the assigned articles before each seminar and/or examine the case studies and prepare to analyze them. Students prepare to pass the test at the end of the course.
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Examination
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(1) Active participation in seminars: demonstrating ability to actively reproduce the read material by displaying substantive arguments on the topic. (2) Final test at the end of the course.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Lecture
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Introduction. Culture, madness, psychiatry: an anthropological perspective
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Psychotherapy and the cultural concept
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Defining normality and abnormality across cultures
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2
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Cultural models and somatic syndromes
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Rise of an anti-psychiatry
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Culture-bound syndromes
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Mental illness and silenced groups
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Topics
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Institution defining madness I
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Politics, economics and pharmaceuticals of mental illness
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Institution defining madness II
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Mental illness, global health and social movements
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Living with illness. Narratives of mentally ill.
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The illness as a communicaton
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Pharmaceuticals, narrative and selfhood
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Identity, community and mental health
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Current research in transcultural psychiatry
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
1.50
Contact hours:
16 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Test (Semester)
Part 2
Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
1.50
Contact hours:
16 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Fuko, M. (2001). Uzraudzīt un sodīt: cietuma rašanās. Rīga: Omnia mea. (akceptējams izdevums)
2.
Lūse, A. (2009). Zināšanas un vara: psiholoģisku problēmu diskursa formas. Kentaurs XXI, Nr. 48. (akceptējams izdevums)
3.
Lūse, A. (2007). „Patības balss un cēloņsakarību atbalss stāstos par krīzes pieredzi'. M. Zirnīte (red.), Dzīvesstāsti: vēsture, kultūra, sabiedrība, 269-83. Rīga: "Dzīvesstāsts" & LU Filozofijas un socioloģijas institūts. (akceptējams izdevums)
4.
Skultāne, V. (2002). „Naratīvs un slimība”. Cilvēks, dzīve, stāstījums: rakstu krājums. Rīga: Latvijas antropologu biedrība; Latvijas Universitātes Literatūras folkloras un mākslas institūts. (akceptējams izdevums)
5.
Rozier, E. (2011). „Institution defining Madness: A Place for the Individual”. Grāmatā Probing Madness. Red. K.Szmigiero. Oxford: Inter-Disciplinary Press. (akceptējams izdevums)
6.
Ārvalstu studentiem/For International students:
7.
Rozier, E. (2011). „Institution defining Madness: A Place for the Individual”. Grāmatā Probing Madness. Red. K.Szmigiero. Oxford: Inter-Disciplinary Press. (akceptējams izdevums)
Additional Reading
1.
Eglītis, I. (1989). Psihiatrija: rokasgrāmata. Rīga: Zvaigzne.
2.
Foucault, M. (2001). Madness and civilization. A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason. London: Routledge.
3.
Foucault, M. (2006). History of Madness. London: Routledge.
4.
Foucault, M. (2003). The birth of the clinic: an archaeology of medical perception. London: Routledge.
5.
Ārvalstu studentiem/For International students:
6.
Foucault, M. (2001). Madness and civilization. A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason. London: Routledge.
7.
Foucault, M. (2006). History of Madness. London: Routledge.
8.
Foucault, M. (2003). The birth of the clinic: an archaeology of medical perception. London: Routledge.
Other Information Sources
1.
Lībeka, M. Traks uz mūžu – nieks vien. LA, 23.10.2012. (pieejams http://www.la.lv/traks-uz-muzu-nieks-vien-2/ )
2.
Lībeka, M. Traks pēc nāves. LA, 28.01.2013. (pieejams http://www.la.lv/traks-pec-naves%E2%80%A9-2/)
3.
Nav viegli būt citādam, dokumentāla īsfilma, 2012. (pieejams http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4fM9IrkQ1c)
4.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, mākslas filma/art movie, 1975. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073486/?ref_=nv_sr_1)
5.
Temple Grandin, mākslas filma/art movie, 2010. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1278469/?ref_=nv_sr_1)
6.
Ārvalstu studentiem/For International students:
7.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, mākslas filma/art movie, 1975. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073486/?ref_=nv_sr_1)
8.
Temple Grandin, mākslas filma/art movie, 2010. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1278469/?ref_=nv_sr_1)