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22 January 2002
Class #1: Introduction - Jim Martin
29 January 2002
Class #2: Mental Health from a Biological Perspective 1 - Paul Grobstein
(Some of the Scientific American articles linked to below are available only from computers in the TriCo community. If you have trouble with the links from TriCo computers, go to http://www.sciamarchive.org, search on the author or title, and click on the relevant article in the search results.)
Assigned Readings:
Paul Grobstein (1991) From Genomes to Dreams, from Bryn Mawr Alumnae Bulletin
Paul Grobstein (1989) Diversity and Deviance: A Biological Perspective, from Bryn Mawr Alumnae Bulletin
Recommended Readings:
Ari Berkowitz (1996) Our genes, Ourselves?, from BioScience 46: 42-51
William Calvin (1998) The Emergence of Intelligence, from Scientific American (November)
5 February 2002
Class #3: Mental Health from a Biological Perspective 2 - Paul Grobstein
(Some of the Scientific American articles linked to below are available only from computers in the TriCo community. If you have trouble with the links from TriCo computers, go to http://www.sciamarchive.org, search on the author or title, and click on the relevant article in the search results.)
Assigned Readings:
Paul Grobstein (1994) Variability in Brain Function and Behavior, in The Encyclopedia of Human Behavior, Volume 4 (V.S. Ramachandran, editor), Academic Press, 1994 (pp 447-458).
Antonio Damasio (1999) How the Brain Creates the Mind, from Scientific American (December)
Recommended Readings:
Ronald Melzack (1997) Phantom Limbs, from Scientific American (spring)
Esther Steinberg and Philip Gold (1997) The Mind-Body Interaction in Disease, from Scientific American
12 February 2002
Class #4: Mental Health from a Biological Perspective 3 - Paul Grobstein
Variations in Brain and Behavior
(Some of the Scientific American articles linked to below are available only from computers in the TriCo community. If you have trouble with the links from TriCo computers, go to http://www.sciamarchive.org, search on the author or title, and click on the relevant article in the search results.)
Assigned Readings:
Charles Nemeroff (1998) The Neurobiology of Depression, from Scientific American (June)
McDermott, Ray and Herve Vareene (1995) "Culture as Disability." Anthropology and Education Quarterly 26, 3 (1995): 324-348.
Recommended Readings:
Kay Redfield Jamison (1997) Manic Depressive Illness and Creativity, from Scientific American (spring)
Patricia Rodier (2000) The Early Origins of Autism, from Scientific American (February)
19 February 2002
Class #5: Mental Health from a Psychological Perspective 1 - Leslie Rescorla
Overview of the main psychological models of psychopathology
Note: Class discussion time (7:30 to 9 PM) will be used for a "round table discussion" of mental health issues and services at Bryn Mawr College. Guest discussants: Mark Coffey (drug & alcohol issues), Jean-Marie Barch (Counseling Center), Cynthia Chalker (Asst. Director of Institutional Diversity)
26 February 2002
Class #6: Mental Health from a Psychological Perspective 2 - TBD
5 March 2002
Class #7: Mental Health from a Psychological Perspective 3 - Marc Schulz
Required readings:
Excerpts on Psychodynamic (pp.94-97) and Cognitive Behavioral (pp.110-118) Approaches to Therapy from: Seligman, M.E.P., Walker, E.F., & Rosenhan, D.L. (2001). Abnormal Psychology. NY: Norton.
Ellis, A. (1995). Excerpts from: A twenty-three year old woman guilty about not following her parents' rules. In D. Wedding & R.J. Corsini (eds.), Case Studies in Psychotherapy. Itasca: F.E. Peacock Publishers
12 March 2002 - Spring Break
19 March 2002
Class #8: Mental Health from a Social Perspective 1 - Jim Martin
26 March 2002
Class #9: Mental Health from a Social Perspective 2 - Cynthia Bisman
2 April 2002
Class #10: Mental Health from a Social Perspective 3 - Philip Kilbride
Note: Second Short essay due
9 April 2002
Class #11: Mental Health from a Social Perspective - Dana Becker
16 April 2002
Class #12: Instructor "Integration Panel" and Class Discussion
All instructors will present 10 to 15 minutes of information related to the course theme that evolves from their course presentation and their area of special interest. This will be followed by a large group instructor/class discussion that examines the concept of a biopsychosocial model of mental health.
Note: Course paper due
23 April 2002
Class #13: Access to Mental Health Services, Including a Discussion of Issues of Cost and Confidentiality Associated with Mental Health Services - Jim Martin
Note: last week of Field experience
30 April 2002
Class #14: Discussion of Course Papers and Course Summary - Jim Martin
