SOCG 247. Madness and Society (4 units)
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Description
An examination of changing Western responses from the age of Bedlam to the age of Prozac. Topics include the rise and decline of the total institution; the emergence of psychiatry; changing cultural meanings of madness; and the therapeutics of mental disorder. Prerequisites: graduate standing in sociology.
Prerequisite courses
SOCG 247 has no prerequisite courses.
Successor courses
No courses have SOCG 247 as a prerequisite.