Lunatic? Insane? Mentally Ill? Patient? Consumer? Psychiatric Survivor? This course will focus on the evolution of care and treatment delivered to those with serious mental illness in America over the preceding 250 years. We will study systems of care and treatment and their changing loci, political and socioeconomic influences, involvement of the judicial system, and patients' rights and wrongs. Teaching materials will include primary sources, first person accounts, videos and site visits. Requirements: short papers, a term paper, and a final exam. Prerequisites: Psychology 252. Enrollment limit: 25 (expected: 15).

Hour: GELLER