Psychiatry in Historical & Cultural Perspective

The purpose of this course is to raise fundamental questions about the psychiatric task, such as how history and culture shape how we treat psychiatric disorders. In emphasizing this broader sense of what one does as a psychiatrist and what it means to be a patient, we hope to generate some interesting and thoughtful discussions. We also will assign homework that will require you to think about the meaning of day-to-day events in the next few weeks.