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Anthropolgy of Madness (HZK_023)
About Study Course
Department: Faculty of Social Sciences
ECTS:3
Course supervisor:Vents Sīlis
Study type:Full time
Course level:Master's
Target audience:Medicine
Language:English, Latvian
Study course description Full description, Full time
Branch of science:Philosophy, Ethics and Religion
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.
Competence
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.
