Culture and Mental Health

3 Units

This course explores mental health and mental illness from an anthropological perspective, focusing on how culture, power, and social inequalities shape experiences of distress, treatment, and recovery across diverse global contexts. Through ethnographic readings, films, and case studies, students examine cultural concepts of illness, psychiatric practices, and the social forces influencing mental health outcomes. Recommended preparation: ANTH 102 . Offered as ANTH 345 and ANTH 445 . Counts as a Human Diversity & Commonality course. Counts as a Understanding Global Perspectives course.