Bioethics, Gender, and Mental Health

1 credits · Divinity School

This course uses a womanist bioethics framework to explore how faith communities within marginalized populations approach mental health. This framework includes theological, sociological, cultural, public health, and ethics of care considerations. The experience of underserved populations, particularly, Indigenous, Latina, LGBTQ, and African American women are centered within this course. Marginalized faith communities' approach to mental health is examined. We will discuss how these communities' approach to mental health is frequently marked by stigma and silence, exacerbating the invisibility isolation that individuals face who suffer from mental illness within these communities. Recommended per-requisite: Christian Ethics core course.