Writing About Mental Health and Addiction

1 Course Unit

There are many reasons mental illness and addiction are so pervasive, and so difficult to treat and discuss. But there is one baseline problem we can immediately address: learning how to do more effective writing about behavioral health. In this advanced writing course, one of the first of its kind for undergraduates in the country, students explore nonfiction writing on behavioral health and then create, workshop, and rewrite their own work in memoir, narrative longform, investigative reporting, medical science writing, or some combination of these. To learn more about this course, visit the Creative Writing Program at https://creative.writing.upenn.edu. Fall or Spring 1 Course Unit