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Teaching madness and literature in a healthcare context: an enquiry into interdisciplinary education. |
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Mental Health Review Journal, 16(3), 2011, pp.128-137. |
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1361-9322 |
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Students preparing for careers in healthcare have many opportunities to learn about the clinical and social background to mental disorders. However this instruction can fall short in conveying the actual experience of mental illness for individuals, their families, service providers and the community. As a result educators have begun to develop interdisciplinary courses that link the teaching of mental health with literature. This paper seeks to examine the value of this approach using the examples of two colleges in the eastern USA that focus on educating students for healthcare careers. The paper examines two different course formats: a course that places the topic within the larger context of medicine and literature; and a freestanding madness and literature course. The authors suggest that as professional education tends towards specialisation, it can lead to a monocultural vision that limits approaches to patients and problems alike. They believe that courses truly integrating mental illness and literature can be effective means of counteracting this trend. For mental health clinicians and healthcare professionals in general, literature broadens the scope and flexibility of both perspectives and analytical tools for understanding mental disorders and responding to them. |
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curriculum development; life story work; mental health care; mental health education; multidisciplinary training; writing therapy; |
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www.scie-socialcareonline.org.uk/profile.asp?guid=39077883-3908-4c41-abb6-3192bc80f3d9 |
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