History of Mental Health in US – Fall 2023
Week 1 – beginning Aug. 29 – What exactly are we studying this semester?
Discussion Leader: Professor McClurken
Week 2 – beginning Sept. 5 – Overview(s) of US (& Other) Mental Institutions, Part I
Discussion Leader: Professor McClurken
Week 3 – beginning Sept. 12 – The Origins of American Asylums and Psychiatry
Discussion Leader: Professor McClurken
Week 4 – Work on Digital project Proposal and Annotated Bibliography– No Discussion
Week 5 – beginning Sept. 26 – Race, Mental Illness, and the Civil War Era
Discussion Leader: Darian & Evan
Week 6 – beginning Oct. 3 – 19th-Century Female Reformers and Accounts of Women at Asylum
Discussion Leader: Morgan & Ricky
Week 7 – beginning Oct. 10 — Mental Institutions & Psychiatry in the 20th Century
Discussion Leader: RJ & Evan
Week 8 – beginning Oct. 17 – 20th Century Accounts of Women in Mental Institutions
Discussion Leaders: Jake & Ruth
Week 9 – beginning Oct. 24 – Changes in the Post-WWII Era: Deinstitutionalization, PTSD, & Therapy
Discussion Leaders: Margie & Joey & Morgan
Week 10 – beginning Oct. 31 – Race and Mental Illness in the Civil Rights Era
Discussion Leaders: Neonya & Teresa
Week 11 – beginning Nov. 7 — Psychopharmacology & treatment
Discussion Leaders: Ruth & Neonya
Week 12 – beginning Nov. 14 – Popular culture and depictions of mental health and its histories
Discussion Leaders: Ricky & Teresa
Week 13 – beginning Nov. 21 – What have we missed?
Discussion Leaders: Joey & Margie & Jake
Week 14 – beginning Nov. 28 – One Look at 21st-Century Mental Health Options
Discussion Leaders: Darian & RJ
2021 Topics & Readings
Week 1 – beginning Aug. 24 – What exactly are we studying this semester?
Dr. McClurken
Week 2 – beginning Aug. 31 – Overview(s) of US (& Other) Mental Institutions
Dr. McClurken
Project topic & citations of ten significant sources due by start of class on Thursday, Sept. 9.
Week 3 – beginning Sept. 7 – The Origins of American Asylums and Psychiatry
Dr. McClurken
Week 4 – beginning Sept. 14 – Race, Mental Illness, and the Civil War Era
Allison L. & Chris O.
Week 5 – beginning Sept. 21 – 19th-Century Female Reformers and Accounts of Women at Asylum
Parker S. & Bonnie A.
Week 6 – beginning Sept. 28 — Mental Institutions & Psychiatry in the 20th Century
Theron G. & Carson B.
Week 7 – beginning Oct. 5 – 20th Century Accounts of Women in Mental Institutions
Mallory K. & Erica B. & Janis S.
Week 8 – beginning Oct. 12 – Madness in the City
Chris O. & Allison L.
Week 9 – beginning Oct. 19 – Changes in the Post-WWII Era: Deinstitutionalization, PTSD, & Therapy
Jayden J. & Audrey S. & Lyndsey C.
Week 10 – beginning Oct. 26 – Race and Mental Illness in the Civil Rights Era
Carson B. & Erica B.
Week 11 – beginning Nov. 2 — Pharmacology & treatment
Audrey S. & Griffin N. & Parker S.
Week 12 – beginning Nov. 9 – Popular culture and depictions of mental health and its histories
Lyndsey C. & Jack K. & Theron G.
Week 13 – beginning Nov. 16 – One Look at 21st-Century Mental Health Options
Griffin N. & Jack K. & Janis S.
Week 14 – beginning Nov. 23 — Readings to be announced based on sources collected by class over the semester and a chance to discuss anything we have missed.
Mallory K. & Jayden J. & Bonnie A.
