https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/ 2026-04-17T19:32:13+00:00 https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/ https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:dokuwiki.svg text/html 2021-08-26T11:55:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=471g4:questions:471g4--week_1&rev=1629978945&do=diff Audrey Schroeder -- 1. Do people see mental health as only a field because that is all they know about it or is it because they do not want to humanize a difficult topic (Bertolote)? 2. Society blames medicine, the devil, etc. for impacting mental health, but in reality the real culprits are societal expectations. Questions/debate topics text/html 2021-08-31T12:03:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=471g4:questions:471g4--week_2_day_1&rev=1630411406&do=diff Week 2 - Questions for Tuesday August 31,2021 1. The Grob text mentions how the treatment of insanity was interlinked with religion as an “operative element” (pg. 31). He later states (pg. 58) how mid-nineteenth-century psychiatrists managed to infuse both moral values and science into their model of insanity. Grob stresses (pg. 60): the two general causes for insanity were classified as “physical” and “moral”. I believe this school of thought had a tremendous negative impact on how mental pati… text/html 2021-09-04T17:41:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=471g4:questions:471g4--week_2_day_2&rev=1630777309&do=diff Questions for Thursday 9-2-2021 1. Foucault states: The absence of constraint in the nineteenth-century asylum is not unreason liberated, but madness long since mastered (252). Is Foucault praising Tuke’s Quaker ideals that used religious principles as humane treatment for the insane. What is your opinion of these methods that integrated moral principles (shame with transgressions as sins and the idea that each man was morally responsible to NOT disturb society) rather than physical restraints?… text/html 2021-09-07T12:43:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=471g4:questions:471g4--week_3_day_1&rev=1631018612&do=diff Questions for Tues. September 7, 2021 1. Tomes tells us that Lasch and Katz felt that asylums were instruments of social control that fostered a “single standard of citizenship” which worked well in a rapidly industrializing society. She also explains how they felt asylum treatments were nothing more than “scientific rationalizations of middle-class morality.” (10) It seems that Foucault, Lasch, and Katz all believed asylums were not necessarily good innovations. What do you think? Where asylum… text/html 2021-09-09T13:06:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=471g4:questions:471g4--week_3_day_2&rev=1631192763&do=diff Questions for Thursday Sept. 9, 2021 1. Kirkbride was a big advocate of “routine” (Tomes –pgs. 199-200) with scheduled activities that included physical and mental exercise. He also implemented asylum patients’ daily activities “according to their affluence.” (201) This approach reminds me of how the military trains and sustains internal obedience and self-discipline while carefully maintaining the rank structure of officers and enlisted. Thoughts on Kirkbride’s visionary approach to keeping or… text/html 2021-09-14T13:31:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=471g4:questions:471g4--week_4_day_1&rev=1631626297&do=diff 1. Gonaver tells us that analysis of race is missing from the declension narratives that are typical of asylum historiography. (17) Is this another example of systemic racism or are their other factors in place? 2. Dr. McClurken’s chapter 5 reading mentions the “social stigma” attached to mental illness in Civil War veterans (139). It states that the stigma of a mentally ill family member could undermine a family’s chance of obtaining economic support from their community. As a nation, do you b… text/html 2021-09-16T13:15:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=471g4:questions:471g4--week_4_day_2&rev=1631798138&do=diff 1. Gonaver tells us that Galt’s asylum relied on coerced labor and it medicalized racial and gender bias (193). Galt seems like a deeply flawed man who was torn between recognizing African American humanity and continuing to believe in the institution of slavery as a necessity to achieve a successful institution. What are your thoughts on Galt? text/html 2021-09-21T13:27:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=471g4:questions:471g4--week_5_day_1&rev=1632230847&do=diff 1. Ten Days in a Madhouse is one of the most interesting accounts we have seen, however, it is also very different from the scholarly works we are used to seeing. What do you think of Nellie Bly's account? How credible would you say her work is? Do you think any parts may have been embellished by the editor to sell the story in newspapers? text/html 2021-09-23T12:17:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=471g4:questions:471g4--week_5_day_2&rev=1632399461&do=diff 1. In Women of the Asylum, Geller and Harris mention the idea of the True Woman as the prevailing mindset of both men and women of this time period. This idea presents the image of the passive and submissive wife that is dependent upon her husband for survival, from an economic standpoint and for power within the house and/or marriage. These women were meant to be mothers, yet it was this factor that led to so many women being psychologically imprisoned. Should a woman speak up, should she make … text/html 2021-09-28T12:30:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=471g4:questions:471g4--week_6_day_1&rev=1632832206&do=diff Questions for Tues. Sept. 28, 2021 1. Grob tells us Dr. Rashi Fein (1926-2014), the author of a study dealing with the economics of mental illness, wrote this: “What society can spend (and ultimately what society should spend) depends on the value system that society holds to.” (247) Dr. Fein has been called “the architect of Medicare.” How is America doing in 2021? Have we made real progress since the 1950’s? text/html 2021-10-05T13:07:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=471g4:questions:471g4--week_7_day_1&rev=1633439237&do=diff 1.The last reading by Frances Farmer (314-325) is a scathing critique of Western State Hospital in Washington state. Farmer was brutalized the entire time she was a patient. I am familiar with her biography and the paranoid schizophrenic Ms. Farmer was arrested quite a few times for disorderly conduct and assaults on civilians and police. What kinds of humane treatments should be implemented for seriously ill patients that are physically combative? text/html 2021-10-07T08:20:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=471g4:questions:471g4--week_7_day_2&rev=1633594836&do=diff 1.The “My Diagnosis” chapter of Girl Interrupted (150-164) examines Susanna Kaysen’s hospital file that stated she had Borderline Personality. On page 151 she writes: “What does borderline personality mean, anyhow?” The DSM has lots of neat categories for all sorts of mental conditions but I feel that human beings are much more complex than a list of definitive signals that result in being “labeled” with one disorder or another. What about overlapping conditions? How do you feel about Susanna’s … text/html 2021-10-14T13:34:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=471g4:questions:471g4--week_8_day_2&rev=1634218453&do=diff 1. Dr. Summers tells us “one of the earliest iterations of mental hygiene was the practice of “boarding out.” (200) What do you think of this practice? Did it help the patient acclimate to their community? 2. The book emphasizes that “racist assumptions figured into the diagnostic and therapeutic assessments” of African American mental patients. (213) What kind of “racist assumptions about the black psyche” is Dr. Summers referring to? (216) text/html 2021-10-21T12:58:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=471g4:questions:471g4--week_9_day_2&rev=1634821125&do=diff 1. Grob tells us: “Whatever its contradictory and tangled origins, deinstitutionalization had positive consequences for a large part of the nation’s severely and persistently mentally ill population.” (292) Is America still doing a good job with deinstitutionalization? Why are there an estimated 78,000 people living on the streets of NYC? (Statista.com – April 2021) This article addresses the relationship between homelessness and mental illness: text/html 2021-10-26T12:24:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=471g4:questions:471g4--week_10_day_1&rev=1635251083&do=diff 1. Metzel tells us that: “Scholars have long argued that medical and governmental institutions code threats to authority as mental illness during moments of political turmoil.” (14) The mental health of both our 45th and 46th (current) US President has been called into question by their opponents. The intense media coverage on both sides exacerbates the situation and this undermines the confidence of the American people. I find our current lack of decorum in politics very unsettling. Mental illn… text/html 2021-10-28T12:30:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=471g4:questions:471g4--week_10_day_2&rev=1635424209&do=diff 1. Metzel tells us that: “Anti-psychiatry went hand in hand with an international movement called deinstitutionalization that pushed for the liberation of people warehoused in psychiatric hospitals.” He states that JFK’s October 1963 Community Mental Health Act caused a “mass exodus” of persons leaving institutions. (134) Was the deinstitutionalization movement a success? Why or why not? text/html 2021-11-04T11:52:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=471g4:questions:471g4--week_11_day_2&rev=1636026768&do=diff 1. Tones text states “Thorazine inaugurated the massive deinstitutionalization of psychiatric patients, chiefly schizophrenics.” (80) She also tells us how Thorazine provided scientists with a “promising research agenda” as they realized that schizophrenia was caused by chemical deficiencies. (80) Is it ethical to place psychiatric patients in a “zombie like state” to control a serious mental illness? Do we do it for the “greater good?” The issue of drugging people into calmness and submission i… text/html 2021-11-09T02:41:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=471g4:questions:471g4--week_12_day_1&rev=1636425710&do=diff 1. The film that I chose, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, really spoke to me about the issue of social deviance being categorized as mental illness. We all know someone who is “just a bit different” and can be disruptive or inflammatory. The question then becomes: “What constitutes mental illness?” Why are today’s jails so filled with people who need mental health assistance? Is criminal behavior a by-product of mental disease? Conversely, is mental disease the result of incarceration stress?… text/html 2021-11-11T04:58:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=471g4:questions:471g4--week_12_day_2&rev=1636606731&do=diff 1-The art that we viewed was unique in different ways. My favorite image was the chess set by Javier Tellez. I also liked the “Mad Love Asylum” image with the upside down white umbrellas. The drawings by Bobby Baker were most disturbing and made me so sad. What images evoked strong feelings for you? text/html 2022-04-11T01:03:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=471g4:questions:471g4--week_13_day_1&rev=1649639005&do=diff 1. Earley’s book outlines the fate of Mr. Boreman, a severely mentally ill person who the police tried to help by arresting for trespassing. While incarcerated Boreman punched a police officer. Dr. Poitier is quoted as saying, “The police officer who arrested him thought he was doing him a favor, now he’s facing a very serious felony charge. He’s a perfect example of why the mentally ill should not be put in jail. He needs help for his mental illness, and he won’t get it here.” (50) Thoughts on … text/html 2022-04-11T01:03:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=471g4:questions:471g4--week_13_day_2&rev=1649638995&do=diff 1. Mike Earley is told by mental health professionals that his bipolar illness was no reason to be embarrassed. (216) Unfortunately, each time he tried to get a job as soon as the word “bipolar” was said, the interviews were over. (217) The bias against him was very clear. The one job he did get let him go after his misdemeanors were brought to light. Many personnel departments have strict rules about who they hire. What are your feelings on these policies? What can be done to assist those peo… text/html 2022-04-11T01:03:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=471g4:questions:471g4--week_14_day_1&rev=1649638980&do=diff Comments? 1. Before reading the article on prolonged exposure and the treatment of PTSD with virtual reality, I never would have considered that to be a possibility. I am familiar with VR (and have even been interested in purchasing a VR setup) but had held back due to its limitations and costs. I can definitely see the benefits of using VR to treat PTSD through prolonged exposure, as well as other phobias. However I can think of some issues as well. Some people cannot handle VR. While the tech… text/html 2021-10-28T13:36:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://courses.mcclurken.org/wiki/doku.php?id=471g4:questions:hist471g4--history_of_mental_health_in_the_us--fall_2021&rev=1635428196&do=diff 471G4--Week 1 471G4--Week 2, Day 1 471G4--Week 2, Day 2 471G4--Week 3, Day 1 471G4--Week 3, Day 2 471G4--Week 4, Day 1 471G4--Week 4, Day 2 471G4--Week 5, Day 1 471G4--Week 5, Day 2 471G4--Week 6, Day 1 471G4--Week 6, Day 2--No class so no postings--JM 471G4--Week 7, Day 1 471G4--Week 7, Day 2 471G4--Week 8, Day 1 471G4--Week 8, Day 2 471G4--Week 9, Day 1--No class so no postings--JM 471G4--Week 9, Day 2 471G4--Week 10, Day 1 471G4--Week 10, Day 2 471G4--Week 11, Day 1--No cla…