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What: Human Behavior and the Social Environment III

When: Online asynchronous – Weekly coursework is due on Tuesdays by 11:59pm

Instructor: Victoria Murray, MSS

Email: vm2374@hunter.cuny.edu

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    Syllabus

    Week 1: Introduction to the course, to each other, and class norms and expectations

    1. Read: Knaak, Mantler, E., & Szeto, A. (2017). Mental illness-related stigma in healthcare: Barriers to access and care and evidence-based solutions. Healthcare Management Forum, 30(2), 111–116. https://doi.org/10.1177/0840470416679413.
    2. Listen: While We Wait Podcast: Into the Archives – The History of Mental Health Policy [approximately 24 min]
    3. Review of mental health statistics in the US

    Assignments:

    1. Post your introduction to class website page by [date]

    Week 2: The Concept of Mental Health – Cultural, political, and social considerations

    Required (Pick 2 Readings):

    1. Read: Ruiz‐Alfaro, & Arandes, E. M. (2023). Multiple stories: Collaborative and generative possibilities for psychological evaluation. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, 44(1), 29–40. https://doi.org/10.1002/anzf.1522
    2. Read: Valuing whole complex lives: Young adults’ experiences of recovery‐related principles in mental healthcare in the United States. (Health & Social Care in the Community)
    3. Read: Where next for understanding race/ethnic inequalities in severe mental illness? Structural, interpersonal and institutional racism. (Sociology of Health & Illness)
    4. Pineles, S. L., & Borba, C. P. C. (2018). A path towards effectively investigating the impact of sex and gender on mental health. Clinical psychology review, 66, 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2018.11.004

    Assignments:

    1. Post one discussion board response by [date] @ 11:59pm
    2. Complete Assignment 2 Google Form to indicate your top 3 topic/date preferences

    Week 3: Introduction to the DSM

    Required:

    1. Read: DSM-5 TR, Section I, Introduction (Available online for free through the Hunter Library)
    2. Read: DSM-5 TR, Section III, Read chapter on Culture and Psychiatric Diagnosis
    3. Watch: Webinar 1 – Pharmacology Principles
    4. Watch: Systemic Racism in Psychiatry is Real Video

    Optional:

    Assignments:

    1. Assignment 1 due by Friday, September [date] 11:59pm
    2. Post one discussion board response by [date] @ 11:59pm

    Week 4: Neurodevelopmental

    Required:

    1. Read: DSM-5 TR, Section II: Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders

    Pick 2 to read/watch:

    1. Read: Adult Functional Outcomes of Common Childhood Psychiatric Problems: A Prospective, Longitudinal Study. (JAMA)
    2. Read: Unconscious bias and the diagnosis of disruptive behavior disorders and ADHD in African American and Hispanic youth. (Academic Psychiatry)
    3. Watch: Thomas Insel Ted Talk from 2013

    Optional:

    1. Read: Update from Thomas Insel in 2022

    Assignments:

    1. Post one discussion board response by [date] @ 11:59pm
    2. Complete week 4 Quiz by [date] @ 11:59pm

    Week 5: Mood Disorders I – Depressive Disorders

    Required:

    1. Read: DSM-5 TR, Section II: Depressive disorders
    2. Watch: Webinar2 – Treatment of Depression

    Pick 2 to read/watch:

    1. Read: Prevalence and Distribution of Major Depressive Disorder in African Americans, Caribbean Blacks, and Non-Hispanic Whites: Results From the National Survey of American Life
    2. Read: Major Depressive Episode Severity Among Adults from Marginalized Racial and Ethnic Backgrounds in the US (JAMA)
    3. Watch: Prolonged Grief Disorder

    Assignments:

    1. Post one discussion board response by [date] @ 11:59pm
    2. Complete week 5 Quiz by [date] @ 11:59pm

    Week 6: Mood Disorders II – Bipolar Disorders

    Required:

    1. Read: DSM-5 TR, Section II: Bipolar and Related Disorders
    2. Listen: Codeswitch podcast – Naomi Jackson talks ‘losing and finding my mind’
    3. Read: The mediating role of self-compassion in the relationship between internalized stigma and psychological resilience in bipolar disorder

    Assignments:

    1. Post one discussion board response by [date] @ 11:59pm
    2. Complete week 6 Quiz by [date] @ 11:59pm

    Week 7: Trauma and Stressor Related

    Required:

    1. Read: DSM-5 TR, Section II: Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders
    2. Listen: Invisibilia – Therapy Ghostbusters

    Pick 1 to read:

    1. Read: A systematic review of PTSD prevalence and trajectories in DSM-5 defined trauma exposed populations: intentional and non-intentional traumatic events
    2. Read: EMDR beyond PTSD: A systematic literature review (Frontiers in Psychology)
    3. Read: Developmental trauma disorder: Towards a rational diagnosis for children with complex trauma histories
    4. Read: Trauma-Informed Care in Long-Term Care Settings: From Policy to Practice

    Assignments:

    1. Post one discussion board response by [date] @ 11:59pm
    2. Complete week 7 Quiz by [date] @ 11:59pm

    Week 8: Anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive and related disorders

    Required:

    1. Read: DSM-5 TR, Section II: Anxiety disorders, and obsessive compulsive and related disorders
    2. Watch: Webinar 3 – Treatment of Anxiety, Panic, and PTSD

    Pick 1-2 to read:

    Assignments:

    1. Post one discussion board response by [date] @ 11:59pm
    2. Complete week 8 Quiz by [date] @ 11:59pm

    Week 9: Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Disorders

    Required Readings:

    1. Read: DSM-5 TR, Section II: Schizophrenia Spectrum and other Psychotic Disorders
    2. Watch: Webinar 4 – Antipsychotic Medications

    Pick 1 to read:

    1. Read: Duration of untreated psychosis in community treatment settings in the United States
    2. Read: Results of a coordinated specialty care program for early psychosis and predictors of outcomes

    Assignments:

    1. Post one discussion board response by [date] @ 11:59pm
    2. Complete week 9 Quiz by [date] @ 11:59pm

    Week 10: Personality Disorders

    Required:

    1. Read: DSM-5 TR, Section II: Personality disorders (focus on clusters B and C); and Section V: Alternative DSM 5 for Personality Disorders
    2. Read: Borderline personality disorder: a comprehensive review of diagnosis and clinical presentation, etiology, treatment, and current controversies
    3. Listen: Speaking of Psychology: What is borderline personality disorder?

    Assignments:

    1. Post one discussion board response by [date] @ 11:59pm
    2. Complete week 10 Quiz by [date] @ 11:59pm

    Week 11: Substance and Addictive Disorders

    Required:

    1. Read: DSM-5 TR, Section II: Substance Related and Addictive Disorders

    Pick 2 to read/listen:

    1. Read: DSM-5 criteria for substance use disorders:18 recommendations and rationale
    2. Read: “I Grew Up Amidst Alcohol and Drugs:” a Qualitative Study on the Lived Experiences of Parental Substance Use Among Adults Who Developed Substance Use Disorders Themselves
    3. Listen: Substance Use Among LGBTQ Young Adults, and Turnover Among Community Mental Health Providers
    4. Read: Polysubstance use in young people accessing residential and day-treatment services for substance use: substance use profiles, psychiatric comorbidity and treatment completion

    Assignments:

    1. Post one discussion board response by [date] @ 11:59pm
    2. Complete week 11 Quiz by [date] @ 11:59pm

    Week 12: Feeding and Eating Disorders

    Required:

    1. Read: DSM-5 TR, Section II: Feeding and Eating Disorders

    Pick 2 to read:

    1. Read: Treating eating disorders in the LGBTQIA+ adult population: A scoping review
    2. Read: “You Don’t Look Anorexic”: Atypical anorexia patient experiences of weight stigma in medical care
    3. Read: A scoping review of the research literature on eating and body image for transgender and nonbinary adults
    4. Read: Hiding in plain sight: eating disorders in diverse populations – a case for comprehensive medical education

    Assignments:

    1. Post one discussion board response by [date] @ 11:59pm
    2. Complete week 12 Quiz by [date] @ 11:59pm

    Week 13: Sexuality, Gender Dysphoria, Paraphilia

    1. Read: DSM-5 TR, Section II: Sexual Dysfunctions, Gender Dysphoria, Paraphilic Disorders
    2. Read: The Misuse of Gender Dysphoria Toward Greater Conceptual Clarity in Transgender Health
    3. Read: (In)validating transgender identities: Progress and trouble in the DSM-5
    4. Read: Mental health and gender dysphoria: A review of the literature

    Assignments:

    1. Complete week 13 Quiz by [date] @ 11:59pm

    Week 14: Neurocognitive Disorders

    1. Read: DSM-5 TR, Section II: Neurocognitive Disorders
    2. Watch: Teepa Snow – What is dementia?
    3. Read: Cognitive neurorehabilitation of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders: a qualitative review and call to action
    4. Read: A systematic review on the risk of neurodegenerative diseases and neurocognitive disorders in professional and varsity athletes

    Assignments:

    1. Post one discussion board response by [date] @ 11:59pm
    2. Complete week 14 Quiz by [date] @ 11:59pm

    Week 15: Finals Week

    1. Assignment 3 is due by Tuesday, [date] at 11:59pm – please email me your final project directly.