Module code: HST5314
Teaching Staff:
Credits: 15
Module Convenor: Dr Claire Martin
Psychiatry has been foundational to our understanding of a wide range of modern concepts from identity and responsibility through to illness and agency.
This module will provide a broad overview of the discipline from the beginning of state regulated asylums through to the advent of care in the community. Using a mixture of secondary sources and a selection of primary texts, we will examine how the diagnosis and treatment of madness has been shaped through the rich interaction of social, scientific, economic and cultural factors.
Assessment: Essay 50% and Take Home Exam 50% Level: 5