Apr 09, 2025  
Undergraduate Record 2024-2025 
    
Undergraduate Record 2024-2025

PHIL 3830 - Philosophy of Mental Health


Effective Date 02/20/2024
This class explores philosophical issues in the nature of mental health and mental illness. Topics may include: What is the difference between a mental illness and a physical illness? How do we understand the difference between mental difference and mental dysfunction? Does our current approach to understanding mental health overly pathologize or medicalize people? What is a social contagion? What does it mean to be mentally healthy?

Requisites Students can’t enroll if previously taken PHIL 3500 topic #19 Philosophy of Mental Health

Credits: 3