Suffering: Pathographies of Mental Illness
The focus of this year's Suffering seminar is on mental illness. What is the meaning of mental illness? What is it like to be mentally ill? How can we, as health care professionals, best care for sufferers of mental illness? To answer these questions, we turn to these persons themselves, as this course explores memoirs of mental illness.
Each session will focus on a pathography of mental illness, with required reading for the course.
Each seminar is held on Thursday evenings from 5:30 — 7:30 pm in the Basic Sciences Research Building, Room S.38355.
Students must attend all six seminar sessions in order to receive blue book credit.
Enrollment is limited to five students. (Please note: this elective is full.)
| January 5 | William Styron and Melancholia |
| January 19 | Kay Jamison and Bipolar Disorder |
| February 9 | Susanna Kaysen and Borderline Personality Disorder |
| March 15 | John Nash and Schizophrenia |
| March 29 | Jeffrey Dahmer: Mad or Bad? |
| May 3 | Nick Flinn and Homeless Life |
All seminars will be led by Dr. Nathan Carlin, faculty member of the McGovern Center and Dr. Vineeth John, associate faculty member of the Center.
For more information about this class, contact Angela.Polczynski@uth.tmc.edu.
You may also contact the course director, Nathan.Carlin@uth.tmc.edu.