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 6:00 — 7:30 pm in JJL 410, located on the fourth-floor of the HAM-TMC/Jesse Jones Library Building.
Students must attend all seven seminar sessions in order to receive blue book credit.
Enrollment is limited to five students. (Please note: this elective is full.)
January 24 |
William Styron and Melancholia |
February 7 |
Kay Jamison and Bipolar Disorder |
February 21 |
Susanna Kaysen and Borderline Personality Disorder |
February 28 |
John Nash and Schizophrenia |
March 21 |
Jennifer Traig and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder |
April 4 |
Jeffrey Dahmer: Mad or Bad? |
April 25 |
Nick Flynn and Homeless Life |
All seminars will be led by Dr. Nathan Carlin, faculty member of the McGovern Center, Dr. Vineeth John, associate faculty member of the Center and Associate Professor of Psychiatry, and Dr. Dawnelle Schatte, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry.
For more information about this class, contact Angela.Polczynski@uth.tmc.edu.
You may also contact the course director, Nathan.Carlin@uth.tmc.edu.