Instructor: Veronica Tonay, PhD; x95678; 429-7910 (voicemail); vktonay@ucsc.edu Please use your UCSC email address, or we may not be able to receive your email!
Instructor Office Hours: TH 11:45-12:45 Kresge Cafe by prior email--it can get busy, and I want to ensure you a place! (I check email before class); I am on campus on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
TAs and Their Office Hours: Denise Su, dsu@ucsc.edu, Tuesdays 1-2, 233 SS2; Chris Cochran, ccochran@ucsc.edu, Thursdays 1:40-2:40, 327 SS1. There are no sections for this class. Please make use of TAs for help in their office hours!
Required Texts: Course reader is available at Bay Tree Bookstore. There are two volumes copied into one reader.
Optional Texts: (available by ordering from local bookstores or from Bay Tree, or online)
Homan, M.S. (1999). Rules of the Game: Lessons From the Field of Community Change. Pacific Grove: Brooks-Cole. Great, readable, and practical ideas for thriving in agency building and agency work.
Cohen, R., & Cohen, J. (2000). Chiseled in Sand: Perspectives on Change in Human Service Organizations. Belmont: Wadsworth. A collection of essays from workers in the field--what it's like, how it is to transition from school to agencies, descriptions of various community projects.
Part One: Theory and Prevention in Community Mental Health
~~Readings in parentheses by selection number; Volume 1 and Volume 2 (<-- click to get to the Reader Index): both volumes are contained in the same reader (Vol. 2 is roughly the 2nd half, with its own index)~~
I. Introduction: A Framework for the Field
9/29: What is Community Mental Health, Anyway? Where did it come from? (In Vol. 1, read #1 & #2 over the next couple of days)
10/6: Ethics in Community Mental Health; video (VT5234 at McHenry) (Vol. 1, #3)
II. Community Mental Health Intervention Models:~~TPE #1 due in class, 10:00 am 10/6~~ A) Social-Cognitive Perspective
10/8: Conditioning (Vol. 2, #1)
10/13, 10/15: Expectancy; labeling; stress and coping and mental health (Vol 1., #5, #6; Handout on homepage)
10/20 TPQ #1 (lectures & reading 9/29-10/15) 10/22-10/26: Diversity issues; cultural competence (Vol. 1, #7, #8; Handout for White Privilege article is on homepage, since copy in reader is illegible)
~~begin working on TPE #2 (parts 1 through 8)~~B) Psychodynamic Perspective
10/27-11/5: Authority, control, conflict within and across communities (Vol. 2, #2, #3, #5 #6; Handouts on homepage)
11/10: TPQ #2 (lectures & reading 10/22-11/5) 11/12: Community collectivism: psychological considerations (Vol. 2, #4)
Part Two: Current Topics In Community Mental Health
11/17: Ethical and legal mandates: violence, child/dependent adult abuse (Handouts on home page)
11/19: Drug abuse and dual diagnosis (Vol. 2, #7)
11/24: Serious mental illness (handouts on home page); mental health, poverty, and homelessness
~~TPE #2 due 11/24 (or before), 10:00 am, in class~~
11/26: No class! Happy Thanksgiving!
12/1: Mental health, poverty, and homelessness; video
12/3: The Great Psychology 169 Homelessness Simulation! (take-home, open book TPQ #3 will be discussed today)
~~Take-home TPQ #3 due via email no later than the day/time of our final exam (Monday, 12/7, 12:00 noon); spend no more than 3 hours on it (on lectures & reading 11/12-12/3)~~
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