Perspectives in Mental Health

Paper Code: 
PSY 325 A
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

COURSE OUTCOMES

Course Outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

  
 

On completion of this course, the students will be able to:

CO121: Identify the laws and programs implemented by the government to promote mental health and their impact on Indian society.

CO122: Use community psychology concepts and models to analyse an organisation conducting community interventions.

CO123: Identify stressors in one’s life and how to manage them through different prevention and intervention strategies.

CO124: Developing insights with respect to mental health promotion programs in communities. Gain the applied knowledge about crisis management and intervention

CO125: Developing sensitivity towards individual and cultural diversity and understanding its implication in clinical work.

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Demonstration, Team teaching

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Simulation, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks, Field practical

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

  

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Community Psychology

Evolution and Orientation: Introduction, Core Values and Principles of Community Psychology, Emergence and Development of Community Psychology, Ecological level of analysis.

 

12.00
Unit II: 
Community Mental Health in India

Mental Health Act (Latest) and Its Implications (Mental Health Act of 1987, National Mental Health Program 1982, the Persons with Disabilities Act 1995; Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) Act of 1992, Mental Health Care Bill 2011), Perspective on Ethical Issues in Community Psychology.

 

12.00
Unit III: 
Coping

An ecological framework-risk and preventive processes, distal factors, proximal stressors, stress reaction, resources activated for coping, coping processes, coping outcomes, intervention to promote coping, spirituality and coping; Social Support-generalised and specific support, relationship context of support, social support network; Community Psychology and Routes to Psychological Wellness 

 

12.00
Unit IV: 
Preventions in Mental Health

Primary, Secondary and Tertiary; Crisis Intervention; Mental Health Consultation; Role of NGO’s & Self-Help Groups in Community Mental Health, Mutual Help Groups.

 

12.00
Unit V: 
Community psychology and Interventions

Community and Social Change - Approaches, Issues and Strategies 

Essential Readings: 
  • Dalton, J. H., Elias, M. J., & Wandersman, A. (2007). Community Psychology: Linking Individuals and Communities. Australia: Wadsworth Pub.
  • Levine, M. & Perkins, D.V. (1987). Principles of Community Psychology. Perspective and Applications. NY: Oxford University Press.
  • Mann, P.A. (1978). Community Psychology: Concepts and Applications. NY: The Free Press.
  • Nelson, G. B., & Prilleltensky, I. (2010). Community Psychology: In pursuit of Liberation and Well-being. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Rappaport, J. (1977). Community Psychology  Values , Research and Action. NY: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.
  • Rappaport, J., & Seidman, E. (2000). Handbook of Community Psychology. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum.
  • Shanmughum, T.E. (1988). Community Psychology. Madras: Utsav Shanmungan.

 

References: 

Suggested Readings

·        Bloom, B. (1973). Community Mental Health: A Critical Analysis, N. Jersey: General Learning Press.

·        Cohen, E.L. (1973). Social Community Interventions. Annual Review of Psychology, 423-472.

·        Gown, E.L. Chinsky, J.M. & Rappaport J. (1970). An Undergraduate Practicum in Community Mental Health. CMH Journal, 6, 91-100.

·        Glidewell. J.C. (1971). Frontiers for Psychologists in Community Mental Health. In G. Rosenbaum (Eds.). Issues in Community Psychology and Community Mental Health. New York: Bell Publication.

·        Glidewell, J.C. (1973). Preventive and Therapeutic Effects of two school Mental Health Programmes. American Journal of Community Psychology Vol. I, 295-329.

E-Resources

·        ResearchGate

·        JSTOR

·        Proquest

·        Shodhganga

·        Delnet

·        Google Scholar

·        National Digital Library (NPTEL)

·        Academia

Journals

·        Perspectives on Psychological Science

·        Psychological Bulletin

·        Psychological Sciences

·        Journal of Community Psychology

Indian Journal of Community Psychology

Academic Year: 
2022-23
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