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School of Social Work AP/SOWK 2035 Sec7on O: Current Issues in Mental Health Term: Winter 2021-2022 – ONLN1 Instructor: Rick Sin Email: [email protected] Date/ Time: Online Office Hours via Zoom: by appointment only Course Website: hSps://eclass.yorku.ca/ Land Acknowledgement We recognize that many Indigenous na4ons have longstanding rela4onships with the territories upon which York University campuses are located that precede the establishment of York University. York University acknowledges its presence on the tradi4onal territory of many Indigenous Na4ons. The area known as Tkaronto has been care taken by the Anishinabek Na4on, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Huron-Wendat, and the Mé4s. It is now home to many Indigenous Peoples. We acknowledge the current treaty holders, the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Na4on. This territory is subject of the Dish with One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant, an agreement to peaceably share and care for the Great Lakes region.

Calendar Descrip7on Introduces students to fundamental issues and concepts with respect to mental health and community responses to mental health. Provides an opportunity for students to examine their own perspec9ves in rela9on to current debates and conflic9ng representa9ons in the field.

Learning Objec7ves By the end of this guided inquiry-based course, you will be able to: a. Examine how sanism is normalized in everyday and professional language, and how mental health knowledge is produced, disseminated and used in and through academia, media, and judicial system in Canada; b. Explore how the Mad Libera9on Movement (i) reclaims the no9on of madness and reconstructs it into counter-narra9ves, (ii) challenges the dominance of bio-medical/ disease model, and (iii) cri9ques prevailing treatment of psychiatric consumers in Canada; c. Understand how gender, race, and class intersect with Mad iden9ty and shape the libera9on movement; d. Recognize lived experience and insider-exper9se of an9-psychiatric ac9vists and scholars, and a range of theore9cal and methodological tools they adopt to give voice to psychiatric survivors; and

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This course outline serves as our learning contract. Specific items are subject to adjustment. Please keep track of course announcement and information by visiting our course shell in eclass every week.

e. Take stock of the current state and the future of Mad Movement by cri9cally reviewing ini9a9ves and resources developed by groups and organiza9ons in the Mad libera9on movement.

Prerequisite / Co-Requisite: This course is offered on online-only basis. Students are required to have access to stable internet services and a computer that is able to support the soSware requirements of the course. Course website access in eclass starts within the first week of the term. For late enrollees it takes two business days from the 9me of your enrolment to access the eclass websites once the semester has started. Students enrolled in this course are required to review the!York’s Student elearning website (https://www.yorku.ca/laps/eso/student-elearning/). This website explains how to start your fully online (ONLN) course with start-up informa9on including compu9ng requirements, course website access instruc9ons, and links to course outlines and course websites.! Please update your “preferred email address” in the student information system. You are also expected to check your emails and eclass to stay informed. In order to receive course announcements and stay in touch with your course director, you will need to make sure your "preferred email address" is up to date. If it is your email account at York, please make sure it ends with @my.yorku.ca.

For enrolment matters and academic related questions, please contact the affiliated#LA&PS School/Department.! Eclass and computing support can be directed to#[email protected]#or visit the#Student Computing website.!

Required Readings: LeFrancois, B., Menzies, R., and Reaume, G., eds. (2013). Mad MaQers: A cri4cal reading in Canadian mad studies. Toronto: Canadian Scholars’ Press. Note: • This course is primarily based on this textbook. The final exam will be open book. You must own a copy of the textbook for the exam (physical copy or digital are both fine). The text can be purchased at the York University Bookstore. Delivery is free; however, it takes at least a week. Please get it in 9me for the first lecture. • Our library also provides access to the online version of the textbook. However, you could only download up to 165 pages in PDF. Here is the link: hbps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/york/detail.ac9on?docID=6282048

Course Format - Fully Online:

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This course offers opportuni9es to learn completely through online format using eclass. There is no scheduled mee9ngs. Discussion forums proceed asynchronously within specified 9me frame. Students log in, download lecture slides and course materials, share ques9ons and ideas in-between lessons. a. Inquiry-Based Learning: i.

Weekly Lecture Slides as Study Guide: There is no lecture. This course is conducted based on the principle of directed inquiry learning. To guide your inquiry, a set of PowerPoint slides for each lesson will be posted in eclass every Wednesday before 12 pm EST (see Course Schedule below). You will see the inquiry topics, basic theore9cal concepts, and key insights offered by the author(s) of respec9ve chapters under each sessional topic. There will also be links to addi9onal reference materials – like videos/ news reports/ web pages/ case stories… etc. - to connect your learning and inquiry with case examples and current issues in Canada and beyond.

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Course Readings (the textbook) as Primary Reference: Like regular in-person courses, the outcome of this course hinges on (i.) the 9me and effort you engage course readings every week and (ii.) your ability to demonstrate what you learn from course readings in assignments and exam. Your ability to make use of course readings will be a key assessment criterion throughout the whole semester.

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Short Paper as Individual Inquiry: You are expected to choose one specific issue – listed for the assignment - in the field of mental health and conduct your own inquiry into the current debate surrounding that issue (see assignment guide in the following sec9on).

b. Collabora7ve Learning: i.

Group Discussion Forum: To promote cri4cal dialogue and collec4ve learning, students will be randomly assigned to groups of 7-8 aSer the final date to enrol (Sunday January 23rd, 2022). A group discussion forum will be created in eclass every week (from Lesson 3 to Lesson 12; a total of 10 forums). A discussion topic pertaining to each lesson will be posted in the forum. Students are expected to post twice in each forum. The first post must be your original idea (i.e., your understanding of course concept and comment) and the second post should be your response to another group member’s post. Group members are welcomed to iden9fy addi9onal ques9ons for discussion.

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Group Project: Working as a group, you are expected to get to know groups and organiza9ons in Mad libera9on movement, and to cri9cally assess their contribu9on to the movement. For further details, please assignment guide in the following sec9on.

c. Guided Learning - Question & Answer Forum: In addition to additional reference materials and lecture slides (as study guide) in course shell, an open discussion forum is created for students to share concerns or questions. I will also address

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any questions you have re the syllabus (key concepts/ ideas, assignments, or exam) in this forum every Wednesday morning. Participation is voluntary.

Evalua7on & Course Requirements Marking Scheme with Due Dates Par7cipa7on in Group Discussion Forum - From Lesson 3 to 12 Two entries (original post + response) per forum = 0.5% x 2 x 10 = 10%

ASer every lesson and before the next one is posted

10 %

Wednesdays by 12 pm

Short Paper (submit to specified Turn-it-in folder in eclass) Group Project

Friday, March 4th, 2022, by 11:55pm

25 %

Friday, March 11th, 2022, by 11:55 pm

5 %

b. Handout:

Friday, April 8th, 2022, by 11:55pm

- instead of page limit, viewable for 10-15 mins

(Same 7me for Peer Evalua7on)

25 %

a. Work Plan: - Topic + Content Outline + Division of Tasks + Timeline

(submibed to eclass)

Final Exam (Online exam) Tutorial Session via Chatroom: Wednesday April

6th,

2022, 9 am-12 pm

TBA (will be arranged during Exam Period – April 12th -29th)

35 %

Par7cipa7on in Group Discussion Forum (1% per forum x 10 = 10%) You are expected to par9cipate in Group Discussion Forum by pos7ng at least twice (2 7mes per forum) your informed, substan7ve comment(s) in response to the ques9on pertaining to each lesson in the forum. One is your own post responding to the discussion ques9on and another one is your comment/response to another group member’s post. Please try not to do it all in the last minutes. Your classmates will not be able to respond to your entry. The discussion topic normally involves a key theore9cal idea of the lesson. In your first post, you are expected to share (i) how you understand that specific concept, (ii) if you agree or disagree with the author(s), and (iii) why you agree or disagree. Rewri9ng the ques9on, sta9ng "I agree"/ “Great ideas ….”, etc. simply doesn't count. The forum is set in Q & A format. You could only see someone else’s posts a moment aSer you submit your own. In your second post, you comment on at least another group member’s original response. Your posts are dated so it is easy to see when someone has done this. Sorry, if you miss a post, it is just missed and there's no making it up later nor can you email it to me – no excep9ons. It is like missing a class and the associated discussion, you can't make it up aSer the fact. Note: aSer you are assigned a group for the group assignment, all discussion forum posts are only visible to your own group members and me.

Short Paper – Individual Inquiry Paper (25%) Select one topic from the list below. If you would like to write on a completely different topic, please email me ([email protected]) in advance for approval. Write a 2-3-page paper that focuses on your key issue. You should

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summarize your issue, including the debate that exists surrounding that issue, and weigh in with an informed opinion. a. Viola7on of Informed Consent in Treatment Decision: Please discuss what informed consent for treatment is about, how it could be violated in the mental health system, and what should be done to respect the decision of psychiatric consumers. b. S7gma of Mental Illness: Please iden9fy the key s9gma reduc9on strategies proposed by the Mental Health Commission of Canada, and discuss to what extent they could effec9vely reduce s9gma9za9on of psychiatric survivors and what else should we done. c. The Neglect of Mental Health During COVID-19 Pandemic: Please discuss the major impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Canadians, to what extent our governments have neglected mental health issues during the pandemic, and what should be done to beber support people with mental distress. d. Psychiatric Drugging of Children: Please discuss why there has been a drama9c increase in the use of an9psycho9cs to treat children, why it is concerning, and what should be done to stop it. e. Indigeniza7on of Mental Health Services in Canada: Please discuss what indigeniza9on of mental health services means, why it should be a policy priority, and how the mental health system could beber serve Indigenous people. Format: APA is essen9al and will cover many ques9ons like what font to use, and if the paper should be double spaced. If you are unfamiliar with APA then please consult the reference manual at your local university's reference sec9on or the APA website. There are also a number of other websites that you may find. You may use the template in the sec9on “Reference Material” on eclass (however, you don't need an abstract for this paper). Rubric: The paper will be marked on the wri9ng rubric (see abachment) as well as the quality of your thesis, the quality of the support for your arguments, adherence to guidelines, and your ability to incorporate crucial course concepts into your paper. A good place to start is by considering the use of medical terminology vs. refusal terminology (see page 83 of the textbook); however, using the refusal terms won't guarantee you a higher grade--especially if you're just parro9ng them, sugges9ng that you don't really understand why these terms are preferred. All papers should be academic in nature, i.e., have appropriate source material that is referenced according to APA guidelines. Use of Reference: Regarding source material and how to direct your paper, there are a few dos and don'ts. •

Do use our textbook and peer reviewed journal ar9cles (remember you need at least five peer reviewed journal ar9cles). Books are great sources, and you should use them, but they are not peer reviewed. If you don't know how to find these sources, please ask the librarian and they can help you. Please also check out this site: hbps://researchguides.library.yorku.ca/c.php?g=679490&p=4790246.

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Although it's not strictly forbidden, don't use material from online sources, the dic9onary, Wikipedia, or the encyclopaedia. We are in university now and those sources are really more appropriate for the high school level. Also, do not cite the lectures. Much of the material from the lectures comes from source material--look for the originals whenever possible.

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A good thesis is oSen counter-intui9ve. It states something the reader might not expect and uses the rest of the paper to support the statement. You should also be considering counterarguments to your thesis and respond to them in your paper.

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Don't quote without using quota7on marks. Remember you can't just take a block of text change a few words and then claim that those are your words. You must use quota9on marks when you're using someone else's words and integrate the quote into your own discussion. Even if you abribute the source, if you use someone else's words without quota9on marks you are plagiarizing. As a very general rule: if

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you are saying something that isn't obvious or commonly accepted and isn't the result of your own thinking or research—it needs to be cited (see the senate policy on Academic Integrity). Quality Expecta7on: In addi9on to source material, "A" papers are expected to have original thought in either synthesis or analysis of material. These are your own original thoughts on your topic. Furthermore, papers should be well wriben. Grammar, punctua9on, and spelling all allow your reader to understand your meaning. I can't grade a paper for content if I haven't a clue what the student is trying to say because the paper is poorly organized or wriben. Therefore, wri9ng is at the top of the list when I go through the rubric for grading. Submission: Also note that you are being asked to submit your paper to Turni9n (your work will be graded before the Turni9n reports are viewed). This service compares your wri9ng with an online database of previously submibed student papers as well as the internet to determine if any parts of your paper have been copied or incorrectly cited. It also enters your paper into this database so that others cannot copy your work without proper acknowledgement. While you may refuse to submit your paper to Turni9n, the course director is then en9tled to use other methods to evaluate academic integrity. This may include things like oral exams directed at issues of originality. Turni9n is only one of many methods used to determine originality. Note that you don't need to go directly to the Turni9n site—it's done through the course shell in eclass. Finally, please, please, please, write your paper early and then make use of the Wri9ng Program. There are also some very useful resources for wri9ng available on SPARK.

Group Project (30%) Amer the final date to enroll (September 21st, 2021), students will be randomly divided into groups of 7-8 people. It is the same group as your discussion group. An email will be sent to each group to connect all group members. To get started, please connect with your group, and find ways – e.g. sezng up a WhatsApp group - to communicate and collaborate for the project. Each group will prepare a handout (in the format of electronic pamphlet, booklet, or poster). a. Your Topic: Pick one of the two topics – see Top A and B below - for your handout. Topic A. Choose three web sites from the list of suggested sites (see “Reference Material” in eclass). Examine the sites and create a handout in which you cri9cally assess and compare the websites that you chose. What is the site doing well? Poorly? How does this site help contribute to the Mad movement? If there is some other site that fits into the philosophy of the course (i.e., non-medical), please email me ([email protected]) for approval. OR Topic B. Choose a community organiza7on from this list (see “Reference Material” in eclass) (if there's another organiza9on that fits into the philosophy of the course and isn't on the list, please email me ([email protected]) for approval). Create a handout that: 1) explains the mandate, role, and func9on of that organiza9on. 2) You should also include a detailed examina9on of the organiza9on's resources, wri9ng/publica9ons and website. 3) What is the historical importance of the organiza9on in the history of the Mad movement? What contribu9ons has the organiza9on made to the Mad movement? 4) Speculate on what may be in store for your selected organiza9on in the future. b. Group Work Plan: Four weeks before the handout is due, each group has to submit a workplan for 5% (which they just get in full if they submit it). In this workplan, you (i) state the topic of the handout, (ii) outline the key content (with more specifics for all the ques9ons listed in this assignment guide), and (iii) explain how the tasks are divided among all group members and the 9meline. It really helps to avoid students parachu9ng in at the last moment and asking for some credit on the assignment. It does not completely solve the problem, but it helps.

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c. The handout. The purpose of the handout is to promote the work of the selected organiza9on(s) to the audience. You can use your favorite word processor, poster creator, whatever. As long as the whole class can see your handout, you can post it any way you like (link or upload the file). You can be as crea9ve as you want, but I won't penalize you if your handout isn't flashy. The most important thing is that it's clear, it's accurate, and it covers the topic thoroughly. You should have a list of references at the end. The whole handout should take about 10-15 minutes to read/view. There is no page limit (I don't specify pages, because that really depends on how you choose to format the handout). Remember: this is NOT an essay, nor is it a presenta9on, it's a handout. It should be crea9ve, use visuals, etc., not a block of text, and it should be something you could poten9ally hand out to a class, or post it in social media. This assignment will be marked as a group. Please ensure both the workplan and the handout speak with one voice (not several different parts that are s9tched together and/or iden9fied as being wriben by individual members of the group). Make sure that everyone's name is on the project. Grading Criteria: •

Crea7vity – format, graphics, and use of space (max. 5%)

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Coverage – ability to cover all required topics (max. 5%)

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Coherence & Clarity – well organized, consistent styles and font size, free of gramma9cal mistakes/ ty...