PSY 282 Creating Mental Wellness - An International Approach
This course will introduce students to how mental health is defined and promoted in different cultures. The focus of the course will be for students to explore how within the Italian culture mental health is promoted across all levels of society and systems. Through visits to community organizations that seek to promote wellness, students will experience the multitude of ways that Italians seek to support individuals, families, and communities. They will also design their own program that will promote mental health within a segment of the population, which could be on an individual or group level, and should be focused on a population that might be particularly vulnerable with regards to mental health, due to their age, experiences of racism/discrimination, an aspect of their identity, or other life circumstances.