PSYD37H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Electroconvulsive Therapy, Ableism, Heterosexism
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Week 7 lecture #6: thursday february 16, 2017. This is a documentary about the mental health institutionalization of youth. It was completed as part of the social justice program at hamline university in saint paul, minnesota. Acasia, hospitalized twice at age 15, 2 weeks each time, san diego, ca. Angie, felt stressed out and didn"t have any way to talk to. Ben, parents thought he was a drug addict, but found not to be one. However hospital claimed he was a smart drug addict who didn"t get caught. Most of them were admitted by parents/mom. Hope for more trust from fam, not a lot of support. Most of them didn"t want to be admitted. And wanted to leave all the time. Contemporary alienists" notions of insanity and its causes interacted with the values and observations of the non-psychiatric community to shape their decisions about disruptive individuals (p. 89)
