打造友善社會:精神疾病與我們的距離?

什麼時候我們叫「正常」?什麼時候叫「不正常」?什麼時候我們算是生病了?我們的社會如何對待不一樣的人?對生病的成員有什麼責任?實際上,我們的社會是如何對待不一樣,或者生病的人? 這些問題牽涉每個人在台灣社會的主體性,也考驗台灣社會是不是一個溫暖有人性的社會。 但所有疾病中,精神疾病恐怕是最不容易被接納的人。因此,這門課以精神疾病為例,希望帶領同學去認識有精神疾病的人在台灣社會的處境,同理她們的感受,檢視現有的體制,並反思我們可以如何打造一個對她們更友善的社會。 本課程為執行教育部深耕計畫大學社會責任子計畫「衛福專業社會實踐培力基地」所開設的課程。本課程重視實作及與社區的連結,因此有些課程需要在週末或課餘進行,以便實際走入社區或進行小組討論。除了開設在醫學系作為醫學人文選修課之外,由於走入社區需要不同專業與多元觀點的相互培力,因此也希望將其他科系同學選修。 原則上上課時間是週四傍晚9A的時段,但真人書活動跟期末成果會分別會用週六下午及上午進行,中間的訪談或其他討論,因為需要配合受訪者及小組時間,會用到上課以外的時間,請自行尋找小組成員、小組老師及受訪者可以的時間及形式進行。When are we considered being "normal"? When are we considered being "abnormal"? When are we ill? How does this society treat people that are different? What responsibility does the society owe to our members? These issues concerns each individuals' agency in the society, and also challenges our society's humanity. But of all illness, mental illness is perhaps the least accepted one. Therefore, this course will focus on mental illness, hoping to help students to understand how people with mental illness are situated in this society, and how can we make it a friendlier one. This course is part of a project of University Social Responsibility sponsored by the Ministry of Education. We emphasize fieldwork and community collaboration, therefore, some courses or small group activities might take place over the weekends. We will regularly meet Tuesday evening from 5:30 to 7:50, but we will have a final presentation on the Saturday of June 12.

1. 瞭解並同理有精神疾病的人的處境 2. 認識汙名、歧視與偏見的深層結構與運作 3. 激發同學創意與團隊合作的能力,共同打造對病人更友善的社會1. to understand the plight and to empathize with people with mental illness; 2. to recognize the structure and operation of stigma, bias and discrimination 3. to stimulate creativity and the ability to teamwork in making the society a friendlier place for people with mental illness

1. 出席與參與討論: 30% 2. 3次實作: 50% 3. 個人反思心得: 20%1. attendance and participation 30% 2. 3 checkpoints/fieldwork 50% 3. individual reflective paper 20%

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