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  1. Graduate School
  2. Department of Social Services
  3. Master of Arts (MA) in Social Work
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  5. Current Debates in Psychiatric Social Work
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Last Updated: 30/09/2026

Code - Course Title Course Type Laboratory + Practice ECTS
SHZ510 - Current Debates in Psychiatric Social Work II. SEMESTER 3 +0 6.0
Language of Instruction Türkçe
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Instructor(s) DOÇ. DR. HÜSNÜNUR ASLANTÜRK
Mode of Delivery The mode of delivery of this course is face to face.
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Prerequisites There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
Courses Recomended There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
Recommended Resources Ashdown, M., Brown, S. C. (2013). Social Service and Mental Health: An Essay on Psychiatric Social Workers. Birleşik Krallık: Taylor & Francis.Bourque, F., & Cunsolo Willox, A. (2014). Climate change: the next challenge for public mental health?. International review of psychiatry, 26(4), 415-422.Burston, D. (2020). Anti-Psychiatry: The End of the Road?. In: Psychoanalysis, Politics and the Postmodern University. Critical Political Theory and Radical Practice. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34921-9_8Crossley N. R. D. Laing and the British anti-psychiatry movement: a socio-historical analysis. Soc Sci Med. 1998 Oct;47(7):877-89. doi: 10.1016/s0277-9536(98)00147-6. PMID: 9722108.Gooding, P. (2013) Supported Decision-Making: A Rights-Based Disability Concept and its Implications for Mental Health Law, Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 20:3, 431-451, DOI: 10.1080/13218719.2012.711683Grob, G. N. (2014). From asylum to community: Mental health policy in modern America (Vol. 1217). Princeton University Press.Hunter, A., & Riger, S. (1986). The meaning of community in community mental health. Journal of Community Psychology, 14(1), 55-71.İçağasıoğlu Çoban A, & Attepe Özden S. (Ed.) (2018). Psikiyatrik Sosyal Hizmet. Ankara: Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık.Kohn, N. A., Blumenthal, J. A., & Campbell, A. T. (2013). Supported decision-making: viable alternative to guardianship. Penn State Law Review, 117(4), 1111-1158.Köroğlu, E., & Güleç, C. (Ed.). (2007). Psikiyatri Temel Kitabı. Hekimler Yayın Birliği, Cilt 1 - 2, Ankara.Levine, M. (1981). The history and politics of community mental health. Oxford University Press, USA.Nasser, M. (1995). The rise and fall of anti-psychiatry. Psychiatric Bulletin, 19(12), 743-746. doi:10.1192/pb.19.12.743Rapp, C. A., & Goscha, R. J. (2011). The strengths model: A recovery-oriented approach to mental health services. OUP USA.Rosenberg, S. J., & Rosenberg, J. (2013). Community mental health: Challenges for the 21st century. Routledge.
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Weeks Learning Outcomes Topics Teaching Methods
Week - 1 Psychiatric Social Work: Basic concepts and scope
Week - 2 Development of Psychiatric Social Work in the World
Week - 3 Development of Psychiatric Social Work in Turkey
Week - 4 Community Based Mental Health Practices
Week - 5 Guardianship Practices in the Field of Mental Health
Week - 6 Supported Decision Making in Mental Health
Week - 7 Midterm
Week - 8 Advocacy and Self-Advocacy Practices in Mental Health
Week - 9 Social Integration in Mental Health
Week - 10 Caregiving in Mental Health
Week - 11 Social Rights in Mental Health
Week - 12 Antipsychiatry Movement-I
Week - 13 Recovery Approach in Mental Health
Week - 14 Evaluation of the Course

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