Introducing Mad People's History

Watch this introduction for 'Mad People's History' (CDST 504), an online course offered at Ryerson University. David Reville, an instructor with the School of Disability Studies, explains how the history of madness differs from the history of psychiatry, and highlights the importance of including the diverse perspectives of people diagnosed as mad, insane, or mentally ill. In this course, the stories of mad people are considered to address a question that is rarely raised in academic circles: in their own words, what is the history that mad people have lived over the centuries and what are the implications of that collective experience for contemporary times?

Produced by Digital Education Strategies at The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education, Ryerson University.

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Disability Studies continuing education courses: http://www.ryerson.ca/ce/disabilitystudies
School of Disability Studies: http://www.ryerson.ca/ds
The Chang School: http://www.ryerson.ca/ce
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Education

Tags:

• Ryerson University
• School of Disability Studies
• Chang School
• continuing education
• CE
• Digital Education Strategies
• self labelling and identity
• psychiatry
• Margery Kempe
• La Salpetriere
• J.M. Charcot
• Blanche
• Marie Wittman
• David Reville
• Rockwood asylum
• Don Weitz
• documentary

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I'm thrilled to see a new approach. Bravo to all involved. We need a fairer, more honest history that hasn't been psychiatrized.