Event Title
Socially Just Mental Health Practice
Location
Hart 116
Start Time
15-5-2014 1:15 PM
End Time
15-5-2014 1:45 PM
Description
Social justice is a morally indispensable and ethically imperative component when delivering mental health services to culturally and ethnically diverse population. The primary goal of this workshop is to explore the ways in which clinical mental health practitioners engage in social justice work. It is important to recognize that those who are experiencing various forms of oppression including ageism, classism, racism, ethnocentrism, mental and physical (dis)ability, sexism, and heterosexism are especially vulnerable to mental illness. Indeed, individuals’ psychological suffering is often caused by political, social, cultural, and economic stratification. Because of this, social justice becomes a critical clinical tool that uplifts voices of those who are socially and economically marginalized in our society. By empowering people to engage in social change, consciousness raising, and resilience building, social justice promotes the psychological well-being of those who are socially marginalized and economically disenfranchised in our society.
Socially Just Mental Health Practice
Hart 116
Social justice is a morally indispensable and ethically imperative component when delivering mental health services to culturally and ethnically diverse population. The primary goal of this workshop is to explore the ways in which clinical mental health practitioners engage in social justice work. It is important to recognize that those who are experiencing various forms of oppression including ageism, classism, racism, ethnocentrism, mental and physical (dis)ability, sexism, and heterosexism are especially vulnerable to mental illness. Indeed, individuals’ psychological suffering is often caused by political, social, cultural, and economic stratification. Because of this, social justice becomes a critical clinical tool that uplifts voices of those who are socially and economically marginalized in our society. By empowering people to engage in social change, consciousness raising, and resilience building, social justice promotes the psychological well-being of those who are socially marginalized and economically disenfranchised in our society.
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Moderator: Dr. Ellen Ingmanson