LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
By the end of the lesson the learner should be able to:
distinguish the worldviews of traditional societies and religion & the modern science;
describe the characteristics of mental health;
specify the scope of the present course.
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
By the end of the lesson the learner should be able to:
Discuss the issues involved in the interaction between religion and some specific issues: depression, suicide, OCD and ASD.
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WATCH SOME VIDEOS:
Crash Course on OCD
The anatomy of melancholy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
By the end of the lesson the learner should be able to:
evaluate some of the cultural and religious practices in Africa with some sound principles, in an attempt to assess the mental wellbeing of those involved.
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4 African Context
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
By the end of the lesson the learner should be able to:
develop a scientific approach to some sampled religious and cultural phenomena;
describe and deal with shame and guilt, and culture shock in the therapeutic context;
identify the psychological processes involved in cults: radicalisation and brainwashing;
respond adequately to former members of satanic cults.
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READ: Adolescents in Satanism
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
By the end of the lesson the learner should be able to:
Define or describe the following culturally and/or religiously peculiar phenomena: Jerusalem syndrome, previous birth experiences, Snake-Handling, Fire-Walking, and mass hysteria.
Offer tentative ‘scientifically’ based explanations and interventions.
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READ: A case of Mass Hysteria in Uganda (page 43f)