Description:

Choose ONE of the 4-course readings below and make a reading response. The response should draw on and cross-reference at least THREE other readings and/or lectures from across weeks 1-5 of the course (i.e., draw on material that is not only from the same week as the reading you choose).

• Marecek, J. & Lafrance, M. N. (2021). Editorial introduction: The politics of psychological suffering. Feminism & Psychology, 31(1), 3-18.
• Ramos, M. (2022) "Mental Illness is Not in Your Head" Boston Review: https://bostonreview.net/articles/mental-illness-is-not-in-your-head
• Lafrance, M.N. & McKenzie-Mohr, S. (2013). The DSM and its lure of legitimacy. Feminism & Psychology, 23, 119-140. 5
• Watters, E. (2010, January 8). The Americanization of mental illness. New York Times Magazine. Retrieved from: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/magazine/10psyche-t.html?_r=0