Lower Block 3

The first part of the course reviews the evidence for biological and cultural evolution as well as environmental changes from Old World that documents the origin of humanity. It also examines the growing of cultural complexity, the evolution of food production and the beginning of permanent human settlement. Examples are drawn from many regions of the Old World to show commonalities and differences in growth towards cultural complexity.

The course aims at equipping students with knowledge and skills necessary for not only dealing with the individual psychological problems but also reaching out beyond the individualistic approach to offer community based mental health services. The students will understand how mental health problems are generated within the community, how to deal with them, how to anticipate problems and prevent them, how to work with other mental health professionals and so on.