The power of a place: opening the college classroom to people with serious mental illness.
Presented the structure and implementation of a university-based practicum course on social relationships for people with serious mental illness and college undergraduates. Grounded in an ecological view of social settings, cooperative learning models of education and mutual help principles, the practicum was designed to create a collaborative classroom setting where undergraduates and people with serious mental illness could both develop and enhance their own interpersonal skills and social network ties. The practicum demonstrates how a university can use its resources to help address community needs while simultaneously enhancing its mission of teaching and research. The role of social context in creating collaborative relationships among participants and the use of the university as a community resource are discussed.
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Department of Psychology, Bowling Green State University, Ohio 43403.
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001076:Aptitude; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008282:Mainstreaming, Education; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D011340:Problem Solving; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000534:rehabilitation; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012657:Self-Help Groups; D012931:Social Environment; D012944:Social Support