Understanding the Individual in Context: Culture, Family, and Mental Health

  • Teaching

    Details

    Faculty Faculty of Humanities
    Domain Interdisciplinary
    Code UE-L26.00375
    Languages English
    Type of lesson Seminar
    Level Master
    Semester AS-2026

    Schedules and rooms

    Summary schedule Wednesday 08:15 - 10:00, Hebdomadaire, RM 01, Room C-01.109 (Autumn semester)

    Teaching

    Responsibles
    • Kapil Arusha
    Teachers
    • Kapil Arusha
    Description

    This course explores the relationship between culture, family, and mental health across diverse social and cultural contexts. Rather than treating culture as a simple background factor, students examine how it shapes the experience, expression, and treatment of mental health, with families at the center of these processes. The course addresses topics such as development, migration, acculturation, intergenerational dynamics, racism, and displacement, and considers how families can both protect against and contribute to psychological distress. Drawing on decolonial and intersectional perspectives, students critically reflect on cultural humility, professional practice, and their own cultural position in relation to mental health work and research.

     
    Comments

    Attendance will be mandatory, with students required to attend at least 80% of sessions.
    Available seats 25
    Softskills No
    Available online No
    Off field No
    BeNeFri No
    Mobility No
    UniPop No
  • Dates and rooms
    Date Hour Type of lesson Place
    16.09.2026 08:15 - 10:00 Cours RM 01, Room C-01.109
    23.09.2026 08:15 - 10:00 Cours RM 01, Room C-01.109
    30.09.2026 08:15 - 10:00 Cours RM 01, Room C-01.109
    07.10.2026 08:15 - 10:00 Cours RM 01, Room C-01.109
    14.10.2026 08:15 - 10:00 Cours RM 01, Room C-01.109
    21.10.2026 08:15 - 10:00 Cours RM 01, Room C-01.109
    28.10.2026 08:15 - 10:00 Cours RM 01, Room C-01.109
    04.11.2026 08:15 - 10:00 Cours RM 01, Room C-01.109
    11.11.2026 08:15 - 10:00 Cours RM 01, Room C-01.109
    18.11.2026 08:15 - 10:00 Cours RM 01, Room C-01.109
    25.11.2026 08:15 - 10:00 Cours RM 01, Room C-01.109
    02.12.2026 08:15 - 10:00 Cours RM 01, Room C-01.109
    09.12.2026 08:15 - 10:00 Cours RM 01, Room C-01.109
    16.12.2026 08:15 - 10:00 Cours RM 01, Room C-01.109
  • Assessments methods

    Written paper - AS-2026, Session d'hiver 2027

    Assessments methods By rating
    Descriptions of Exams

    Essay-based evaluation based on the insights and engaging with theoretical frameworks from the course

    Written paper - SS-2027, Session d'été 2027

    Assessments methods By rating
    Descriptions of Exams

    Essay-based evaluation based on the insights and engaging with theoretical frameworks from the course

    Written paper - SS-2027, Autumn Session 2027

    Assessments methods By rating
    Descriptions of Exams

    Essay-based evaluation based on the insights and engaging with theoretical frameworks from the course

    Written paper - AS-2027, Session d'hiver 2028

    Assessments methods By rating
    Descriptions of Exams

    Essay-based evaluation based on the insights and engaging with theoretical frameworks from the course
  • Assignment
    Valid for the following curricula:
    Clinical Child Psychology 30 [MA]
    Version: SA25_MA_PS_fr_bil_v01
    Facteurs et processus en psychologie clinique et de la santé
    Clinical Neuroscience 30 [MA]
    Version: SA25_MA_PS_fr_de_bil_v01
    Facteurs et processus en psychologie clinique et de la santé
    Clinical and Health Psychology 30 [MA]
    Version: SA25_MA_PS_fr_bil_v01
    Facteurs et processus en psychologie clinique et de la santé
    Family, Children and Youth Studies 90 [MA]
    Version: SA15_MA_PA_bil_V01
    Psychologie / Sciences de l'éducation
    Module à choix > Famille
    Psychology 30 [MA]
    Version: SA22_MA_PS_fr_de_bil_v01
    Option Clinical Psychology & Health Psychology > Compétences diagnostiques et thèmes choisis de la psychologie clinique et de la psychologie de la santé
    Psychology 30 [MA]
    Version: SA26_MA_P2_fr_de_bil_v01
    1 module à choix > Facteurs et processus en psychologie clinique et de la santé
    Psychology 30 [MA]
    Version: SA21_MA_PS_fr_de_bil_v01
    Option Clinical Psychology & Health Psychology > Compétences diagnostiques et thèmes choisis de la psychologie clinique et de la psychologie de la santé
    Psychology 90 [MA]
    Version: SA21_MA_PA_fr_de_bil_v01
    Options > Clinical Neuroscience > Interventions et diagnostics
    Options > Clinical Child Psychology > Interventions et diagnostics
    Options > Work Psychology & Health Psychology > Interventions et diagnostics
    Psychology 90 [MA]
    Version: SA22_MA_PA_fr_de_bil_v01
    Options > Clinical Child Psychology > Interventions et diagnostics
    Options > Clinical Neuroscience > Interventions et diagnostics
    Options > Work Psychology & Health Psychology > Interventions et diagnostics
    Work and Health Psychology 30 [MA]
    Version: SA25_MA_PS_fr_de_bil_v01
    Facteurs et processus en psychologie clinique et de la santé