For this brief report, you will apply your understanding of psychological
disorders and addiction, social psychology, approaches to psychological
treatment and critical thinking to real-world events depicted in a
series of videos on advances in community-based mental health policy.
You will watch three brief videos (8:09, 9:08 and 5:52 minutes) from the “Overcriminalized” series produced by Brave New Films:
Overcriminalized (Links to an external site.)
Instructions:
STEP 1: To successfully complete this learning unit, first watch these three brief videos:
Overcriminalized (Links to an external site.)
STEP 2: Write a 250-350 word (maximum) brief report on the Overcriminalized videos, address all 3 questions below.
Make sure to address the questions as posed. Make sure to refer to information presented in all 3 videos, that is, your report should make clear that you watched all of them. This
is a brief report, not an essay so please address each question
directly– you do not need to include introductory information, etc.
1. Describe the three approaches to intervention (implemented in San
Antonio, Seattle and Salt Lake City) and the consequences for mentally
ill, drug addicted and chronically homeless persons, as well as for
police departments and taxpayers.
2. Thinking back on what you
have learned in this class, why do you suppose these effective programs
have not been used sooner? For example, what misunderstandings of mind,
mental illness and addiction do many people have that could lead them
to approach these issues with punitive (i.e., punishing) goals rather
than the goal of rehabilitation? How might “the fundamental attribution error” have contributed to this punitive attitude?
3. Recall that Arum states that the college educated are the “elite”
that we depend upon for our society to function. For example, our most
vulnerable citizens depend on their fellow Americans to advocate on
their behalf. What are the consequences of inadequate college education for mental health policy and for society as a whole? That is, what do poorly educated college graduates not do for their fellow citizens?
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