EP05 Point/Counterpoint 02 - Defining Mental Health as a Public Health Problem - William Glasser, MD
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- Topic Areas:
- Point/Counterpoint Sessions | Choice Theory | Psychotherapy
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 2005
- Faculty:
- William Glasser, MD | Mary Goulding, MSW
- Duration:
- 1 Hour 19 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 07, 2005
- License:
- Never expires.
Description
Description:
Dr. Glasser will explain that there is such as entity as mental health and will define it in such a way that it is completely separated from what is now called mental illness and collected in the DSM-IV. He believes that by using Choice Theory, clients can be taught how to improve their own mental health. By doing this the medical model is no longer needed and should be replaced by a public health model.
Educational Objectives:
- To describe a model of mental health that is totally separate from the DSM-IV definitions of mental illnesses.
- To describe the advantages of moving from the medical model to the public health model.
*Sessions may be edited for content and to preserve confidentiality*
Credits
Faculty
William Glasser, MD Related Seminars and Products
William Glasser, MD, who received his MD degress in 1953 from Case Western Reserve University was an American psychiatrist. William was awarded an honorary doctorate in human letters by the University of San Francisco. Founder and Director of the Institute for Reality Therapy, he was authoer and editor of ten books on the topics of reality therapy and education. He was also the developer of Choice Theory. His ideas, which focus on personal choice, personal responsibility and personal transformation, are considered controversial by mainstream psychiatrists, who focus instead on classifying psychiatric syndromes as "illnesses", and who often prescribe psychotropic medications to treat mental disorders.
Mary Goulding, MSW Related Seminars and Products
Mary Goulding, MSW, is one of the leading exponents of Transactional Analysis. Along with her husband Robert Goulding, she developed an approach called Redecision therapy which synthesizes Transactional Analysis and Gestalt. Together they founded the Western Institute for Group and Family Therapy in Watsonville, California, and co-authored two professional books about their approach. There is also an edited volume about the Redecision model. Mary has served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the International Transactional Analysis Association and is a Teaching Member of that organization. Her M.S.W. was granted in 1960 from the School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley.