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  • Medical Education
  • Psychiatry
  • Narrative Medicine

Background:

  • Medical curricula often lack patient-centered perspectives on mental illness.
  • Pathographies offer valuable insights into lived experiences of mental health conditions.
  • Previous course iterations focused on classic memoirs.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe the development of a medical student course on pathographies of mental illness.
  • To incorporate diverse narratives into the study of mental illness.
  • To enhance medical students' understanding of mental illness through varied first-person accounts.

Main Methods:

  • Curriculum review and revision based on student feedback.
  • Integration of contemporary memoirs, particularly those by women and people of color.
  • Analysis of the impact of diverse narratives on student learning.

Main Results:

  • The course evolved from classic memoirs to include a wider range of voices.
  • Student evaluations prompted the inclusion of more diverse pathographies.
  • Diverse narratives highlight the differential impact of identity on mental illness experiences.

Conclusions:

  • Medical education benefits from incorporating diverse pathographies of mental illness.
  • Curriculum adaptation is crucial for reflecting varied patient experiences.
  • Diverse narratives enrich the understanding of mental health and illness.