Epidemiology of Mental Disorders

Catalog description

Pre-requisites: EPID 6523. This course is aimed at Epidemiology students of the Master in Public Health Program. It will enable students to understand, analyze and critically evaluate the current research about psychiatric disorders in the population. The students will understand the distribution of psychiatric disorders in the population. They will discuss and evaluate the prevalence and risk factors associated with common psychiatric disorders such as anxiety disorders, major depression disorder, alcoholism, and suicide. The course also includes the discussion of concepts associated to inequities in the mental health services such as stigma and acculturation. The teaching strategies of the course include discussion of readings, interactive lectures, group presentations and reports. Students are expected to expla in the magnitude of mental health disorders and discuss concepts associated to mental health conditions and health services. EPID 6529 - Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases. Three to four (3-4) credits. Pre-requisites: EPID 6523, SALP 6006.