EPIB 632. Mental Disorders: Population Perspectives and Methods.
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EPIB 632
Mental Disorders: Population Perspectives and Methods.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Semester-long seminar on key issues and concepts integral to the epidemiological study of mental disorders, through the lens of a population perspective. Review of the origins of the field, classical studies, and recent major studies. Survey of where
the field is now. Discussion of national and global burden of mental disorders. Defining and diagnosing mental disorders. Methods to identify psychopathology in community versus clinical settings. Reliability and validity of psychiatric diagnoses
and measurement tools. Research designs including approaches to study etiology, health services delivery, prevention, role functioning, and policy.
- Prerequisite(s): EPIB 603 or equivalent, or permission of instructor
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken or are taking PSYT 713.
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