Epidemiology of Adult Psychiatric Disorders

Harvard HSPH

Course DescriptionThe goal of this course is to provide students with a working knowledge of the epidemiologic and clinical aspects of adult psychiatric disorders. A range of studies from early classics to recent work on the prevalence, risk factors, and distribution of major mental disorders will be covered. Through class discussion and completion of written assignments, special attention will be paid to the unique methodological and analytic issues highlighted in psychiatric epidemiological…