Child Psychiatric Epidemiology

Harvard HSPH

This course takes an epidemiological and public health approach to child psychiatry and development with less emphasis clinical problems. Epidemiological research advances and challenges in key developmental disorders such as autism, aggression, ADHD and anxiety are discussed. Child psychiatry is unique in that social disadvantage, mother-child interaction, peer-relations, brain development and genetics all are important factors, psychometric challenges like assessment, multi-informant and…