Public Mental Health

3 units

This course will provide an overview of public mental health: the application of public health methods to the prevention and control of mental illness and substance use disorders and the promotion of mental well-being in populations. Although the course will focus primarily on the United States, public mental health will be also examined from a global perspective. Topics covered will include the distribution and determinants of mental and behavioral health problems, the prevention of mental and behavioral health problems and the promotion of mental well-being, and mental and behavioral health policy and services.