Public Mental Health Research Certificate Program

Our Public Mental Health Research certificate program provides graduate training in understanding the causes and consequences of mental disorders in populations.  The courses describe the clinical and behavioral features and prevalence of mental and behavioral disorders. They also identify factors that influence the occurrence, persistence or severity of these disorders. The goals of the program are to enhance the epidemiologic expertise of psychiatrists and other mental health professionals as well as to increase the number of epidemiologists, biostatisticians and health policy makers interested in psychiatric disorders.

Course Requirements

Course of Study

Courses denoted with .81 suffix are available online as well as onsite. Students may take these courses in either format.

Required courses:

330.601.81 Perspectives of Psychiatry

OR

330.617.01 The Public Health Approach to Psychopathology (This course may be waived by psychiatrists and clinical psychologists upon permission of the faculty sponsor - in which case the minimum number of credits in the Department of Mental Health is 15, not 18).

330.603.01 .81) Psychiatric Epidemiology
330.607.01 (.81) Prevention and Control of Mental Disorders: Public Health Interventions

340.601.01 Principles of Epidemiology
---OR---
340.751.01 Epidemiologic Methods I

One of the following Biostatistics series:
140.611 ---and---
140.612 Statistical Reasoning in Public Health I & II

---OR---

140.621 ---and---
140.622 Statistical Methods in Public Health I & II

---OR---

140.651 ---and---
140.652 Methods in Biostatistics I & II

Three courses from the following list:
330.602.01 Epidemiology of Drug Dependence
330.604.01 Gender and Mental Health
330.606.01 Economics of Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders
330.609.01 Alcohol Problems: Epidemiology, Prevention, & Treatment
330.612.01 (.81) Introduction to Behavioral and Psychiatric Genetics
330.618.01 Mental Health in Later Life
330.620.01 Issues in Mental Health Research in Developing Countries
330.623.01 Brain and Behavior in Mental Disorders
330.628.01 Principles of Public Mental Health Delivery in the Community Context
330.661.01 Social, Psychological and Developmental Processes in the Etiology of Mental Disorders
330.664.01 Introduction to Mental Health Services
330.667.01 Mental Health and the Law
330.674.01 (.81) Suicide as a Public Health Problem
 

Requirements for Successful Completion
This certificate consists of a minimum of 18 credits in the Department of Mental Health, with an additional requirement of 5 credits in the Department of Epidemiology and 6 credits in the Department of Biostatistics. All classes must be taken for a grade, and a Grade of B or better in these courses is required for certification. The certificate must be completed in three years.
 

Faculty Sponsor
William Eaton
 
(410) 955-3908
 
weaton@jhsph.edu
 

Administrative Contact
Patricia Scott
 
(410) 955-1906
 
pscott@jhsph.edu