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. 340.601 Principles of Epidemiology 140.611 and 140.612 Statistical Reasoning in Public Health I & II (OR 140.621 and 140.622 Methods in Public Health I & II OR 140.651 and 140.652 Methods in Biostatistics I & II) 330.601 Perspectives of Psychiatry: The Public Health Framework (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 14, not 17). 330.603 Psychiatric Epidemiology 330.607 Prevention of Mental Disorders: Public Health Interventions
Three courses from the following list: 330.667 Mental Health and the Law 330.628 Principles of Public Mental Health Delivery in the Community Context 330.602 Epidemiology of Drug and Alcohol Dependence 330.612 Introduction to Behavioral and Psychiatric Genetics 330.661 Social, Psychological and Developmental Processes in the Etiology of Mental Disorders 330.623 Neuropsychology of Mental Disorders 330.606 Economics of Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders 330.618 Mental Health in Later Life 330.604 Gender and Mental Health 330.620 Issues in Mental Health Research in Developing Countries Requirements for Successful Completion This certificate consists of a mminimum of 17 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. |