Spring 2020 Update 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
Spring 2020 Update [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

MPS (0502) 655 - Global Mental Health in Clinical Practice


Credits: 3.00

Students will learn the basic foundations of global behavioral health and its disparities, various systems impacting populations, determinants of health and mental health, consequential effects of stigma and discrimination on overall psychological well-being, and psychosocial interventions and public health initiatives to address both crises and prevention. 

By the end of the course, students will have:
1.    Demonstrated an understanding of the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
2.    Demonstrated an understanding of the various determinants of health and psychopathology and the complex interplay of culture, age, race, gender, and socio-economic status in health outcomes.
3.    Developed working knowledge of community/public health and global mental health systems and respective influences on disparities and outcomes. 
4.    Demonstrated working knowledge of the chronic and emerging issues impacting global mental health and the ability to articulate a set of psychological, counseling, and public health models for intervention and prevention. 
5.    Demonstrated a working knowledge of how health theories and models are used to develop interventions and how research findings can be used to inform public policy domestically and globally.