330.639.01
The Intersection of Mental and Physical Health
Location
East Baltimore
Term
4th Term
Department
Mental Health
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2024 - 2025
Instruction Method
In-person
Tu, Th, 1:30 - 2:50pm
Auditors Allowed
Yes, with instructor consent
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Course Instructor(s)
Jin Hui Joo
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Prerequisite
Addresses the epidemiology, consequences, measurement, and implications for health service delivery of co-morbidity of mental and physical disorders. Employs a conceptual framework that emphasizes the potential psychological, behavioral, social, and biological mechanisms through which mental and medical illness interact to cause disability and death. Includes implications for development of new service delivery models that integrate the care of mental health disorders into the care of medical conditions such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes. Interacts with investigators and clinicians in lecture format, examine case studies, and generate a paper related to a medical-psychiatric co-morbidity of their choosing.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of the descriptive epidemiology of the major mental disorders and co-occurring medical conditions
- Identify how mental health and illness interact with physical health and illness to affect health outcomes such as function, quality of life, and mortality
- Describe the impact of medical and mental illness co-morbidity on the use and organization of health services: a) discuss the evidence on medical co-morbidity and mental illness are managed in primary health care and in specialty care
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
- 30% Participation
- 30% Reflection
- 10% In-class Exercises
- 30% Presentation or Written paper
Enrollment Restriction
No undergrads