Mental health disorders are prevalent worldwide; each year around one quarter of the population suffers from one or more mental disorders. This course focuses on basic concepts of mental health, the method of mental state examination, introduction on measurement and assessment, clinical features of common mental problems. Commonly used clinical study methods will be also included.

CILO-1: Understand the basic concepts and characteristics of major mental disorders, including affective disorders, substance abuse and psychotic disorders. CILO-2: Understand the basic concepts and characteristics of common psychiatric disorders in the elderly. CILO-3: Understand the basic concepts of epidemiology. CILO-4: Apply the epidemiologic approach to disease and intervention.