Public Mental Health is the application of the principles of medicine and social science to prevent the occurrence of mental and behavioral disorders and to promote mental health of the population. This course illustrates the principles of public health applied to depressive disorder, including principles of epidemiology, transcultural psychiatry, health services research, and prevention. It is predicted that by 2020 depressive disorder will be the most important cause of disease burden in the entire world! Every human being suffers from feeling depressed at some point or other, but only about one fifth of the population will experience an episode of depressive disorder over the course of their lives. This course illuminates the public health approach to disease, and the particular complexities of applying this approach to mental disorders, using depression as the exemplar.
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1完成時間為 29 分鐘
Overview
Welcome to Major Depression in the Population: A Public Health Approach. Let's take a few moments to introduce the course before we dive into our first lessons.
1 個視頻 （總計 9 分鐘）, 2 個閱讀材料
2 個閱讀材料
Syllabus10分鐘
Public Mental Health by William Eaton10分鐘
完成時間為 1 小時
What is Major Depression and Why Is It Important? The Burden of Depressive Disorder in the Population
This week, we will be focusing on the definition of major depression and the methods that we use for measuring its effect on populations.
5 個視頻 （總計 54 分鐘）, 1 個測驗
5 個視頻
Lecture 1B: Prevalence and Incidence of Major Depressive Episode11分鐘
Lecture 1C: The Natural History of Major Depressive Disorder11分鐘
Lecture 1D: Major Depressive Disorder and Medical Conditions11分鐘
Lecture 1E: Estimating the Burden of Major Depressive Disorder and Medical Conditions7分鐘
1 個練習
Quiz 1: The Basics of Major Depression10分鐘
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2完成時間為 1 小時
Depression in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Closer Look at Maternal Depression
This week we will be covering depression from a global public health perspective.
4 個視頻 （總計 41 分鐘）, 1 個測驗
4 個視頻
Lecture 2B: Is Depression Relevant in Low- and Middle-Income Countries?5分鐘
Lecture 2C: What Predicts Depression in Low- and Middle-Income Countries?7分鐘
Lecture 2D: How Can We Treat & Prevent Depression in Low- and Middle-Income Countries?12分鐘
1 個練習
Quiz 2: Depression in Low- and Middle-Income Countries10分鐘
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3完成時間為 1 小時
Basic Concepts of Epidemiology as Applied to Depression
This week we take advantage of what we know about major depressive disorder to examine major epidemiologic research designs, including the case control design, the cohort design, and the study of diseases in time and space.
5 個視頻 （總計 45 分鐘）, 1 個測驗
5 個視頻
Lecture 3B: Time, Space, and Disease: The Ecological Approach8分鐘
Lecture 3C: Cohort Studies7分鐘
Lecture 3D: Case Control Studies7分鐘
Lecture 3E: The Web of Causation13分鐘
1 個練習
Quiz 3: Epidemiology10分鐘
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4完成時間為 1 小時
The Search for Etiologic Clues
This week the focus is on possible causes for depressive disorder, including inheritance, stress, social life, work life, and the evolution of modern living.
5 個視頻 （總計 51 分鐘）, 1 個測驗
5 個視頻
Lecture 4B: Stress & Diathesis7分鐘
Lecture 4C: Social Supports5分鐘
Lecture 4D: Work, Family, and Life Stage7分鐘
Lecture 4E: Recency of Birth20分鐘
1 個練習
Quiz 410分鐘
完成時間為 4 小時
The Search for Etiologic Clues: Lesson Choices
Choice 1: You are the coordinator of an international nutrition program in refugee camps, including a refugee camp in Tanzania. Most of the refugees in this camp have fled violence from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the size of the camp is increasing because of the intensification of armed violence there. The nutrition organization that you have been working for has been implementing programs to promote breastfeeding, and appropriate infant and young child feeding practices. You have been told that program staff are facing difficulties, and you decide to visit the site to see for yourself what is going on. In your meeting with some of the community health workers who are implementing the program, you hear of women living in very challenging circumstances. A group of women seems to be very tired and have lost the energy to engage with daily routines. You suspect that mental health may play a role, and decide to ask further questions and write a report about this to your organization’s headquarters. | Choice 2: A young entrepreneur from Oklahoma named Rodney Johnson created a household cleaning product made from byproducts of the corn industry. This product, called Solvit, is very good at cleaning up grease and dirt, and was more effective than many other well-known products such as Mr. Clean, Fantastik, and Lysol. Mr. Johnson started marketing the product in 1992 at stores in his native Oklahoma, and also on the World Wide Web. Twenty years later this product is the most widely used cleaning agent in North America, although it still has not been introduced in several states. In 2012 Consumer Reports magazine determined that the product contained solvents that might cause depressive disorder. It asked the Consumer Products Safety Commission to ban the product. The Institute of Medicine was asked for its advice. The IOM learned that you had taken this course and has asked you to consult on epidemiologic evidence and methods that might support the claim that Solvit produces depressive disorder.
2 個測驗
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22 個審閱50%
完成這些課程後已開始新的職業生涯
29%
通過此課程獲得實實在在的工作福利
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This course has helped me a lot. I really hope to publish a paper on Maternal mental health someday.
Great course ! I learned information that i never knew existed.
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William Eaton, PhD
Professor, Mental HealthBloomberg School of Public Health
Wietse A. Tol, PhD
Ali & Rose Kawi Assistant Professor, Mental HealthBloomberg School of Public Health
Ramin Mojtabai, MD
Associate Professor, Mental HealthBloomberg School of Public Health
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I feel depressed. Will this course help me?
This course is NOT intended for people who are seeking help or treatment for their own symptoms of depression. We are not in a position to offer clinical advice about specific symptoms that you or a loved one might be experiencing. If you or someone you know are experiencing symptoms of depression, we urge you to seek help from a medical professional or some other trusted source of assistance.
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