PSYCTRY 264

Health and Mental Health Disparities from Psychosocial and Cultural Perspectives

Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)

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Designed for graduate and medical students, resident physicians, and juniors/seniors (with consent of instructor) interested in learning about general, sexual, and mental health disparities. Survey course to introduce students to health disparities that exist for ethnic minorities and factors that may contribute to disproportionate prevalence rates. Review and discussion of research literature, with focus on specific diseases such as HIV/AIDS, substance abuse, depression, and breast and prostate cancer. Discussion of stereotypes and myths about healthcare of ethnic populations. Examination of psychosocial and cultural contexts as potential or contributing factors.

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