This document outlines the course details for a Mental Health course in Public Health. The course is intended to introduce students to global mental health at the undergraduate level, with a focus on low and middle income countries. Over the course of 10 weeks, students will learn about key topics like the epidemiology of psychiatric disorders, the global burden of mental health, and mental health programming and interventions in low-resource settings. Assessment will include a midterm exam, final exam, assignment, and attendance. The goal is for students to understand mental health conditions, prevention strategies, and how to address mental health in public health planning and humanitarian aid.

1. Mental Heath course in
Public Health
Dr Jibril Handuleh, MD/MPH
School of Public Health
Amoud University

2. Mental health
• MH is intended to introduce mental health for public health students
• The course is an introduction to the field of global mental health at
undergraduate level.
• The course focuses mental health for low and middle income countries from
global health perspective
• The course will be delivered through
• Lectures
• Mid term
• Final exam

3. Course objective
• This course provides an introduction to mental health in general.
• The course will include public health aspects of common mental health
disorders.
• Students will be exposed to the epidemiological, public health
interventions and preventive measures of mental health in the SDG
agenda
• The course will have public health scenarios demonstrating mental health
programming for intended students
• Introducing the growing importance of mental health in global health and
international public health programmes and practices .

4. Learning outcomes
After successfully completing this course, you should be able to:
1. Describe key mental health conditions
2. Explain burden of mental health disorders among diseases
3. Demonstrate preventive and promotive factors of mental health disorders
4. Explain mental health impact on physical health
5. Demonstrate mental health programming in low and middle income countries
6. Show mental health impact in public health and disasters
7 . Indicate public health streaming in complex humanitarian settings
8. State mental health implications of areas of public health importance in Somaliland including women of child
bearing age, children, adolescents, gender based violence and in post conflict settings

5. Course outline chapters
Chapter 1: Introduction to global mental health and epidemiology of psychiatry disorders
Chapter 2: Mental health in the public health agenda
Chapter 3: Global burden of diseases and mental health burden
Chapter 4: Human rights and mental health
Chapter 5: Global mental health actions
Chapter 6: Global mental health interventions
Chapter 7: Mental health programming in low and middle income countries
Chapter 8: Mental health and physical health including non communicable diseases
Chapter 9: Common mental health disorders, diagnosis and classifications
Chapter 10: Mental health laws, policies and planning
Chapter 11: Mental health action plans
Chapter 12: Mental health disorders in complex humanitarian settings
Chapter 13: Mental health and social determinants of health
Chapter 14: Mental health in Somaliland

6. Assessment type
•Final exam 50%
•Mid term exam 30%
•Assignment 10%
•Attendance 10%
Total 100%

7. Course time line
Weeks Date Topics/Chapters Mode of delivery Task done
Week 1 1/03/2019
1/03/2019
Introduction to mental health disorders
Mental health in public health agenda
Lecture/student
presentations
Lecture/ role play
Week 2 8/03/2019
8/03/2019
Global mental health burden
Human rights and mental health
Lecture/ role play
Lecture / role play
Week 3 15/4/2019 Global mental health actions Lecture
15/4/2019 Global mental health interventions Lecture/ role play
Week 4 05/04/2019
05/04/2019
Mental health in LMICs
Mental health and physical/NCDs
Lecture/role plays
Lecture/role plays

8. Weeks Date Topics/Chapters Mode of delivery Task done
Week 5 12/05/2019
19/05/2019
26/4/2019
Common mental health
disorders, diagnosis and
classifications
Mental health policy,
planning and laws
Midterm exam
Lecture/ role plays
Lectures
Week 8 03/05/2019
10/05/2019
Midterm exam
Mental health action plans
Closed book exam
Lecture/ role plays

9. Weeks Date Topics/Chapters Mode of
delivery
Task done
Week 9 17/05/2019
17/05/2019
Mental health disorders in
complex humanitarian
settings
Mental health
education/health promotion
Lectures/role
plays
Lectures/ role
plays
Week 10 24/05/2019
24/05/2019
Mental health and social
determinants of health
Mental health in Somaliland
Lectures/role
plays
Lectures/ role
plays

10. Ground rules
• Interrupting class by coming after instruction has started
• Speaking at inappropriate times, which includes having conversations with others in class, and engaging in loud or distracting behaviors
• Sleeping in class
• Taking frequent breaks
• Using cell phones or pagers in class
• Using their computers for purposes irrelevant to this class (e.g., communications, web browsing)
• Using inappropriate, including verbally abusive, language
• Displaying defiance or disrespect to others
• Behaving aggressively toward others
• Students who engage in these inappropriate behaviors may be asked to leave the class and may in addition be subjected to disciplinary action

11. Final exam
• Closed book exam

12. End
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