NSCI 4808U – Exploring Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities

This course integrates perspectives on the physiology, psychology, epidemiology and sociology of people with mental health issues and developmental disabilities (including dual diagnosis) and the implications for overall health and wellbeing. Key areas of both mental illness and developmental disabilities will be discussed; including schizophrenia, psychosis, depression, anxiety, violence and abuse, suicide, bullying, addiction, obsessive compulsive disorder, autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disabilities, Down syndrome, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, learning disabilities, how these conditions are related to each other and dual diagnoses.
Credit hours: 3
Lecture hours: 3
Prerequisite(s): Completed 84 credit hours, and registration in the Integrative Neuroscience program.
Credit restriction(s): HLSC 4808U
Cross-listed: HLSC 4808U