An introduction to common mental health disorders focusing on anatomical, clinical, biological, genetic and epidemiological aspects of psychiatric disorders including schizophrenia, addiction, depression, phobias, panic/anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, OCD, paranoia, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, suicide and autism. In addition to lectures and tutorials, students will debate important ethical issues in psychiatry.

Prerequisite(s): a minimum mark of 70% in one of the following: Anatomy and Cell Biology 3200A/B, Neuroscience 2000, or the former Anatomy and Cell Biology 3319.

Extra Information: 2 lecture hours, 2 tutorial hours.