Public Mental HealthSummer Course

Public Mental Health
Major Discipline(s)
Psychology, Public Health, Pre-Medicine / Health Science
Location
Location: Stockholm
Available
Session 1
Credit(s)
3

This course introduces you to the common mental disorders and their impact on daily life. We explore the different challenges faced by those with mental health conditions. Through peer-reviewed literature, policy briefs, popular media, and discussions with experts in the field, you develop the necessary competencies to make a positive difference as future leaders promoting healthy populations. Furthermore, the course introduces you to peer-reviewed literature development, research methodology, as well as effective presentation methods.

 

Related Discipline(s)

This summer course would also be of interest to the following discipline(s):
Public Policy

Faculty

Ridwanul Amin

DIS Summer Faculty

Ridwan investigates the associations between migration status, social marginalisation and suicidal behaviour. He obtained his PhD and MSc in Public Health (Epidemiology) from Karolinska Institutet, Sweden in 2021 and 2016, respectively. Ridwan graduated as an MD from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2010. As a physician, he worked on projects aimed at improving child and adolescent health in Bangladesh during 2011-2014. With DIS since December 2021.