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Average Course Rating

Examines issues in mental health care utilization, including definition of need for mental health care, concerns about the treatment gap in the community, treatment seeking and barriers to care (most importantly stigma and financial barriers) and treatment seeking models and predictors of mental health treatment-seeking in community settings. Introduces students to the study of delivery of mental health care, including historical trends in the delivery of mental health care in the US, the mental health care system’s governance and financing, quality and outcomes of mental health care and mental health services for children and older adults and treatment services for substance disorders.