Learning Outcomes

When you have studied this session, you should be able to:

• Define and use correctly all of the key words printed in bold.
• Estimate the number of people affected by mental illness in your community.
• Explain why mental health is an important public health priority.
• State the probable causes of mental illness according to the biopsychosocial model, and describe cultural explanatory models for mental illness.
• List the ways in which you can help to reduce the treatment gap for mental illness.