9520: Adults and Mental Health

About the Course:

This article presents a description of the signs, symptoms, etiology, and treatment of mental disorders found among adults: anxiety, mood disorders, and schizophrenia.

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Publication Date:

1999

Author

Surgeon General of the United States

About the Authors:

Chapter 7 of Surgeon General Report

Course Objectives:

1. To describe the mental disorders that affect adults and state the treatment(s) of choice for each

2. To discuss risk factors for adult onset mental illness

3. To state ways in which service delivery has changed in recent years