<p>Lecture, three hours. Requisites: course 200A, and Biostatistics 100A or 100B or equivalent. Introduction to epidemiology of substance use and substance use disorders within public health paradigm. Review of drug policy in U.S., description of occurrence of substance use and related problems, examination of intersection of substance use and mental health disorders, and examination of role of epidemiology in informing and evaluating interventions targeting substance use disorders, including health services and pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatments. S/U or letter grading.</p>

Epidemiology

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Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health

Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of disease in human populations.

General Catalog

Substance Use Epidemiology

EPIDEM269

4 units