2024 Fall Course Info
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Course Information
Mental Health & Aging
| University: | Oklahoma State University |
| Course Number: | HDFS 5110 |
| Credit Hours: | 3 credit hours - $580 per credit |
| Start/End Dates: | January 13, 2020 - May 01, 2020 |
Course Description
This course introduces students to the range of issues involved in aging and mental health. From a systems framework, students examine the major emotional and psychiatric problems encountered in old age. This includes examination of mood, anxiety, adjustment and personality disorders, dementia, cognitive problems, substance abuse, and suicide. Students explore barriers to treatment and cohort and cultural issues.
Contacts
Instructor
Emily Roberts
Office: 405-744-3818
emily.roberts12@okstate.edu
Campus Coordinator
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Disability Support Services
To request accommodations for this course, contact the disability support office at your home university. You must register each semester and for each course. Read more about the Great Plains IDEA process for requesting accommodations.
Textbooks
Aging and Mental Health
Daniel Segal, Sara Horn Qualls, Michael A. Smyer
Edition: 3rd edition
ISBN: -10 1119133130
Publisher: Wiley Blackwell
Course Access
Approximately three weeks prior to the beginning of the semester, students will receive preliminary course information from the Oklahoma State campus coordinator listed below. One week prior to the beginning of the semester, students will receive an email with their login name and password. OSU's online courses are facilitated by Canvas.
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Exam Proctor
This course does not require an exam proctor.
Synchronous Components
This course does not include synchronous components.
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