November 2007: Psychiatry and Public Health: links between the environment and public health

Dr Lisa Page discusses the provision of Public Health services in the UK and the implications of environmental hazards and incidents on Psychiatry and psychogenic illness.

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Audio running time: 22 minutes

 

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Learning outcomes

 

By the end of this module, we hope that you will be able to:

 

  • understand how public health services are delivered in the United Kingdom

 

  • think about how people may respond to environmental hazards and incidents

 

  • consider what is known about the aetiology of mass psychogenic illness.

 

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