Investigating Outbreaks of Psychogenic Illness

Topic: 
Epidemiology & Surveillance
Format: 
Online Course
Time: 
45 minutes
Level: 
Introductory
University: 
University of North Carolina
PERLC: 
University of North Carolina PERLC

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Description: 

This presentation, offered by the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, gives the viewer an introduction to psychogenic illness.

Learning Objectives: 
  • To define the primary characteristics of a mass psychogenic illness
  • To understand the role that shared beliefs play in a psychogenic illness outbreak
  • To characterize the appropriate public health response to a mass psychogenic illness
  • To understand the implications of the threat of bioterrorism to mass psychogenic illness
PHEP Capabilities: 
Public Health Surveillance and Epidemiological Investigation