• Manifestations, diagnosis, and epidemiology of mental illness • Risk factors • Children and mental health: ADHD, depression and suicide, anxiety disorders, autism, disruptive disorders, susbtance use, eating disorders • Adults and mental health: anxiety disorders – panic attacks, agoraphobia, social phobia, GAD, OCD, PTSD; mood disorders, schizophrenia • Depression in older adults, Alzheimer’s disease • Financing and managing mental health care • Confidentiality of mental health – ethical and legal issues