In this activity, you will assess your country's mental health epidemiology profile (350 min).

Step 1: Search for your country in the DALYs from mental health and substance use disorders world data from the Oxford Martin Programme on Global Development and the WHO Mental Health Atlas country profiles. 

Step 2: Prepare a 500-700 word response to summarize the following questions and any others you might have:

• What are the three most significant mental and substance use disorders producers of Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) in your country? 
• To what factors do you attribute the impact of the burden of these diseases?
• Choose one of the three indicators regarding mental health (mental health system governance, resources for mental health, or mental health service availability and uptake) and analyze the information available. If relevant information is not available, to what circumstances do you attribute this lack of information? 

Step 3: To share your work, click the “Reply” button under this post and paste your work into the “Message” box. Make sure to reference others’ intellectual property when necessary. All references should follow 7th edition APA formatting. For further instructions, see the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library: APA citation resource (N.B.: references are excluded from word counts).

Step 4: Evaluate and categorize the work from one of your peers based on items A - E of this rubric. Provide a rationale for the grade you provided as well as comments or suggestions for improvement. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click “Post to forum.”

You can use the list below as an example:

Item A is  .…. because….  my suggestions for improvement are….
Item B is  .…. because….  my suggestions for improvement are….
Item C is  .…. because….  my suggestions for improvement are….
Item D is  .…. because….  my suggestions for improvement are….
Item E is  .…. because….  my suggestions for improvement are….

OPTIONAL Step 5: Interact (10 minutes)

If you would like to, you can reply to your peers' posts in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.”