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HLTH 358Social Neuroscience 1: Mental Health and Addiction

Units
0.50
Faculty
Health
Subject
Public Health Sciences

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 2 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: scheduled, 2 lecture sections. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

This course examines the joint contribution of social processes and neurobiology to the risk for and development of mental health conditions in the modern world. Topics may include the social neurobiology of affective disorders (e.g., anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder), eating disorders, addictions, and suicide.

Prerequisites

  • Complete all of the following
    • Must have completed the following:
      • PSYCH101 - Introductory Psychology (0.50)
    • Students must be in level 3A or higher
    • Complete 1 of the following
      • Must have completed the following:
        • BIOL361 - Biostatistics and Experimental Design (0.50)
        • STAT202 - Introductory Statistics for Scientists (0.50)
      • Complete 1 of the following
        • Must have completed the following:
          • HEALTH150 - Foundations of Human Anatomy and Physiology (0.50)
          • REC371 - Quantitative Data Analysis and Mobilization (0.50)
        • Must have completed the following:
      • Complete all of the following
        • Must have completed the following:
          • HLTH204 - Quantitative Approaches to Health Science (0.50)
        • Must have completed the following:
          • HLTH205 - Introduction to Health Research (0.50)
          • HLTH333 - Principles of Epidemiology (0.50)
      • Must have completed the following:
        • KIN232 - Research Design and Statistics (0.50)
        • KIN354 - Psychology of Physical Activity (0.50)
      • Must have completed the following:
      • Enrolled in Addictions, Mental Health, & Policy Minor

Antirequisites

  • Not completed any of the following:

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Winter 2027 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 00129200 / 110MW 08:30–09:50
LEC 7011124108 / 9999Online or by arrangement

Reviewed on UW Flow

92% liked it88% easy78% useful

From 12 ratings and 7 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • The professor was super nice but slightly disorganized, which made the test content very confusing. Definitely need to read the textbook bc a good portion of test content would be on it even if he says its half class content, half textbook. The discussion grade was a good grade booster and overall still finished the class with ~90.

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  • if you're taking this course as a bird, i wouldn't exactly classify it as that. the lecture content and the readings content themselves were quite simple to follow along and understand. the tests, 25% each included lecture content and reading content (though i would argue a bit heavier on reading content as the prof had said the lecture content is "foundational" to the readings). readings should be done on your own, and they are quite heavy to get through, but the tests are extremely fair and don't ask anything you wouldn't find in the readings. overall, i really liked this course and also enjoyed the in class discussions, as those made good notes to revisit when studying for the tests. it…

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  • Dr. Hall is a very kind professor however, like all the other reviews below, he is very disorganized with how he runs the course. Take notes in class, do the readings and you will be fine. Discussions and clicker also make up for 50% of your grade so that's very relieving. Honestly, I barely read through the textbook and I did really well by using common sense with my knowledge from high school.

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  • The prof made changes to the course. Two unit tests each worth 20%, 40% discussions but these discussions were not recorded. Weekly 3 questions i-clicker quizzes. Discussions were written submissions in the learn dropbox and did not take up the entire 40 minutes. The course is more chill now as compared to previous terms. Prof is a great guy and did listen to the feedback given by students!

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  • Loved the content and course, prof can be disorganized but you can see how passionate he is about the content.

    Aug 2025 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

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