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HSER 2030 - Working with the Mentally Ill in Human Service Settings

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture NoneLab None
Course Description: This course will provide an overview of mental illnesses likely to be encountered in human service settings. Students will study the impact of mental illness on the individual, the family, and the community and the necessary skills to work effectively in a variety of human service settings. The goal of this class is not to teach diagnosis and treatment; rather, it is to prepare students to be sensitive to the needs of the mentally ill.
MnTC Goals
None

Prerequisite(s): None
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content
  1. Anxiety Disorders: Types and Stages Skills and Interventions
  2. Behavioral Disorders: Types and Stages Skills and Interventions
  3. Childhood Disorders: Types and Stages Skills and Interventions
  4. Community Resources for the Mentally Ill
  5. Mental Illness in the Elderly: Types and Stages Stages and Interventions
  6. Mental Illness: Myths
  7. Mind/Body Disorders: Types and Stages Skills and Interventions
  8. Mood Disorders: Types and Stages Skills and Interventions
  9. Stigma of Mental Illness
  10. Thought Disorders: Types and Stages Skills and Interventions

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate appropriate and effective responses to the mentally ill person in human service settings.
  2. Identify signs and symptoms of the more common mental illnesses that they are likely to encounter in human service settings.
  3. Identify biases and myths associated with mental illness and how these affect interactions with mentally ill persons.
  4. Demonstrate practical skills for residential, vocational, therapeutic, and recreational interventions for the mentally ill.
  5. Describe mental illness in the context of community and family.
  6. Identify behavioral and emotional characteristics of common mental illnesses.


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