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HSER 2030 - Approaches to Mental Health with Clients in Human Services

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture None Lab None
Course Description: This course provides an overview of mental health issues likely to be encountered in human service settings. Topics include the impact of mental health disorders on the individual, the family, and the community as well as the skills necessary to work effectively in a variety of human service settings. The goal of this course is not to teach diagnosis and treatment; rather, it is to prepare students to be sensitive to the needs of people with mental health challenges.
MnTC Goals
None

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

Major Content
  1. “Mental Illness”: Myths & Stigma
  2. Mood Disorders: Types and Stages - Skills and Interventions
  3. Anxiety Disorders: Types and Stages - Skills and Interventions
  4. Thought Disorders: Types and Stages - Skills and Interventions
  5. Behavioral Disorders: Types and Stages - Skills and Interventions
  6. Mind/Body Disorders: Types and Stages - Skills and Interventions
  7. Childhood Disorders: Types and Stages - Skills and Interventions
  8. Mental Health Challenges and the Elderly: Types and Stages - Skills and interventions
  9. Community Resources for people with mental health challenges

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

  1. identify biases and myths associated with mental illness and how these affect interactions with people with mental health challenges.
  2. demonstrate appropriate and effective responses to the person with mental health challenges in human service settings.
  3. describe mental health in the context of community and family.
  4. identify signs and symptoms of the more common mental disorders that one is likely to encounter in a human service setting.
  5. identify behavioral and emotional characteristics of common mental disorders.

Competency 1 (1-6)
None
Competency 2 (7-10)
None


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