HSCI 1100 - Behavioral Health: Implications & Interventions

1. Symptoms and treatment of common behavioral health issues
2. Overview of substance use and disorders
3. Common behavioral health interventions
4. Common psychiatric medications prescribed in behavioral care and their uses, contraindications, and potential side-effects
5. Basic behavioral health assessment
6. Suicidal ideation - Identify the warning signs of suicide
7. De-escalation strategy theory and applied practice
8. Resource identification and referral
9. Signs that professional help is needed for behavioral health issues
10. Violent situation management and applied practice
11. Scene safety - anticipation and practice of prevention of unsafe situations for client & responder
12. Legal & ethical standards in behavioral health care
13. Protecting self & managing stress of encounters, including applied practice scenarios
14. Roles of various health and public safety disciplines (EMS, 911)
15. Sociocultural factors in behavioral health
16. Tours of various facilities and environments
17. Verbal and oral communication, interpersonal relationships, and other related personal skills such as self-discipline and time management

1. articulate legal, ethical and cultural factors influencing behavioral health.
2. demonstrate interpersonal communication skills to de-escalate behavioral situations.
3. describe the prevalence, symptoms, & treatment of common behavioral health disorders, including mood, anxiety, and psychotic disorders.
4. describe the roles of the various disciplines in responding to a behavioral health crisis.
5. determine course of action based on a basic behavioral health assessment.
6. explain the behavioral effects of substance use.
7. identify ways to maintain personal mental health including compassion fatigue prevention.

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