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

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

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.

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