BHAV 432 Mental Health Systems of Care

• Identify and explain the range of privately- and publicly-funded local behavioral health care systems, including outpatient, crisis care, and inpatient services
• Recommend local urgent, hospital, and primary care medical services 
• Connect clients with appropriate professional services based on their degree of risk for suicide
• Assess the impact of governmental influences on behavioral healthcare, such as funding, public safety, access to treatment, criminal prosecution, and/or involuntary treatment
• Detail the eligibility criteria and application process for publicly-funded, outpatient behavioral healthcare
• Compare and contrast the responsibilities of primary care medicine and behavioral healthcare 
• Contrast more- and less-restrictive treatment options

• demonstrate knowledge of the structures, functions, and organizations which comprise the local healthcare system, with a particular focus on behavioral healthcare organizations
• integrate the needs, roles, and strengths of professionals within healthcare and human services teams
• demonstrate abiding hope in recovery for each and every person