BHAV 432 Mental Health Systems and Care

5 credits

This course reviews and prepares students to practice within the systems which provide prevention, intervention, and treatment for mental health issues in clinical mental health settings. The course surveys behavioral healthcare systems, with emphases on local, outpatient, and publicly-funded care.

Prerequisites: BHAV 121, BHAV 311, or PSYC& 220

Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

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

Program Outcomes
This course teaches to the following program outcomes:

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

Total Hours: 50 Theory (Lecture) Hours: 50