BHAV 311 Treatment of Mental Health Disorders

5 credits

This course investigates the variety of ways we can reduce the impacts of common mental health disorders. Reviewing evidence-based research, students survey the range of effective, promising, and ineffective treatments for common mental health disorders such as psychosis, bipolar, depression, anxiety, personality disorders, and PTSD. Topics include biological, psychological, and social treatments, including professional services and self-help options.

Prerequisites: Admission to the BASBH program

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

Compare behavioral indications of psychosis, depression, and anxiety to corresponding diagnoses in the current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Evaluate and choose evidence-based treatment options and strengths-based coping strategies for psychosis, depression, and anxiety
Recommend out-patient, crisis-oriented, and in-patient behavioral healthcare services
Contrast more-restrictive and less-restrictive treatment options
Refer clients appropriately to behavioral healthcare organizations and other needed resources
Articulate and ethically apply the rights of clients, including their rights to self-determination and informed consent
Evaluate others’ risk of suicide
Critique the medical model and the recovery model for mental health
De-escalate crises using verbal conflict resolution skills

Program Outcomes
This course teaches to the following program outcomes:

apply treatment principles to a variety of individual concerns
demonstrate abiding hope in recovery for each and every person

Global Outcomes
This course teaches to the global outcome of information literacy.

Total Hours: 50 Lecture Hours: 50