Mental Health and Mental Illness Fundamentals (8 Hours)
Objectives
- Understand the Neuroscience of Mental Health
- Receive an Overview of Mental Illness
- Identify Manifestations of Mental Illness
- Discuss Methods for Diagnosis of Mental Illness
- Learn About the Epidemiology of Mental Illness
- Describe the Biopsychosocial Model of Disease
- Review Information About Individual Development, Temperament, and Risk Factors
- Review Basic Concepts of Prevention
- Describe the Range of Treatments
- Review the Basics of Mental Health Services
- Explore the Role of Cultural Diversity in Mental Health Services
- Discuss the Impact of the Recovery Concept