Discover how young adults hear the first of many messages from the social clock: to separate from family, get a job, find a mate, set goals, and face reality in this period of intense social growth.
Appreciate the tasks of older adults who are concerned with creating a legacy for the next generation, changes in life direction, and personal goal achievement.
Examine of the last stage of life, when people consider what they might still do to change or add to their lives.
Identify the basic components of temperament
Discover how temperament can be related to stress, anxiety, depression and addiction
Discuss how temperament impacts treatment planning
List several key points to be considered regarding treatment planning for persons with differing temperaments
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
15 strategies for the prevention of mental illness including community education, early intervention services, community resource development, improving accessibility, improving cultural sensitivity, enhancing protective factors in the environment, drug and domestic violence courts to break the cycle, and more.
Discuss the the characteristics of each of the 4 dimensions of temperament and ways those characteristics can serve as both strengths and stumbling blocks in relationships and recovery and interventions to prevent problems