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.
Overview of Prevention and Treatment in Older Adults
Depression in Older Adults
Assessment, Diagnosis and Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease
Schizophrenia in Late Life
Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders in Older Adults
Overview of Services and Service Delivery Settings
Issues Facing Families and Caregivers
Based in part on Counselor Toolbox Episodes 220 Mental Health in Older Adults, 190 Communicating with the Cognitively Impaired and 222 Overview of Alzheimer's and Dementias
Examine the rates of substance-involved inmates in the criminal justice and identify rates of arrests, convictions, and recidivism for these populations.
Evaluate the role of race and ethnicity, and how social factors such as income, education, age, and family history impact substance abuse among criminal offenders.
Identify particular populations and problems needing special services in criminal justice settings
Identify components of effective substance abuse treatment within criminal justice settings.
Determine how to overcome barriers to treatment within prison populations
Recognize practical steps that government and criminal justice systems can take to combat substance abuse.
Identify criteria and methods for evaluating models and theories
Discuss appropriate applications of models.
How to access addiction related literature from multiple disciplines
Review the 5 models of addiction development
Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each
Compare these to accepted models of mental illness and physical disease
Explore the biopsychosocial model to develop an understanding of the comprehensive, interactive nature of addiction and mental health on environment, relationships and physical health
Create initial treatment goals for a residential treatment program