HSS 022 - Mental Health First Aid

Credits: 0.8
LEC hours per week: 0.800
Learn how to assist someone experiencing a mental health related crisis. Course identifies strategies how to help someone in both crisis and non-crisis situations, and where to turn for help.
Course Outcomes:

Identify different mental illnesses and addictions and how they can affect a person’s daily life.
Explain mental health literacy and how individuals can use their strengths to stay well.
Describe strategies for how to help someone in both crisis and non-crisis situations and where to turn for help.

Course Topics:

Depression and mood disorders
Anxiety disorders
Trauma
Psychosis
Substance use disorders