About this course
Students will be able to:
-Define behavioral health
-State difference between mental health and mental illness
-List most common psychiatric diagnoses in LTC
-Identify non-pharmacological intervention for residents living with mental illness
-Identify ways to identify behaviors (reactions) and how to prevent or help residents cope
- Discuss root cause and how this helps residents living with mental illness
-Discuss diagnostic criteria for major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder