Helping Clients with Mental Illness

$125.00

A general overview of mental illness. this inservice provides a basic understanding of common mental disorders in order to foster compassion and patience among caregivers.

A general overview of mental illness. This course provides a basic understanding of common mental disorders (such as schizophrenia, manic-depression, and anxiety disorders) in order to foster compassion and patience among caregivers.

Objectives:
  • Define mental illness.
  • Describe at least three symptoms each of mania, depression, anxiety disorder, and schizophrenia.
  • Discuss how to help clients manage the symptoms of mental illness.
  • List at least three warning signs one may observe in a suicidal client.
  • Demonstrate how to help a client who has been diagnosed with a mental illness.

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