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Health Courses
Introduction to Mental Health (IMH)
This course explores a "best practices" approach to mental health care through learning activities that encompass grounded theory, new developments in the field, problem solving and group interaction. Learn about the philosophy and values that direct care; disorders that constitute serious and persistent mental illness; person-centered practice; facilitative communication; behaviour management; Nonviolent Crisis Intervention®; the mental health system and evidence-based practice.
This course is an excellent introduction to the field of mental health care for those with no previous experience. It also benefits individuals working in the mental health field who wish to strengthen their knowledge and skill base and acquire a credential. Introduction to Mental Health is the prerequisite for PSR Principles. (Certificate course) (90 hours). Course Materials extra. Prerequisite: Grade 12 English with grade of "C" or LPI with a score of "4" or higher or equivalent. (See Douglas College General Admission Requirements.)
Download a Registration Form. (pdf)
| Instructor: | Jim Allaway - Classroom |
| Term: | Dependent on regsitrations |
| Instructor: | Susan Hunt - Distance Start any time! |
Distance-learning course for the Introduction to Mental Health (Certificate course) is now available and registration is ongoing. The distance course is 90 hours to be completed in five months. Prerequisite: Grade 12 English with grade of "C" or LPI with a score of "4" or higher or equivalent. (See Douglas College General Admission Requirements.). Course Requirement: Nonviolent Crisis Intervention® certificate.
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Psychosocial Rehabilitation (PSR)
Psychosocial Rehabilitation (PSR) is recognized within Fraser Health and Vancouver Coastal Health as the foundation of mental health care. PSR is a 120 hour course including the principles and practice of PSR. See the listing under Certificate in Community Mental Health Program.
Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Child and Adolescent Mental Health is a distance-learning course aimed at preparing front-line workers to expand their knowledge and skills in the field of child and adolescent mental health. The course has been designed to help students:
- Gain an understanding of the major theories of human development;
- Explore the various components of mental illness in children and adolescents;
- Understand the basic use of the DSM-IV-TR for children and adolescents;
- Acquire fundamental communication, interviewing and assessment skills and concepts;
- Understand the basic theoretical components of child and adolescent mental disorders and other childhood and adolescent problems and issues.
A Douglas College Continuing Education course certificate is issued to successful students.
Course Content
The Child and Adolescent Mental Health course includes:
- Child and Adolescent Development Theories
- Child and Adolescent Mental Disorders including:
- Schizophrenia
- Anxiety Disorders
- Mood Disorders
- Behaviour Disorders
- Developmental Disorders
- Learning Disorders
- FASD
- Attention-Deficit Disorders
- Eating Disorders
- Elimination Disorders
- Sleep Disorders
- Substance Abuse
- Communication Skills
- Interviewing and Assessment Skills
- Treatments, Interventions and Therapies for Children and Adolescents with Mental Disorders
Assigned readings will be from the require text(s), websites and/or the supplemental reading list. Web access and internet searching skills are required. You have six months to complete this distance-education course.
Entrance Requirements
- English 12 (with grade of C or better), or LPI score "4", or equivalent (see Douglas College General Admission Requirements
- Post-secondary transcripts and certificate, citation, diploma or degree and experience in one of the following fields: community mental health worker, teacher, therapist or counselor, family support worker, therapeutic recreation worker, child care worker, health and/or social service worker, police officer, or corrections officer.
- Current resume highlighting education and experience.
Registration in this course is ongoing. Start anytime!
Download an Application Form. (pdf)
For more information, contact Maria Cordeiro at 604-777-6527 or cordeirom@douglas.bc.ca.
Dementia Care
This course provides participants with a broad overview of dementia care. As a caregiver, you will take part in a journey that will broaden your perspectives and validate your experiences.
The goal is to focus on how a caregiver can support a quality of life that respects the dignity, identity and needs of both the person in care and the caregiver. This kind of care is only possible in the context of a trusting and mutually respectful relationship. Participants discuss how a caregiver and a cognitively impaired person can work together to do whatever needs to be done in the course of daily living and when problems occur, to manage them together.
This course is designed for Home Support workers, Community Health workers and Resident Care Attendants. Available through Customized Training. (18 hours)
Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating: Prevention and Recovery
NEW January 2009
The course is a nine month online course designed to offer specialized training for a range of healthcare professionals including: Dietitians, Mental Health Workers, Nurses, Pastoral Care, Pharmacists, Physicians, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Recreation Therapists, Researchers/Students, and Social Workers/Family Therapists
The course content includes:
Prevention of disordered eating
Health, physical exercise and nutrition
Medical Perspective;
Definitions and epidemiology
Behavioural disorders
History, examination, and investigations
Medical Manifestations by system
The clinician's response to common physical complaints
Treatment
Principles of treatment
Medical and nutritional therapy
Specific patient populations
Prepubertal children and younger adolescents
The Psychiatric and Psychological Perspective
Physical disease and mental illness
Psychopathology and the mental status examination
Psychopathology and phenomenology
Specific psychological therapies
Areas of Special Interest
The Role of the General Practitioner
Nursing patients with anorexia nervosa
The role of the Dietitian
Information for family and friends
For general information about this certificate course contact Maria Cordeiro at: cordeirom@douglas.bc.ca or call 604 777-6527