Community Mental Health is the practice of providing mental health services to people in the communities where they live, drawing on helping relationships and natural supports.
What it covers
The catalog states: “Upon completion of this course the student will be able to identify basic helping theories and techniques including empathic understanding, reflection, clarification of ideas, joining, use of natural supports, and basic interviewing techniques.”
Students are also trained to recognize the stigma experienced by consumers of mental health services.
Which program covers it
In InterCoast Colleges’ Associate of Applied Science Degree — Substance Use Disorder Counseling program, community mental health is covered in the course MHT201, Community Mental Health.
The Associate of Applied Science Degree — Substance Use Disorder Counseling outline lists MHT201 Community Mental Health at 45 clock hours (45 lecture, 0 laboratory) and 3 semester credits.
Prerequisites for MHT201: none.
This topic is covered in the Associate of Applied Science Degree — Substance Use Disorder Counseling program at InterCoast Colleges.