Community Mental Health is the practice of helping people who use mental health services in their own communities, drawing on basic helping theories, natural supports, and interviewing skills.
What it covers
Students identify basic helping theories and techniques including empathic understanding, reflection, clarification of ideas, joining, use of natural supports, and basic interviewing techniques. They 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 and Behavioral Health Assistant program, community mental health is covered in the courses MHT201 and BHT101, 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.
The Behavioral Health Assistant outline lists BHT101 Community Mental Health at 45 clock hours (45 lecture, 0 laboratory) and 3 semester credits.
Prerequisites for MHT201 and BHT101: none.
Related subjects include psychiatric rehabilitation, case management counseling, group counseling, and trauma vs. psychiatric crisis intervention, studied in the Behavioral Health Assistant and Associate of Applied Science Degree — Substance Use Disorder Counseling programs.
This topic is covered in the Behavioral Health Assistant program at InterCoast Colleges.