MHR 200 - Behavioral & Community Mental Health Systems

This course will review systems of care provided by the state, as well as those provided by for-profit and not-for-profit entities, to serve the needs of behavioral health consumers. Essential components of this course include addressing contemporary public and social policy – and social services provision within those policies – including fundamentals of behavioral health care, child protection, and welfare systems. In addition, the course examines the history and impact of laws and regulatory standards that dictate these policies – and ultimately service provision in behavioral care for children, adults and the elderly. Both current practices and historical precedent are woven into a model represented in both its completeness and contradictions. Required for Provisional & Full MHRT Certification. This course includes a Service-Learning and Community Engaged (SL/CE) component.

Course Typically Offered Fall - Onsite; Spring - Online

Credits: 3