Mental and Behavioural Health Content

Students will be expected to describe the purpose of, and demonstrate, the following aspects of clinical assessment:

• individual assessment P
• couple/family assessment
• mental status exam W
• cognitive assessment (MMSE, MOCA, etc) P
• crisis assessment
• competency W

• mental health diagnosis and formulation P

• admission
• case presentation
• discharge summary P

• improved interviewing techniques
• developing a therapeutic relationship
• use of a genogram

Learners will be able to describe and work alongside the following:

• community services
• social workers
• occupational therapists
• crisis nurses

• appropriate referrals
• shared care
• involuntary admission

lifestyle changes

• motivational interviewing P
• smoking cessation W
• healthy eating P
• exercise P

medications

• antidepressants W
• anxiolytics/sedatives P
• rapid tranquilization
• antipsychotics W
• mood stabilizers
• cognitive enhancers
• opioids (and recognizing abuse)

• electroconvulsive therapy

psychotherapy

• intro to psychotherapy P
• motivational interviewing P
• cognitive behavioural therapy P
• dynamic psychotherapy
• dialectical behaviour therapy
• transactional analysis
• group therapy

• psychiatric certification
• community treatment plans
• substitute decision makers

• empathy

neurology

• neurotransmitters W
• neural plasticity W
• limbic system W
• frontal cortex W

mind and being

• consciousness W
• cognition
• emotion P
• motivation
• memory
• hope P
• world view
• wellbeing
• identity and personality
• love, compassion, and empathy