Community Mental Health Citation

Part-time Start date: Contact Continuing Education Fees, entire program: $3,028 210 hours Prince George campus (Continuing Education) Careers The Citation in Community Mental Health provides a college credential for those wishing to enhance their knowledge and skills in the eld of mental health. This citation is offered in partnership with Douglas College. The programs philosophy, principles and practice are based on the Psychosocial Rehabilitation (PSR) approach. Northern Health has identied PSR as a foundation of mental health care. PSR is dened as a holistic approach that places the person not the illness at the centre of all interventions. The wishes of the person being served direct the rehabilitation process through working partnerships that are forged between the practitioner and the individual with mental illness. Effective rehabilitation builds on a persons strengths and helps the individual to compensate for the negative effects of the psychiatric disability. (Hughes and Weinstein in Best Practices in PSR, 2000) Two courses make up the citation: Introduction to Mental Health Psychosocial Rehabilitation (PSR) Principles and Practice Courses may be taken individually as long as prerequisites are met. Admission requirements Those with no or limited experience in the mental health eld must start with the Introduction to Mental Health course. There are no formal admission requirements for this course, although English reading and comprehension to the Grade 10 level are recommended. Health care workers can start with the second course in the series, Psychosocial Rehabilitation Principles and Practice, if they have current experience and evidence of a current knowledge base related to Mental health disorders The mental health system Best practices in mental health reform Person-centred practice Program outline CECX 120 CECX 125 Introduction to Mental Health Psychosocial Rehabilitation (PSR) Principles and Practice

Important dates Please contact Continuing Education.

Revised: 10.08.11

www.cnc.bc.ca

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