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VNSG 1301 - Mental Health & Mental Illness

CIP Code 513901

3 Course Credits

Study of personality development, human needs, common mental mechanisms, and factors influencing mental health and mental illness. Includes common mental disorders and related therapy. End-of-Course Outcomes: The student will identify the characteristics of mental health; identify common mental illness and maladaptive behaviors; describe trends in psychotherapeutic treatment; discuss the application of therapeutic communication skills; and assist in the formulation of a plan of care for the individual with mental illness or maladaptive behavior.

3 Lecture Hours Per Week
48 Contact Hours

Instructional Methods: LEC

Registration Restrictions: Restricted to Vocational Nursing students

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Workforce Education Course Manual (WECM) course