| | In this upper level health sciences course, students will explore mental and behavioral health through a variety of disciplines including reading and writing, mathematics, history, and lab science. They will define mental illness, differentiate between myths and truths about mental health, and identify how the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system relates to physical, mental, and emotional health. Students will have the opportunity to assess their own mental and behavioral health status. Students will take on multiple roles within the healthcare system to practice preventing, diagnosing, and treating mental and behavioral illnesses, will debate the ethics of different situations surrounding mental illness, and will look at the system-wide successes and barriers to healthcare on a national and international scale. Throughout the year, students will become an "expert" on one chosen mental illness and will relate each units topic back to this illness. Students will create a comprehensive patient report for their illness at the end of the first semester and a presentation about the future of healthcare as it relates to this illness at the end of the course. |