Overview: This training will give participants an overview of mental illness and help them to interact more effectively with persons with mental illness.

Course Objectives: Upon the completion of this training, the participant will be able to:

1. Use communication techniques — including de-escalation— when interacting with persons with mental illness,

2. Recognize characteristics of the major mental illnesses (anxiety, schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder) and how these mental illnesses occur especially during crisis,

3. Distinguish between facts and fallacies associated with various diverse groups,

4. Identify the more commonly prescribed medications and side-effects,

5. Describe state and local community resources for mental health,

6. Understand the role police officers have in the involuntary commitment process,

7. Describe the Kansas suicide rates amongst veterans,

8. Identify helpful local, rural, and frontier programs for veterans.

Please register by November 26, 2024. If you are unable to register online or have questions or need translation or accommodations please contact Stacy Davis at least 5 days prior to the workshop.

 

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