Behavioral Health Advance Directives and Crisis Plans
Category:
75
Credits:
1
Objectives:
At the completion of this program, participants should be able to
1. Identify the purpose of advance directives, both medical and psychiatric
2. Identify the basic contents of a behavioral health or psychiatric advance directive
3. Identify how a crisis plan differs from an advance directive
4. Identify the potential benefits of a behavioral health or psychiatric advance directive
5. Identify kinds of assistance consumers may need in developing a psychiatric advance directive
Description:
This course provides an introduction to behavioral health or psychiatric advance directives. Participants will learn what behavioral health advance directives are, what information is contained in them, what factors support their completion by mental health consumers and their use by healthcare providers and important considerations in assisting consumers in completing and implementing them.
Approval Bodies:
Professional Development
American Psychological Association
Florida Dept. of Health (Board of Social Work, Marriage & Family, Mental Health Counseling)
NAADAC, National Association for Addiction Professionals
National Board for Certified Counselors
Florida Board of Nursing
Ohio Board of Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board, Expiration 03/31/2010
California Board of Behavioral Sciences
Illinois Social Work Continuing Education
Association of Social Work Boards Approved Continuing Education (ACE)
Alabama State Board of Social Work Examiners
CAADAC, California Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors
CAADE - California Association for Alcohol/Drug Educators
California Board of Registered Nursing
Texas Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists
Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Marriage and Family Therapist
