This course focuses on personality disorders.  Our goals are to increase awareness, knowledge, and response for dealing with people with personality disorders, as well as to familiarize the learners with variant personality disorder diagnoses. Learners will be given de-escalation strategies.

This course focuses on Substance Use Disorders (SUD). Our goals are to increase awareness, knowledge, and response for dealing with people with substance use and mental health issues, as well as to familiarize the learners with variant classes of drug someone with a substance use disorder […]

This course focuses on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Our first goal is to increase awareness and understanding about PTSD, including Cumulative PTSD. Secondly, learners will become familiar with the four main types of symptoms, common triggers, and risk factors that are associated with PTSD […]

This course focuses on Anxiety Disorder: Our first goal is to increase awareness and understanding of various Anxiety Disorders. Secondly, learners will become familiar with terms and associated symptoms for generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, phobias, and PTSD Disorders. Third, to gain a better […]

This course focuses on Mood Disorders, primarily Depression. Our first goal is to increase awareness and understanding of variant Mood Disorders Secondly, learners will become familiar with diagnostic terms and associated symptoms and medical response with Major Depressive Disorders Third, to gain a better understanding and […]

This course focuses on Mood Disorders, primarily Bipolar Disorder.   As first responders, it is likely you will encounter people with Bipolar Disorder.  Our goal is to increase your awareness and understanding of this mood disorder and learn de-escalation strategies and skills you can use during […]

This course focuses on psychosis and schizophrenia and how to best help people in crisis.  Schizophrenia is a very serious and debilitating illness that affects more than 1% of the population.  As first responders, it is important to know basic information on the illness.

This course is an introduction to mental illness, how to recognize behaviors, and best practices for de-escalating a crisis.

This Crisis Intervention Teams (CIT) overview course covers what CIT is, the basic philosophy of CIT and how first responders can best address people in crisis. The learning objectives in this series of courses are: Understanding of major and severe forms of mental illness Develop […]