They have not acknowledged the impact on the family, or the impact of the helping system and society in general on the person who is struggling to recover. The course was developed to address the lack of even basic information on important dimensions of the recovery process from psychiatric disability in the psychiatric and mental health literature, which information is quite abundant in the literature on physical disability, encouraged us to develop this course. The course will help students understand the experience of the person, the impact of the environment on the person, the impact on the family, how the person copes, how the person moves on with his or her life, the barriers and facilitators to this process, and the spiritual dimensions of recovery. This course will examine the essential principles and knowledge upon which the developing field of psychiatric rehabilitation is based. The course will expose students to application of psychiatric rehabilitation technology in mental health systems and programs.
Emphasis is placed on professionals' and consumers' lived experience of rehabilitation.
Students will acquire their knowledge of the field through lecture notes, assigned readings, and independent library research. Students will be expected to demonstrate their acquisition of knowledge through the completion of an exam. This course is designed to give PDP students an understanding of how the classes will operate as well as provide tips on how to get the most out of their PDP Internet Courses. Completion of this course is not required, but is strongly recommended as it explains the operation, navigation, and format of the PDP courses. No formal enrollment is necessary.