In addition to graduate study in psychology and program evaluation, she has postdoctoral experience incorporating research findings into applied treatment settings and has worked as a program evaluator in a mental health clinic. Most recently, Dave was a regional network manager for Montana Community Partners, giving him great experience with Montana providers. The course focuses on a wellness approach to managing chronic mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, major depression and the bipolar spectrum disorders. The goal of Three R's is to empower people with psychiatric disabilities. The course helps consumers to manage illness and stress, maintain wellness and self-care, manage medications, and manage symptoms to prevent or minimize relapse.
Information is provided about brain functions, causes of illnesses and treatment.
The article focused on how Three R's helps people learn about their illness and better prepares them to assist themselves, without relying solely on prescription medication. Hillyer said she learned about the course from Moller in 1998 and immediately recognized its value for Montana. The certification program is designed to provide experiential training for psychiatric professionals in implementation of all phases of the 3 R's Psychiatric Wellness Program. We appreciate your ideas on who makes a difference in your community mental health system. However, AMA guidelines don't allow use of these codes to report crisis response services.