Areas covered include personnel management, team development and performance enhancement at both individual and group levels. Explores the origins, symptoms, diagnosis and management of psychological disorders. Midshipmen gain an understanding of the root causes of psychological disturbance, including personality disorders. The cognitive, emotional, behavioral and cultural manifestations of these disorders are explored. Strategies for effective prevention and management of psychopathology in operational environments are addressed.
Midshipmen also learn techniques for rapid assessment and triage of psychiatric crises.
This course gives you a chance to hone your discussion, debating, critical thinking and persuasive writing skills by arguing about some of the great perennial questions pursued by thoughtful men and women in every age, every culture. As the Greek philosopher Socrates once said, The unexamined life is not worth living. Come explore life through the works of great philosophers, from Plato to Descartes to David Hume. There have been special warrior cultures in countless societies across the globe, through every era in history. This class provides a focused introduction to philosophical questions that arise about religion and in the pursuit of religious ideals.