Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this training, the student will be able to:

  • Recognize behaviors related to mental illness.

  • List statistics related to mental illness.

  • Explain four basic types of mental illness.

  • Discuss the warning signs of mental illness.

  • Discuss questions for callers reporting a person with mental illness.

  • Discuss questions and instructions for mentally ill callers.

Course Content

    1. Online Course Acknowledgement

    2. Expectations for Online Students

    3. Learning Objectives

    4. Mental Illness Worksheet

    1. Introduction

    2. Video Transcript: Mother Devastated

    3. Video: Mother Devastated

    4. Knowledge Checkpoint

    1. Statistics

    2. Video: Mental Health Statistics in America (US) (Statistics, Facts, and Data)

    3. Knowledge Checkpoint

    1. Types of Mental Illness

    2. Video: Schizophrenia Simulation

    3. Knowledge Checkpoint

    1. Warning Signs

    2. Video Transcript: Identifying Symptoms of Mental Illness

    3. Video: Identifying Symptoms of Mental Illness

    4. Knowledge Checkpoint

    1. Calls Regarding Mental Illness

    2. News Story: Austin Harrouff

    3. Video Transcript: Mother Calls 9-1-1

    4. Video: Mother Calls 9-1-1

    5. Knowledge Checkpoint

About this course

  • Free
  • 32 lessons
  • 0.5 hours of video content