Certificate in Integrative Behavioral Health

This groundbreaking certificate demonstrates the dramatic shift taking place as a growing number of alternative, holistic, and integrative therapies are being used to treat mental disorders. While the field of integrative medicine emphasizes treating the mind, body, and spirit, integrative mental health offers a new approach to treating mental disorders by applying conventional and evidence-based complementary and alternative therapies. While medication and psychotherapy can save lives, they can also be part of an integrative solution to mental health conditions. Topics covered include anxiety disorders, Alzheimer’s disease, bipolar disorders in children and adolescents, chronic pain, depression, sleep disorders, and mental health and aging.

Courses Included

Purpose/GoalThe outcome of this certificate is for the learner to describe various mental disorders and alternative, holistic, and integrative therapies that are being used to treat these disorders.

Certificate Objectives – Upon completion you will be able to do the following:

1. Describe the symptoms, risk factors, and treatment options for ADHD.
2. Discuss the symptoms, aspects of care, and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.
3. Identify types of anxiety disorders and treatment options.
4. Examine symptoms, risk factors, and traditional and integrative treatment methods for bipolar disorder in children and adolescents.
5. Describe pain management, types of pain and integrative treatments for chronic pain.
6. Describe the different forms of depressive disorders and treatment approaches for depression.
7. Discuss the most commonly occurring mental health problems experienced by older adults.
8. Examine the nature and extent of PTSD.
9. Identify sleep disorders and treatment methods.
10. Describe the key issues in the recognition, intervention, and prevention of substance abuse.
11. Describe the incidence of, risk factors for, and ways to treat and prevent suicide.