MAT 6275 - Mental Health Care in AT Practice

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Utah Tech University

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This course promotes the understanding of mental health care as it relates to athletic training practice and the coordination of care as it pertains to athletic training patients. The focus of this course includes the understanding of mental health disorders, diagnostic criteria, appropriate referral to qualified health care providers, and treatment options. The course will also address patient response to orthopedic injury and its interdependent relationship with activity limitations and participation restrictions. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Identify and describe the signs, symptoms, physiological, and psychological responses of clients/patients with disordered eating or eating disorders. 2. Describe the method of appropriate management and referral for clients/patients with disordered eating or eating disorders in a manner consistent with current practice guidelines. 3. Describe the role of various mental healthcare providers (e.g., psychiatrists, psychologists, counselors, social workers) that may comprise a mental health referral network. 4. Identify and describe the basic signs and symptoms of mental health disorders (e.g., psychosis, neurosis; sub-clinical mood disturbances (e.g., depression, anxiety); and personal/social conflict (e.g., adjustment to injury, family problems, academic or emotional stress, personal assault or abuse, sexual assault or harassment) that may indicate the need for referral to a mental healthcare professional. 5. Formulate a referral for an individual with a suspected mental health or substance abuse problem. Prerequisite: Admission to the Utah Tech Professional Master's in Athletic Training program. FA

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.utahtech.edu/

Phone Number:

(435) 652-7500

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

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Semester

General Education

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