Children and Adolescents Category

Children and Mental Health

4 CE Hours
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About the Course

This course is recommended for health care professionals, especially psychologists, counselors, social workers, and nurses who provide services to or seek knowledge about normal development and mental disorders of children and adolescents. Whether unfamiliar or familiar with some of the concepts involved in this material, you can benefit from information in this course. This chapter presents theories of normal development, followed by descriptions of mental disorders found among children and adolescents. Risk factors and treatment are also discussed.

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This course is based on the reading online article, Children and Mental Health created by Surgeon General of the United States

Course Material Author

Surgeon General of the United States

Surgeon General of the United States authored the material only, and was not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.

Course Creator

Tyler Gibson

Target Audience

This course is recommended for health care professionals, especially psychologists, counselors, social workers, and nurses who seek knowledge about children's behavior problems and intervention strategies. It is appropriate for all levels) of participants' knowledge.

Learning Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. 1 to discuss the major developmental theories
  2. 2 to identify the major psychosocial and pharmacologic treatments used to treat mental disorders in children and adolescents
  3. 3 to describe the advantages and disadvantages of the major types of treatment settings used with children and adolescents

Disclosure to Learners

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The following relevant financial relationships have been disclosed by this activity's planners, faculty, and the reviewer:

Planners and Reviewers

The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

Material Authors

Any relevant financial disclosures for course material authors can be found in the article.

Course Creator

Tyler Gibson – There are no known relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Commercial support

There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

$36

Course Details

4 CE Hours
Reading Online
Course 9540

Availability

This course is retired. It is no longer available.

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