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Addiction and Behavioral Health Disorders

Course Type: Not Faith Based

Course Access: Lifetime

Course Format: Online

Behavioral health and substance use disorders can significantly impact one’s quality of life, relationships, and overall well-being. These disorders are very common and often go untreated.

In this 6-hour specialization course for Mental Health Coaches, you’ll learn about behavioral health. We discuss addiction, not just to substances, but also to shopping, gaming and gambling, and the role the body’s dopamine reward system plays in addiction. We’ll also discuss eating disorders and self-harm. And, you’ll learn to guide individuals towards lasting recovery and emotional wellness.

The Mental Health Coach training is a prerequisite for this course.

Objectives

You Will Learn:

Recognize: How to recognize the signs of behavioral health distress, as well as the signs of the most common addictions and behavioral health conditions, including substance misuse, self-harm, and eating disorders.
How addiction affects the body’s reward, motivation, and memory functions.
Refer: Kinds of treatment for behavioral health disorders and how to refer people to professional providers.
Relate: Tools for supporting people with behavioral health conditions and their loved ones or caregivers.
Restore: How to support people through the recovery process and help restore their lives through faith, hope, and inspiration.

Benefits of Taking This Course:

You’ll understand the difference between mental and behavioral health.
You’ll know how addiction works in the body and be able to educate others in your faith community to end stigma around behavioral health.
You’ll be able to recognize common behavioral health disorders, such as substance misuse, gambling or shopping addictions, self-harm, and eating disorders.
You’ll learn what kinds of behavioral health providers could be added to your referral network.
You’ll have the skills for supporting people in the recovery process and insights into helping families as they support their loved ones.
You’ll gain pathways for using faith and hope to help people heal underlying emotional distress and to develop positive coping skills to replace addictive behaviors.

Course Lessons:

Lesson 1: Recognize
- What is Behavioral Health?
- The Dopamine Rewards System
- Recognizing Signs of Behavioral Health Distress
- Positive and Negative Coping
Lesson 2: Refer
- Kinds of Treatment
- Referral Networks
- Suicide Risk and Emergency Treatment
Lesson 3: Relate
- The Recovery Process
- Positive Coping
- Boundaries
Lesson 4: Restore
- Healing the Whole Person
- A Compassionate View of God and the Process of Healing
- GTHU Resources: reImagine workbook
- You’ll get the curriculum needed to lead your support groups

FAQs

Who can take the course?

Anyone who has taken the Mental Health Coach training and has an interest in gaining a greater understanding of this subject is encouraged to take the course.

What is the structure of the course?

The course is made up of individual lessons. They can be taken all at once or based on your schedule. You can complete the online course at any time you would like. The course is compatible with all devices.

Where and when can I take the course?

You can complete the online course at any time you would like. The course is compatible with all devices.

Is there a test at the end of the course?

Once you have completed all modules there is a final quiz you will need to complete and pass to receive your Certificate of Completion.

Is this course available for in-person training?

No, we don’t offer in-person training. Visit our course catalog to view all of our online courses.

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Thank you for your interest in Gateway to Hope University Trainings!

You can choose to deepen your knowledge and response skills by taking one of our specialization trainings after completing your Mental Health Coach Training. Specialization trainings are available in the following areas: Addiction & Behavioral Health Disorders, Child & Adolescent Mental Health, Aging & Elder Care, and Trauma. We equip you with the knowledge and resources to grow your understanding of mental health disorders and build the skills you need to respond compassionately to those in mental distress. Explore our Specialization Training page to learn more.

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Gateway to Hope University (GTHU) is the training organization of the Hope and Healing Center & Institute. We developed Gateway to Hope University to provide you with the training needed to help you recognize, refer, relate, and respond to individuals who might be suffering from mental distress. We offer evidence-based mental health training and ongoing support to individuals, faith communities, schools, and workplaces.

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