Neuropsychiatric and Mental Health Challenges in the Course of Life and in Everyday LifeLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

• you know the most common neuropsychiatric and mental health disorders and their symptoms
• you understand how neuropsychiatric and mental health disorders affect a person’s everyday life in different life phases
• you know how to help clients to cope with different disorders and manage their everyday life

Content

• attention disorders, autism spectrum disorders, affective disorders, psychoses, anxiety disorders, eating disorders
• the challenges with executive functions, social life and interaction, impulse control, coping and achievement, and looking after oneself and others
• supporting clients’ management of everyday life with the help of research- and evidence-based tools
• increasing clients’ awareness and agency in looking after their own interests and supporting a healthy lifestyle