As a mental health and wellness professional, you are tasked with presenting wellness strategies, holistic coping, and treatment options for a target population you want to work with.
Create a digital presentation (of 8-10 slides, not including the title and reference slides) that addresses the following:
Describe your key audience/target population, keeping in mind their families, age groups, or cultural backgrounds.
Describe a mental health crisis this audience/population might struggle with.
Explain assessment practices (intake interview, DSM manual, etc.) and treatment modalities (evidence-based practices) you could use to assist them.
Identify three to five wellness strategies you could recommend to someone struggling with this issue and explain why these are effective strategies.
Identify different providers or professionals that may be part of a care team for treating this issue within an integrated health model.
Describe your rationale for why using best practices for an integrated health model is useful in mental health and wellness practice.
Cite three to five scholarly resources to support your claims.
Each presentation slide should include speaker notes of 100-150 words to further expand on the content presented in the slide. Speaker notes should be for each of the 8-10 presentation slides. In addition, support your presentation content with a minimum of three to five scholarly sources.
If using PowerPoint, refer to the resource, “Creating Effective PowerPoint Presentations,” located in the Student Success Center, for additional guidance on completing this assignment in the appropriate style.
While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
Benchmark Information
This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competencies:
MS Mental Health and Wellness
4.1: Determine coping approaches for various mental health crisis situations.
4.2: Describe best assessment practices and treatment modalities for mental health disorders.
5.1: Determine best practices in using the integrated health model.
