Unit 3: Treatment Models for Mental Health and Substance Abuse

Unit 3 looks at treatment models for Mental Health and Substance Abuse.  We start this unit by watching the video “History of Psychiatry -Asylums to Community Care” to better understand how mental health was treated in the early 20th century.  It helps put current treatments in perspective knowing its sordid beginnings.  The next video represents the movement toward a community-based psychosocial rehabilitation model -the Clubhouse Model. This model is strength-based, rather than symptom-based, and was instrumental in fueling a mutual support system that is the antithesis of the medical model.

This unit looks at psychosocial interventions for older adults with serious mental illness. This will familiarize you with behavioral treatment modalities and outcomes.  We will then move to outpatient treatment for substance abuse, first examining the underlying principles and then the most efficacious treatment approaches.

The last video is a deep dive into Recovery Oriented Systems of Care (ROSC).  This recent strength-based approach acknowledges that services need to go beyond mere symptom and substance use reduction to promote a life in the community.

Unit Objectives

• Describe the beginning of mental health treatment in the 20th century
• Compare and contrast models of substance abuse and mental health treatment
• Examine Recovery Oriented Systems of Care (ROSC) and how they address social determinants of health