Mental Health Studies - Suicide, Violent Behavior and Substance Abuse

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Mental Health Studies - Suicide, Violent Behavior and Substance Abuse

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Taking up a free online drug and alcohol abuse course on Alison can help you if you are a part of the mental health and wellness industry. Also, if you are an individual interested in the field of mental health studies, psychotherapy, therapeutics and other related areas of healthcare this course may be of interest to you. Some may find it useful to take this course just to help a friend or people around them out.

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The best free drug and alcohol courses available on Alison include, Drug-Free Workplace - Revised and Mental Health Studies - Suicide, Violent Behavior and Substance Abuse - Revised.

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Each of the online drugs and alcohol courses on Alison are free, as are all of Alison's online courses. Alison's learners do not have to pay anything to take these courses unless they want a digital or physical copy of the course certificate.

Q: What are the best free online courses on mental health and suicide?

If you need to support or understand someone whose mental health is suffering, Mental Health Studies - Suicide, Violent Behavior and Substance Abuse is a short, practical course.

Learn to identify mental health problems and the importance of reducing the stigma of mental illness today.

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In this free course, you will learn how to:

Identify the signs and types of suicidal behaviors
List conditions that are linked to the risk of suicide
Identify the most common precipitating factors in violent behavior
Identify the methods used to manage the violent patient who is unarmed or armed
Describe the factors impacting the effect of the particular substance on the individual
Recall the long and short-term effects of substance abuse
Identify the signs/symptoms and treatment for overdose and withdrawal of alcohol, opioids and barbiturates
Identify behavior changes resulting from substance abuse
Describe body mechanism adjustments and tolerance levels to substances

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