Course

Psychosocial Rehabilitation: Best & Promising Practices

Faculty
Humanities & Social Sciences
Department
Psychology
Course code
PSYC 5004
Credits
3.00
Semester length
15
Max class size
30
Method(s) of instruction
Lecture
Hybrid
Typically offered
To be determined

Overview

Course description
This course provides an in-depth examination of evidence-based best and promising PSR practices.
Course content

Best and Promising Practices:

  • Medication Best Practices
  • Supported Employment
  • Supported Housing
  • Peer Support and peer -run services
  • Family psycho-education
  • Assertive Community Treatment
  • Integrated Concurrent Disorder Treatment
  • Illness Management and Recovery
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Social Skills Training
  • Crisis Resources
Learning activities

This course will employ a number of in-class and on-line instructional methods to accomplish  its objectives, including some of the following: 

  1. Lecture
  2. On-line instruction and activities
  3. Group discussion/chat 
  4. In-class activities (e.g., role play)
  5. Video demonstrations
Means of assessment

Evaluation will be carried out in accordance with Douglas College policy.  Evaluation will be based on the course objectives.  The instructor will provide a written course outline with specific evaluation criteria at the beginning of the semester.  An example of one evaluation scheme is as follows:

In-class exams (4)                              70%

Term paper or project                          20%

Student presentation                           10%

                                                        100%

Learning outcomes

Students will acquire the basic competencies to provide PSR to persons living with serious mental illness.

Textbook materials

Textbooks and Materials to be Purchased by Students:

Corrigan P.W., Mueser K.T., Bond G.R., Drake R.E., Solomon P. (2008) Principles and Practice of Psychiatric Rehabilitation. An Empirical Approach. Guildford Press: New York. ISBN 1-59385-489-7

Requisites

Prerequisites

No prerequisite courses.

Corequisites

No corequisite courses.

Equivalencies

No equivalent courses.

Course Guidelines

Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.

(Current)

Course Transfers

These are for current course guidelines only. For a full list of archived courses please see https://www.bctransferguide.ca

Institution Transfer details for PSYC 5004
There are no applicable transfer credits for this course.

Course Offerings

Winter 2025

CRN Days Instructor Status
Maximum seats
30
Currently enrolled
14
Remaining seats:
16
On waitlist
0
Building
Online
Room
ONLINE
Times:
Start Time
18:30
-
End Time
21:20
Section notes

Psyc 5004-050 is restricted to students in the Post Degree Diploma Program in Psychosocial Rehabilitation.

This course will include synchronous on-line activities. Students should plan to be available during scheduled times.

Pre-reqs & Course Info:
https://www.douglascollege.ca/course/psyc-5004