MN CIT 8-Hour Mental Health Awareness – Refresher Inver Grove Heights 051722

This 8-hour class is helpful in understanding the basics of mental illness. The class will cover an overview of mental illness: schizophrenia and psychotic disorders, mood disorders, cognitive disorders, personality and substance disorders. We will look at the causes and nature of the illnesses, typical patterns of behaviors, common medications, and guidelines for officer response. Additionally, class participants will meet and hear from a panel of people living with mental illness.

This class is also used as a refresher for those who have taken the 40-hour course.