Mental Illness & Mental Disorders

Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, read Chapter 8 in the assigned text and refer to Mental Disorders Links to an external site. .

Select any specific mental illness from Chapter 8 of your text.

· Summarize the mental illness into a paragraph.

· Research the possible causes of the illness, who is at risk, the symptoms, and some of the available treatments and therapies. Explain to the class in two to three paragraphs.

· Continue to teach the class by training them how they could each, as human services professionals, work with an individual diagnosed with this mental illness as part of a broader treatment plan.

· Your initial post should be at least 350 words in length.