Shared Decision-Making in Mental Health Care (OH)

Course overview

Students will learn about strategies for developing and promoting Shared Decision-Making (SDM) in mental health care; how to advance consumer-centered care and recovery; how SDM leads to improvements in the provider-client relationship and health outcomes; fundamental aspects of mental health care, such as: self-direction, individualized care, person-centered care, care that supports empowerment, individual responsibility, individual recovery; and the importance of the health care provider and consumer to act as partners by sharing information about treatment options and decisions.