Feb 05, 2025  
MCCC College Catalog 2024-2025 
    
MCCC College Catalog 2024-2025

HPE 153 - Mental Health


Credit Hours: 3
Billable Contact Hours: 3
Prerequisites: RDG 090  and ENGL 090  or qualifying scores on accepted placement tests
Session Cycle: FWSU

The purpose of this course is to develop a concept of mental health and to increase awareness of mental health issues. Students will examine the principles of mental health, including risk factors associated with mental illness and factors which lend toward positive mental health. Various mental illnesses and treatment strategies will be explored. Developmental, cultural, societal, and economic factors concerning mental health status will also be discussed.