Behavioral Healthcare Training Videos

Most of us can relate to being "down" or "blue" at various points in our lives, but occasionally mental health nurses are called upon to care for persons with severe depression. In these two vignettes you'll see how to avoid some of the common mistakes made by novice nurses, and how an expert nurse is able to help a depressed and suicidal client.

In this program you will learn the criteria for having a Generalized Anxiety Disorder and the manner in which anxiety can become a pervasive reality in peoples' lives.

Follow along with this series of vignettes where nurses interact with clients experiencing a wide range of mental health challenges. In each situation there are two scenarios, the novice scenario helps students to see and anticipate some of the more common errors that a student nurse may make when first dealing with these clients.

Join us as we explore some of the of the avoidant and reactive behaviors surrounding phobias and the use of exposure therapy, relaxation and medication in the treatment approach.

Learn how panic disorder can be confused with other medical conditions and explore its relationships to the development of agoraphobia.

This program identifies the criteria for having acute and post-traumatic stress disorder and examines how it can evolve into a more chronic condition. Learn about the challenges of this disorder and what you can do to help those who have endured a traumatic event.

Follow along with this series of vignettes where nurses interact with clients experiencing a wide range of mental health challenges.

Follow along with this series of vignettes where nurses interact with clients experiencing a wide range of mental health challenges.

It can be very challenging for mental health nurses to care for persons with dementia like Alzheimer's disease. In this pair of vignettes, a novice tries to comfort and re-orient an older man with dementia in a nursing home.

Unfortunately, mental health nurses may have to care for persons who, for a variety of reasons, may be physically threatening or aggressive.

Explores several successful methods for dealing with residents who have an altered mental status. These methods will make your job easier, even rewarding, and calm the concerns of the family members. (Designed for Nursing Home personnel.)

This program helps develop competence in dealing with mental health needs of clients. Part I of this program provides ideas and techniques to recognize depression and ways to motivate the depressed client.