We are pleased to offer this overview of video resources to improve education and training in behavioral health. Videos can provides context and story, and stories are a powerful way to hook learners. They can help break up a class and provide an exciting way to introduce new voices and perspectives. Videos can also give students a way to reflect and interact. The “YouTube generation” is comfortable with, and has even come to expect, multimedia education as a way to provoke more in-depth discussion that reinforces what is being taught.
We have used our expertise to curate some of the better examples of the many videos out there to ensure they are not only of high quality, but also present solid, evidence based practice. We have also reviewed them so that you can easily judge whether they would be useful to you.
Most people who work in mental health and/or substance use disorder in some capacity are familiar with the term “co-occurring.” This simply means that a mental disorder is often accompanied by a substance use disorder. In addition, various physical and emotional conditions are often present and must be addressed. Therefore, this guide covers a range of topics that are organized into the following 24 categories:
• ADDICTION/DRUG USE
• ADDICTION TREATMENT IN THE ELDERLY
• ADDICTION TREATMENT IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
• ADOLESCENTS AND DATING/RELATIONSHIP ABUSE
• BIPOLAR DISORDER
• BULLYING
• CHILD ABUSE
• CLINICAL SUPERVISION
• DSM-5
• GAMBLING
• HEALTHCARE POLICY/REFORM
• HEPATITIS
• HIV/AIDS
• HOMELESSNESS
• HUMAN TRAFFICKING
• MENTAL HEALTH
• ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE
• TRAUMA/PTSD (POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER)
• SELF-CARE
• SOBRIETY/RECOVERY
• STIGMA
• SUICIDE
• TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
• TUBERCULOSIS
