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RegisterLifestyle Medicine and Emotional Health
For: PT, PTA, OT, MD, DO, RN, NP, PA, PSYCH, Other Licensed Health care Providers
Emotional and mental wellbeing are important factors in overall health and wellness. This course will investigate assessment and intervention strategies addressing emotional and mental health. There will also be a component that explores the importance of the practitioner’s own healthy lifestyle habits as it relates to emotional wellbeing.
Course Objectives/Outcomes
- Differentiate the Keirsey Temperaments and Enneagram types
- Extend guided motivational approaches to the practice of Lifestyle Medicine
- Compare and contrast the impact of eudaimonia and hedonia on health and longevity
- Explain impact of social connectedness on emotional well being
- Cite scientific evidence relating to the impact of depression and anxiety on pain, physical health, and lifestyle behaviors.
- Classify relevant screening tools for pain/stress/anxiety/depression
- Summarize the benefits of positive psychology and gratitude for all phases of illness and health
- Explain how adults with ACEs can have physical and mental health disparities as adults
Applicability
Certification in Lifestyle Medicine
Evidence in Motion is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. PD activity approval ID# 6103. This distance learning-independent activity is offered at 7.5 Contact hours/.75 CEUs Introductory, Foundational Knowledge. AOTA does not endorse specific course content, products, or clinical procedures.
Des Moines University Accreditation Statement
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