The Honours Bachelor of Mental Health and Addiction (BMHA) degree offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach to understanding and addressing mental health and addiction issues. This program prioritizes effective interventions and support for individuals experiencing mental health challenges.

 

You will learn evidence-based therapeutic interventions designed to support individuals, families and communities with mental health and addiction issues. With a focus on recovery-oriented mental health services, the BMHA curriculum equips you to analyze how these interventions benefit individuals and families. You will delve into trauma-informed practices, develop case management skills and master effective communication and counselling techniques. Guided by the biopsychosocial frameworks and rooted within the social determinants of health, these practical skills will prepare you to assess and address the diverse needs of our communities.

 

Skills

Throughout this program you will develop the following skills:

• Trauma-informed counselling
• Case management skills and interventions
• Critical thinking skills to assess, implement and evaluate a variety of mental health and addiction interventions designed to support an individual or family’s journey of recovery
• Offering mental health and addiction education that reflects the diversity of our communities
• Conducting research and evaluation related to health, mental health and addiction, including completion of a capstone project