Community Mental Health & Mental Health Counseling (M.S.)
The Graduate Program in Community Mental Health offers a unique, competency-based curriculum that is specifically designed to prepare individuals to perform a wide variety of clinical and administrative roles in integrated community mental health and substance abuse treatment for adults and children, youth, and families. PCMH is targeted to a diverse group of students:
- Mental health and substance abuse staff who wish to advance to a master's level of practice and professional licensure
- Staff updating their education and understanding of state-of-the-art practices, service management, program development, and program evaluation
- Individuals working in related human service, educational, medical, or corrections fields providing support to children or adults with mental health concerns
- Mental health and substance abuse service consumers, in recovery, and family members who are interested in becoming professional service providers
- Individuals interested in a career change to the behavioral health and/or substance abuse field
The master of science program in community mental health consists of a minimum of 48 credits, including the 22-credit certificate course sequence and 26 credits of advanced course work. The 60 credit, mental health counseling track, within the master of science, requires at least four additional courses. All Classes meet one weekend a month.
(Courses are 3 credits unless otherwise indicated.)
- PCMH Orientation and Immersion Weekend (no credit)
- PCMH 600 Overview Of Behavioral Health Services (course description)
- PCMH 610 Helping Relationships (course description)
- PCMH 615 Practicum (1 Credit) (course description)
- PCMH 680 Diagnosis and Assessment (course description)
- PCMH 621 Community Resources & Rehabilitations (course description)
Students must complete one of the following two sets of courses:
- PCMH 635 Clinical Skills I: Integrated Community Mental Health Treatment for Children, Youth and Families (course description)
- PCMH 636 Clinical Skills II: Integrated Community Mental Health Treatment for Children, Youth and Families (course description)
or
- PCMH 645 Clinical Skills I: Integrated Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services for Adults with Psychiatric Disabilities (course description)
- PCMH 646 Clinical Skills II: Integrated Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services for Adults with Psychiatric Disabilities (course description)
- PCMH 650 Internship I (course description)
Courses are 3 credits unless otherwise indicated
- PCMH 682 Human Development (course description)
- PCMH 662 Internship II (course description)
- PCMH 665 Program Evaluation and Systems Research (course description)
- PCMH 666 Professional Affairs and Ethics (course description)
- PCMH 667 Community and Systems: Analysis, Consultation and Change (course description)
- PCMH 690 Master’s Project (2 Credits) (course description)
Three of the following courses are required, depending on the specialization
- PCMH 672 Management of Behavioral Health Services (course description)
- PCMH 675 Co-occurring Issues for Children and Families (course description)
- PCMH 676 Physiology of Addictions and Psychopharmacology (course description)
- PCMH 689 Early Childhood and Infant Mental Health (course description)
Southern New Hampshire University programs are accredited by:
- Accreditation Commission for Programs in Hospitality Administration
- American Culinary Federation Educational Institute
- Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs
- European Council for Business Education
- New England Association of Schools and Colleges
- New Hampshire Postsecondary Education Commission
- New Hampshire State Department of Education for Teacher Certification
- North American Society for Sport Management