KB - Behavioural Health

Do you want to become a healthcare professional in the field of neuroscience and behaviours? Or, do you want to explore your options in the science field? Regardless, TFSS HOSA’s Behavioural Health event will greatly interest you. By participating in this event, you will develop lots of knowledge in the behaviours of humans and the entire neurological/nervous system. It will help increase your personal knowledge and educational knowledge on the subject that will greatly benefit you later in your life.

Behavioural health is a knowledge based event surrounding psychology, the mind, mental health and substance use disorders. This competitive event consists of a written test with a tie-breaker essay question. This event aims to inspire members to learn about and promote mental health resilience as well as learn how to support those in recovery, their families and the health community. The written test will consist of 100 multiple choice items in a maximum of 90 minutes and one essay question will be administered with the original test. In case of a tie, the essay question will be judged and used to break the tie. The overall purpose of this event is to test the competitors comprehension skills and the ability to recall information learned.

The following is a list of the topics covered for this event and the percentiles of how much each topic accounts for the overall examination process.

The Mind …… 25%

Psychology and Behavioral Health Disorders, Treatments, Therapies & Services ...... 25%

Substance Abuse and Mental Illness ….. 25%

Wellness, stress, coping …… 15%

Workforce/Careers and Laws, Regulations and Guidelines ……. 5%

History and Health systems Integration …… 5%

Here is a brief overview of the topics that will be covered each week

Week 1: History of Psychology

Week 2: Methods of Psychology

Week 3: Nature and Nurture

Week 4: The Biological Mind

Week 5: Sensation and Perception

Week 6: The Aware Mind - Elements of Consciousness

Week 7: The Feeling Mind - Motivation and Emotion

Week 8: The Adaptive Mind - Learning

Week 9: The Knowing Mind - Memory

Week 10: The Thinking Mind - Thinking, Language and Intelligence

Week 11: The Developing Mind - Lifespan Development

Week 12: The Individual Mind - Personality and the Self

Week 13: The Connected Mind - Social Psychology

Week 14: The Troubled Mind - Psychological Disorders

Week 15: Healing the Troubled Mind - Therapy

Week 16: The Healthy Mind - Stress and Coping, Health Psychology, and Positive Psychology