UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT COMMON MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS AND HOW TO MANAGE THESE CONDITIONS
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Develop a Career in Adult Mental Health
Once someone has studied psychology, behaviour and mental processes. The next natural step in learning is to understand the approaches to managing mental conditions.
This course helps you to understand the signs, symptoms and possible treatments of adult mental health problems. For the sufferer, managing mental health is far easier if they can accept their health status and have constructive views about addressing their problems. In other words, they are willing and open to helping themselves. This is often where there are challenges for the professionals who work in mental health.
Mental health professionals should attempt to help a sufferer to help themselves. This may mean finding ways to alleviate severe symptoms which the individual has little or no control over, then educating the sufferer to employ practical techniques and strategies to help control symptoms.
THIS COURSE IS IDEAL FOR YOU IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO:
- Understand the human mind in greater depth.
- Recognise signs and symptoms of mental ill health.
- Appreciate the scope of mental health services.
- Cultivate skills for dealing with people in specific situations or undergoing particular therapies.
- Consider intervention strategies and long term care of mental health.
- Enhance your communication skills in this often sensitive subject area.
- Work confidently with individuals in crisis.
- Deal efficiently with mental health in the workplace.
- Enhance empathy towards family and friends and develop strategies for coping.
- Maintain your own mental health state.
Course Details
Study Duration / Course Delivery:
This advanced online course takes approximately 200 hours to complete, but you have lifetime access to suit your self-paced learning.
Study Method:
100% Online
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Core Modules
1. Introduction To Mental Health Issues
- Introduction.
- Definition Of Abnormality – Social Constructs.
- Definition Of Abnormality – Statistical Infrequency.
- Definition Of Abnormality – Failing To Function Adequately.
- Labelling And Mental Health.
- So How Does This Relate To Mental Illness?
- Case Study – African Caribbean People And Schizophrenia.
- More On Stigmatisation And Labelling.
- Causes Of Mental Illness.
- Social And Environmental Factors.
- Physical Factors.
- Psychological Factors.
- Diathesis-Stress Model.
- Treatments For Mental Health Problems.
2. Depression In Men And Women
- Introduction.
- Forms Of Depression.
- Determining Which Type Of Depression.
- Triggers To Depression.
- Causes Of Depression.
- Risk Factors For Depression.
- Gender And Depression.
- Older People And Depression.
- Psychological Aspects Of Long Term Grief.
- Other Types Of Depression.
- Treatment For Depression.
3. Anxiety, Phobias and OCD
- Introduction.
- PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder).
- Treatments.
4. Schizophrenia
- Introduction
- Causes Of Schizophrenia.
- Symptoms Of Schizophrenia.
- Diagnosing Schizophrenia.
- Subtypes Of Schizophrenia.
- Treatment Of Schizophrenia.
- Management Of The Acute Syndrome.
5. Antisocial Personality Disorders
- Personality Disorders.
- Antisocial Personality Disorder (Psychopathy).
- Causes Of Psychopathy.
- Treatment Of Psychopathy.
6. Eating Disorders
- Introduction
- Causes Of Eating Disorders.
- Anorexia Nervosa.
- Body Image And Self Esteem.
- Physical Symptoms Of Anorexia Nervosa.
- Treatment For Anorexia.
- Bulimia Nervosa.
- Associated Behaviours.
- Physical Symptoms Of Bulimia Nervosa.
- Treatment For Bulimia.
- Bulimia Nervosa
- Associated Behaviours
- Treatment For Bulimia.
- Obesity
- Psychological Complications.
- Treatment For Obesity.
7. Dementias
- Introduction
- Definition
- Types Of Dementia.
- Causes Of Dementia.
- Dementia And Old Age.
- Alzheimer’s Disease.
- Vascular Dementia.
- Care And Management Of Dementia.
8. Helping Yourself In Mental Health Issues
- Introduction
- A Holistic Approach To Mental Health.
- Diet And Exercise.
- Imbalances In The Body.
- Psychological And Psychosocial Factors.
- The Role Of Friends And Family – Social Support Networks.
- Self-Help Groups.
- Self-Control Techniques.
9. Services For Mental Health Issues
- Introduction.
- Counselling Approaches.
- Counsellor.
- Psychotherapist.
- Clinical Psychologist.
- Psychiatrist.
- Nurses And Professional Carers.
- Crisis Centres.
- Telephone And Online Counselling.
- Group Therapy.
- Complementary Therapies.
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Career Opportunities
This certificate opens up the gateway for you to seek employment in various businesses, some career outcomes may require further training and /or qualifications.
- Life Coaching
- Marketing
- Human Resource Management
- Education
- Social Welfare
- Leisure Services
- Counselling
- Industrial Relations
- Mental health support worker
- Working with Homeless
- Social Work
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