Mental Health and Psychiatry is designed for anyone with an interest in Mental Health, particularly those who wish to become counsellors, therapists, social workers or find employment in other similar roles. It covers the main conditions many people currently receiving counselling / psychiatric treatment are diagnosed with, including their causes, symptoms, the diagnostic criteria used by health professionals and the treatment approaches designed for these conditions.
This Home Study course in Mental Health and Psychiatry course also provides students with an understanding of the Mental Health system, the wide range of roles within it and important legislation in place relating to Mental Health, such as the Mental Capacity Act. Such legislation is clearly explained in easily understandable terms.
Students are further provided with guidelines on the standards they should aim to achieve when working with clients, in particular ensuring that they understand the importance of listening to their clients and validating their feelings. The course encourages students to form their own opinions using factual evidence to support their answers.
Tutor Support
Throughout the course, students will receive tutor support by email and by post. This will be for 12 months from the date you receive the course. To complete the full course will take in the region of 100 study hours which can be spread over a 12 month period.
Extra On-line Support
The tutor for this course has now set up a forum for all of his students studying Abuse and Trauma and related courses. This will assist you with your studies as not only will you get full tutor support from a professional tutor for the duration of the course but you will also get help from other students who are studying at the same time as you and get an insight into other related courses by talking to students studying them. You can ask other students questions about your course or theirs, and they will try to help you.
This is a great community for all those students who wish to interact with others in the same situation as theirs and get friendly advice and share ideas and comments.
You will be able to interact with students studying the following courses:
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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
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Counselling and Psychotherapy
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Understanding Eating Disorders
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Introduction to Counselling
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Mental Health and Psychiatry
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Working with a Diagnosis of Personality Disorder
Your tutor will provide all the details of how to get onto this forum if you decide to order the course.
Payment Method
You can choose to pay in full at the time of ordering, or you can pay in monthly instalments (no discount applies).
If you would like to pay in instalments, we would need one of the instalments as a deposit with your order (either by cheque or by credit/debt card) we will take the rest of the instalments off the card for the remaining months. For further details on paying by instalments please call or e-mail UK Open Learning.
Course Modules
What is a Mental Health Worker?
Mental Health Advocacy
The Mental Health Act
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Definitions
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Section 2
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Section 3
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Section 4
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Section 5
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Section 37
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Section 41
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Section 117
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Section 36
Mental Heath Terminology
The Mental Health System
The Human Rights Act
Classifications
Depression
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Explanation
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Symptoms
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Diagnosis
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Who is affected?
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Causes
Eating Disorders
Personality Disorders
Schizophrenia
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Explanation
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Symptoms
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Diagnosis
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Causes
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The facts
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
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Explanation
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Symptoms
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Diagnosis
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Causes
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The facts
Phobia
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Social phobia
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Specific phobia
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Agoraphobia
Psychosis
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Organic psychosis
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Brief reaction psychosis
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Drug-induced psychosis
How to help someone in a crisis
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Self harm
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Suicide
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Eating distress
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Relationship breakdown
Abuse and Trauma
Staying Safe
Abuse and the Law
Reporting Abuse
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Police action
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Before court
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Court
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After court
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Prison
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Probation contact
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Restorative justice
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Life and relationships
Listening Skills and Validation
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Types of listening
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Common problems
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Types of validation
