Mental Health Interventions

Dates: TBC for 2018.

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Learning Outcomes:

• What is understood by positive mental health.
• Recognise the indicators of resilience.
• Understand the spectrum effect of wellness to health.
• Compare and contrast Neuroses with Psychoses.
• Define terminology including: ‘Anxiety, Obsession, Depression, Mania.’
• Be familiar with other terminology including: ‘Cognitive, Affective, Delusion, Hallucination.’
• Will understand the major signs and symptoms of the main types of mental ill health.
• Will be able to describe some of the impact poor health has on people’s lives.
• Outline some of the interventions used in mental health including: Talking Therapies, Drugs, their rationale and major side effects.
• Discuss other issues such as Electro Convulsive Therapy and some controversial treatments.
• Understand the Five Ways to Wellbeing and the Wheel of Mental Health.