About this Course

Mental illness is one of the biggest problems in the world. This is an advanced course that deals with the understanding, prevention and management of mental illness.

The course is suitable for people already working or intending to work as nurses, social workers, resettlement workers, housing officers, homeless workers, mental health workers and those in the care and charitable professions.

Course Contents

Module 1

• Poverty and Healthcare
• Introduction to Mental Health & Disability
• The Human Mind
• Superstition & History of Mental Illness
• Community Care Act & Philosophy of Care
• Law Relating to Standard of Care
• Policy on Mental Health
• Causes of Mental Illness
• Consequences of Mental Illness
• Preventing Mental Illness
• Management & Care for Mental Illness
• Cure for Mental Illness
• Schizophrenia
• Depression and Suicide
• Anxiety
• Behavioural Problems
• Eating Disorders

Module 2

• English Legal System
• Civil and Criminal Liability
• Negligence
• Trespass
• Occupier’s Liability & Defective Premises
• Mental Health and Community Care
• Law Relating to Standard of Care
• Mental Disorder
• Compulsory Admission to Hospital
• Guardianship
• Position of Patients Subjects to Detention and Guardianship
• Function of Relatives
• Remands to Hospital & Guardianship Orders
• Restriction orders and Detention During Her Majesty’s Pleasure
• Transfer to Hospital of Prisoners
• Mental Health & Consent to Treatment
• Mental Health Review Tribunals
• Removal and Return of Patients within Britain and Removal of Aliens
• Management of Property & Affairs of Patients
• Functions of Local Authorities and the Secretary of State
• Mental Health Offences
• Miscellaneous Provisions
• Members of Parliament Suffering from Mental Illness
• Mental Illness and Criminal Liability
• Access to & Disclosure of Medical Records
• Freedom of Information
• Discrimination & Equal Opportunities
• Immigration Rules & Public Funds
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• European Convention on Human Rights

Module 3

• Research Project

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