Community Mental Health and Psychiatry Course

Are you a mental health worker? Are you interested in mental health advocacy? This would be a fascinating course for you. It covers The Mental Health Act, Mental Health Terminology as well as the Human rights Act and then explores the main Mental Health conditions such as eating disorders, depressions, personality disorders and obsessive e compulsive disorder.

It also provides and in-depth analysis of Phobia and Psychosis. This course will be perfect for those consolidating skills in the industry or as a great introduction to a fascinating and worthwhile career.

Distance Learning Support

At Start Learning we pride ourselves on our friendly and supportive tutors. Your tutor support will start as soon as you receive your course and will be valid for 12 months. All our tutors are highly qualified with extensive experience in supporting distance learning students. You contact your tutor via email and they are responsible for marking assignments answering your questions and guiding you through the course.

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:
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Counselling and Psychotherapy
Understanding Eating Disorders
Introduction to Counselling
Mental Health and Psychiatry
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.

Home Study Entry Requirements

As this is a Level 4 course, you would need to be educated to at least a standard of GCSE grade C but preferably to AS/A standard, or have at least 12 months’ experience working within the mental health services.

Recommended Hours of Study

We recommended you spend approximately 110 hours of your time studying for the Community, Mental Health and Psychiatry course. The pace of study is completely up to you. To give an example, if you dedicate 2 hours a week to the course it would take you a year to complete but if you could spare 4 hours a week you could complete it in six months.

Course Info

What is a Mental Health Worker?
Care Co-ordinator
Community Psychiatric Nurse
General Practitioner
Psychologist
Psychiatrist
Social Worker

Mental Health Advocacy
Independent professional advocacy
Peer or collective advocacy
Citizen advocacy

The Mental Health Act
Definitions
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 37
Section 41
Section 117
Section 36

Mental Heath Terminology
A-Z

The Mental Health System
Community mental health team
Outreach team
The child and adolescent mental health services
Day centres
In-patients

The Human Rights Act
Right to live
Right to a fair trial
Right to freedom of expression
Right to marry
Right to education
Right to free elections
Classifications
DSM
ICD

Depression
Explanation
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Who is affected?
Causes

Eating Disorders
Explanation
Types of Eating Disorders
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Complications
Who is affected?
Causes
Prevention

Personality Disorders
Explanation
Symptoms
Who is affected?
Common misconceptions and generalisations
Causes
Prognosis

Schizophrenia
Explanation
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Causes
The facts

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Explanation
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Causes
The facts

Phobia
Social phobia
Specific phobia
Agoraphobia

Psychosis
Organic psychosis
Brief reaction psychosis
Drug-induced psychosis

How to help someone in a crisis
Self harm
Suicide
Eating distress
Relationship breakdown

Abuse and Trauma
Explanation
Child abuse
Munchausen by proxy syndrome
Sexual abuse
Ritual abuse
Domestic abuse
Emotional abuse
Physical abuse
Sexual assaults
Police action
Verbal abuse
Elder abuse
Male abuse

Staying Safe
Leaving abuse

Abuse and the Law
Sexual Offences Act 2003
Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Bill 2003
Rights of victims
Injunctions
Evidence required
Court orders

Reporting Abuse
Police action
Before court
Court
After court
Prison
Probation contact
Restorative justice
Life and relationships

Listening Skills and Validation
Types of listening
Common problems
Types of validation

Qualifications

Upon completion of this course, you will receive a Level 4 NCFE Certificate in Community, Mental Health and Psychiatry.

Examination Centre

There is no exam as such, although you will be required to complete a series of tutor marked assignments. There is no word count for these assignments although you do have to prove to your tutor that you have fully understood the questions asked.

Awarding Body Information

NCFE is recognised as an awarding body by the qualification regulators ('regulators') for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The regulators are the Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator (Ofqual) in England, the Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills (DCELLS) in Wales and the Council for Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) in Northern Ireland. The course is recognised in Scotland by the SQA (Scottish Qualifications Authority).

Assessment

This course is marked through a process of continuous assessment guided by your tutor following NCFE guidelines. This means that your qualification will be awarded according to your performance on assessments rather than by taking an exam.

Language of Examination

English