Working with a Diagnosis of Personality Disorder Course

Do you work with Personality Disorder patients? Keen to pursue a career in the health care field? Then this course is for you. It examines the classification of personality disorders, the different types of disorders such as paranoid and schizoid as well as looking at how these present and common generalisations and misconceptions. This course is also ideal for those caring for a relative or someone who is working in the more general medical arena.

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

At Start Learning we believe that everyone should have the opportunity to expand their knowledge and study further, so we try to keep our entry requirements to a minimum.

Recommended Hours of Study

We recommended you spend approximately 110 hours of your time studying for the Working with Personality Disorders 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.

Objectives

After studying this course, students will be able to:
have an understanding of personality disorders
understand possible causes
have knowledge of the different treatments available
list sources of help and advice in a range of situations
have a clear understanding of how to work with these complex conditions

Course Content

Unit 1: Classifications of Personality Disorder
Diagnostic criteria – DSM – ICD

Unit 2: History and an explanation of Personality Disorders
What are personality Disorders?
Paranoid
Schizoid
Schizo typical
Anti Social
Borderline
Histrionic
Narcissistic
Avoidant
Dependant
Obsessive  

Unit 3: Presentation Of Personality Disorder
Self Harm
Coping with Borderline Personality Disorder
Eating disorders
Addictions
OCD – Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Stress
Anxiety
Depression & Bipolar
Dissociative Disorders

Unit 4: Common Generalisations and misconceptions
Manipulative
Attention seeking
Demanding
Obstructive

Unit 5: Causes of Personality Disorders
Developmental                         
The role of Peers
Biological
Genetic
Physical

Unit 6: Treatments
Medications, Anti Depressants, Anti Psychotics, Mood Stabilizers
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Mentalisation based treatment (MBT)
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)
Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT)
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) 
Therapeutic Communities
Day Hospitals
Solution Focused Therapy
Treatment research
EMDR – Eye Movement desensitisation restructuring

Unit 7: Mediation
What is Mediation
When is Mediation called for
Responsibilities
Preliminaries
The Introductory Phase
Problem Definitions
Respect the Parties’ Ability to reach a settlement
Caucus Meetings
The Second session
Teamwork
The Agreement
Attributes of a Good Mediator

Unit 8: Working with personality disorder
Therapeutic relationship
The importance of supervision
Crisis management
Prognosis

Qualifications

Upon completion of this course, you will receive a Level 3 NCFE Certificate in Working With Personality Disorders.

Examination Centre

There is no exam as such, although you will be required to complete a series of tutor marked assignments. Assessment takes the form of a series of tutor marked assignments plus one extended essay. There is no specific word count for the assignments but you have to prove to your tutor that you have fully understood the question. One-word answers will not be sufficient.

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

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 Course

English