Learning Outcomes: Know what is meant by mental health and mental ill-health; Understand the impact of mental health care becoming more community based; Understand the social context of mental illness; and Understand the legal context of mental illness.
Learning Outcomes: Understand the term ‘stress'; Understand possible causes of ‘stress'; Understand what stress feels like and how it can affect an individual; Understand how the demands of daily life can contribute to feelings of stress.; and Understand how stress may be managed and know some of the resources available to support the individual experiencing stress.
Learning Outcomes: Understand the terms ‘anxiety' and ‘panic attack'; Understand possible causes of anxiety; Understand what anxiety feels like and how it affects the individual, their friends and family; Understand that different ways of thinking and behaving can affect anxiety; Understand how anxiety may be managed and know some of the resources available to support the individual experiencing anxiety.
Learning Outcomes: Understand the term ‘phobia'; Understand the possible causes of phobia; Understand what a phobia feels like; Understand how a phobia affects the individual, their life and their friends and family; and Understand how phobias may be managed and know some of the resources available to support the individual experiencing a phobia.
Learning Outcomes: Understand the term ‘depression'; Understand the possible causes of depression; Understand what depression feels like; Understand how a person with psychotic depression may be affected; Understand how depression affects the individual, their life and their friends and family; Understand the demands of daily life that may contribute towards maintaining depression; and Understand how depression can be managed and know some of the resources available to support the individual experiencing depression
Learning Outcomes: Understand the term ‘post-natal depression'; Understand the causes of post-natal depression; Understand what post-natal depression feels like; Understand puerperal psychosis; Understand how post-natal depression affects the mother, the friends and family and impacts on bonding with the baby; Understand that the preparation for the birth can help reduce the risk of post-natal depression; Understand how post-natal depression may be managed and know some of the resources available to support the mother experiencing it; and Understand how puerperal psychosis may be managed.
Learning Outcomes: Understand the term ‘bipolar disorder'; Understand the causes of bipolar disorder; Understand what bipolar disorder feels like; Understand how bipolar disorder affects the individual, their life and their friends and family; Understand that demands of daily life can influence the presentation of symptoms of bipolar disorder; Understand how to recognise the symptoms of bipolar disorder to enable stability; and Understand how bipolar disorder may be managed and know some of the resources available to support the individual experiencing it.
Learning Outcomes: Understand the term ‘schizophrenia'; Understand how media representation of schizophrenia can create confusion about the illness; Understand the causes of schizophrenia; Understand what schizophrenia feels like; Understand how schizophrenia affects the individual, their life and their friends and family; and Understand how schizophrenia may be managed and know some of the resources available to support the individual experiencing it.
Learning Outcomes: Understand the term ‘dementia'; Understand the causes of dementia; Understand what dementia feels like; Understand how dementia affects the individual, their life and their friends and family; Understand how dementia may be managed and know some of the resources available to support the individual experiencing it; and Understand factors – including own actions – which may adversely affect a person with dementia.
Learning Outcomes: Understand the term ‘eating disorders'; Understand the causes of one specific eating disorder; Understand what one specific eating disorder feels like; Understand how one specific eating disorder may affect the individual, their life and their friends and family; and Understand how a specific eating disorder may be managed and know some of the resources available to support the individual experiencing it.
