As a practitioner of any modality, you may come across various mental health issues in your practice. In this workshop, you learn information & tools to assist you in understanding different mental health conditions.
Topics covered include:
- Undertand how mental illness is categorised
- Define some commonly used terms including: psychiatry, neurology and psychology
- Learn some strategies for addressing clients with mental health issues
- Define the concept of personality disorder
- Describe some common personality disorders
- Understand the concept of a mood disorder
- Describe the risk factors for the development of a mood disorder
- Identify the classification of mood disorders
- Describe the characteristics of some common mood disorders
- Recognise the spectrum of signs and symptoms of anxiety disorders
- Identify the characteristics of different anxiety disorders
- Define psychosis
- Understand the aetiology, signs and symptoms of schizophrenia
- Understand the definition of an organic brain disorder
- Recognise the characteristics of dementia and Alzheimer's disease
- Understand the definition of an eating disorder
- Identify the characteristics of some common eating disorder
- Recognise the impact of substance abuse in Australia
- Define some common terms related to substance abuse
- Identify some common illicit drugs
- Discover some helpful website resources for substance abuse
Who is this workshop for?
This Understanding Mental Health workshop is suitable for health care workers who have completed Anatomy & Physiology Body Structure, Anatomy & Physiology Body Systems & Integrative Anatomy & Physiology.
Participants receive a certificate upon completion.