Complete Guide to Mental Health and Mental Illness

This course is designed to cover a large range of aspects involved with Mental Health Care. The course will be regularly updated with new sections added. It is delivered from the view point of a care worker / provider and will be useful for those wanting to embark on a career in mental health, want to learn more for personal reasons and those who are already working in care but would like to improve there ability to care for clients with mental illness.

"Very good Introduction to Mental Health and its symptoms. Very informative instructor and very supportive of comments made. Extremely friendly, interesting approach to learning and certainly a field I would like to further myself in. I learnt more about myself than anything else on this taster session. Highly recommended." - S. Hamid

"This is the first time I had attended an online training session and would certainly be looking for further sessions it was easy and very informative."- J. Willenhall

Students will be introduced to the causes of mental illness and the various types of illnesses.

Students will develop an awareness of the signs and symptoms of these conditions and how they may affect people’s day-to-day lives.

You will also gain an insight into how these conditions can be successfully managed and treatment options available.

The course is split into different sections with various support documentation and quizzes. The information is delivered via presentations with audio.

The course is aimed at anyone with an interest of improving their knowledge of mental health including; healthcare workers, those seeking career progression, individuals with a personal experience of mental health and employers who would like to support their staff.

We will cover various illnesses such as;

• Schizophrenia

• Bi-polar Affective Disorder

• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

• Depression

• Eating Disorders

I am a qualified mental health professional and have worked in various settings during my career. I started my career working in secure services supporting people with Schizphrenia, Bi-Polar and Personalilty Disorder. I then began to work with service users with Dementia and progessed down the management route of the private healthcare sector. I have also experienced working in the following settings; substance misuse, accident and emergency, community healthcare and crisis teams.

I now dedicate my time to training others in healthcare and specialise in mental health and dementia. My aim is to assist people to understand the implications and impacts of the illnesses in order to improve knowledge, career prospects and overcome any stigma attached to the illnesses.

I pride myself on presenting the information in a clear manner and drawing on my own personal experience to give people working examples of how care can be improved in the sector.