OVERVIEW
Would you like the flexibility of blended / distance learning and still achieve a qualification in mental health?
The course is designed to increase learners’ knowledge and understanding of mental health and mental wellbeing. Successful completion of the units required will allow the learner to develop in-depth knowledge and understanding of mental health. It will also support progression into relevant employment within the health and social care sector.
This qualification will focus on the study of mental health and mental wellbeing to support different occupational areas and offer breadth and depth of study, incorporating a key core of knowledge and understanding.
Units covered:
- Understanding mental health
- Understanding stress
- Understanding anxiety
- Understanding phobias
- Understanding depression
- Understanding postnatal depression
- Understanding bipolar disorder
- Understanding schizophrenia
- Understanding dementia
- Understanding eating disorders
- Understanding Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder – ADHD
- Understanding Obsessive Compulsive Disorder – OCD
- Understanding Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder – PTSD