Navigating Mental Health: A Primer for Support Workers [6]

Gain vital skills in mental health support. Learn to identify, understand, and assist with common mental health conditions. Essential for caregivers.

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Course curriculum

1. How to use this course
2. Before we begin...
1. What is mental illness, stigma and what are the causes of mental illness
2. Test your learning
3. Environmental Factors and Mental Health
4. Environmental Factors causing mental illness – Focus on Lead Exposure
5. Background information
6. Exposure to lead
7. The impact of lead on the developing brain
8. Fighting mental health stigma
9. What's next...
10. Environmental causes of mental illness
1. Causes of mental illness
2. Practise Quiz
1. Environmental factors causing mental illness - focus on childhood trauma
2. Exposure to trauma
3. Introduction to trauma Informed Care & Supporting children to heal
4. Practise quiz
1. Common Mental Health Disorders and ADHD
2. Reflection activity
1. Autism
2. Reflection Activity
1. Schizophrenia
2. Reflection Activity: Schizophrenia
1. Alcohol and Drug Abuse
2. Reflection Activity
1. Sleep Disorders
2. Reflection Activity
1. Eating disorders
2. Reflection Activity
1. Lesson 1: What is Depression?
2. Lesson 2: Symptoms of Depression
3. Lesson 3: Causes of Depression
4. Lesson 4: Impact of Depression on Individuals' Lives
5. Quiz
1. Important Information
2. Lesson 1 Understanding self-harm: Definition
3. Lesson 2 Understanding self-harm: Symptoms and Causes
4. Lesson 3 Understanding self-harm: Causes of Self-Harm
5. Lesson 4 Understanding self-harm: Impact of Self-Harm
6. Self-harm Quiz 1
7. Lesson 5 Communication Strategies: Effective Communication Strategies
8. Lesson 6 Communication Strategies: Asking the Right Questions
9. Self-harm Quiz 2
10. Lesson 7 Support Strategies: Providing Immediate Support
11. Lesson 2 Communication Strategies: Long-Term Support
12. Self-harm Quiz 3
13. Help for Mental Health
14. References
1. Important information
2. Please stop and consider
1. Suicide prevention
2. Introduction
3. Objectives
4. Lesson 1: Safe Messaging
5. Lesson 2: Basic Epidemiology of Suicide
6. Lesson 3: Public Health Approach to Suicide Prevention
7. Lesson 4: Risk Factors
8. Lesson 5: Protective Factors
9. Quiz
10. Lesson 6: Warning Signs
11. Warning signs (Continued)
12. Lesson 7: Behavioural Changes
13. Lesson 8: Actions to Take
14. Lesson 9: Reporting and Directing to Support Services
15. New Lesson: Conclusion
16. Quiz
1. Personality disorders
2. Quiz
1. Mental Health Support Strategies
2. Quiz
1. Recovery Focused Care
2. Quiz
1. Person Centered Care
2. Person Centered Care Quiz
1. Mental Health Support strategies Part 2
2. Quiz Mental Health Support Strategies
1. How Can I Help? Supporting Mental Health Consumers in the Community
2. Quiz 2
1. Congrats! Here's what's next...
2. Test your learning Part 1
3. Test your learning Part 2
4. Before you go...

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Navigating Mental Health: A Primer for Support Workers [6]

Course curriculum

Welcome to the course!

Stigma and the causes of mental illness

Causes of mental illness

What is childhood trauma

Introduction to Common Mental Health Disorders & ADHD

Autism

Schizophrenia

Alcohol and Drug abuse

Sleep disorders

Eating disorders

Depression

Self-harm

Ready to continue

Suicide Prevention in Residential Care

Personality problems

Mental Health support strategies

Recovery Focused Care

Person Centered Care

Mental Health Support strategies Part 2

How Can I Help? Supporting Mental Health Consumers in the Community

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About this course

Discover your potential, starting today