Who is this training for?
Employees who work with service users experiencing psychiatric disorders.
Supporting adults with psychiatric disorders
Understanding psychiatric disorders
- Different models and understandings of mental illness throughout history, including the influence of environment and culture.
- What are hallucinations and delusions? How should you respond in your professional role?
- The stress–vulnerability model.
- The role of psychological support and medication: how psychotherapy and biological treatments work together.
- The role of the person’s social, family and emotional environment in their illness.
Learning objectives
- Develop a clear, rational and objective understanding of mental illness.
- Understand and develop your capacity for empathy to improve the support you provide to people experiencing mental illness.
- Observe clinical signs that should be reported to the care team and supervisors.
- Recognise inappropriate responses or boundaries in your professional role.