| Transcultural Mental Health Care - (Taught Course) |
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Students on this programme aim to:
* Develop more advanced understanding of the basis of assessment, diagnosis, formulation and care management of psychological disorders in general and then in diverse racial, ethnic and cultural groups drawing on cultural psychiatry, social sciences and allied disciplines.
* Have access to an academic programme that prepares competent practitioners to deliver effective mental health treatments for people with psychological problems.
* Develop knowledge of research methods and systematic and critical review.
* Develop and have access to a network of mental health professionals and established academics.
* Students on the Transcultural Mental Health programme will learn how to improve their assessment of mental health problems. The specific strength of the MSc is that students will develop am knowledge base derived from social anthropological, medical, sociological, epidemiological and pharmacological understanding of the presentation, expression and management of mental disordersm and psychological distress amongst Black and Ethnicm minorities. | | Requirements | Applicants should have a basic degree in a related subject and/or a professional qualification and have worked in the relevant subject area for at least one year. We wish to include people from diverse backgrounds and career pathways especially people working in the independent and voluntary sector and NHS | | Funding/Fees | http://www.qmul.ac.uk/tuitionfees/#1 |
| Dual Diagnosis - (Taught Course) |
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Initially, students will be introduced to the key issues in Dual Diagnosis while also reviewing and updating knowledge on Mental Health and Substance Misuse.
Students who commence with either a mental health, substance misuse or dual diagnosis background will achieve a common 'grounding' that will serve them in their place of work and as such can be studied either as a standalone module or taken as the initial module of the Adv Dip/PG Cert in Dual Diagnosis.
Progression onto the second module, 'Assessment and Treatment in Dual Diagnosis' will offer the opportunity of gaining the award of either Adv Dip or PG Cert; and will build on the previous module by equipping students with knowledge concerning the role of engagement, screening and assessment and deepen the students' knowledge and understanding of effective evidence based interventions used in treatment.
The current MSc component of the programme must be taken at the University and includes; modules on treatment and delivery systems and dual diagnosis research methods and a dissertation module. Dissertations can be studied in the traditional mode or as a work based learning project.
The modules are available at level 3 or 4 (with the exception of the MSc which is level 4 only). Those who study both the Foundation in Working in Dual Diagnosis and Assessment and Treatment in Dual Diagnosis modules at level 3 will gain the award of Advanced Diploma in Dual Diagnosis and those who study both modules at level 4 will gain the award of Postgraduate Certificate in Dual Diagnosis. | | Requirements | Evidence of previous ability to study at UK higher education level 2 for level 3 module, or at level 3 for level 4 module; to be in relevant employment; basic IT skills; access to the internet; familiar and confident in the use of Microsoft Office. | | Funding/fees | To be confirmed. |
| Mental Health Practice - (Taught Course) |
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Mental health service delivery has been under-going significant change in recent years, impacting on how and where mental health professionals carry out their practice and resulting in new modes of working and pressure to ensure a skilled and capable workforce. With such changes in mind, this programme is suitable for all mental health practitioners, providing an opportunity for professional development.
This practice-based course will help promote the development of core skills and capabilities in mental health practice and help you apply new or enhanced skills and understanding to your particular practice areas.
The course is informed by the requirements and expectations of the National Service Framework. | | Requirements | For Postgraduate Diploma and Masters courses the normal entry qualification is an Honours degree or equivalent. For some Postgraduate Diplomas alternative qualifications are accepted along with relevant work experience. The University considers each application on its merits and is prepared to admit candidates who can demonstrate they have reached the normal entry requirements on the basis of prior experiential learning. | | Funding/fees | http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/fees/postGrad.html |
| Psychology - (Research Course) |
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Research Interests:
Cognition
Attention and executive functions. Measurement and methodology in cognitive neuropsychology. Effects of lifespan development and neuropsychological conditions on social cognition and emotion processing. Visuospatial cognition. Eyewitness testimony. Language. (Prof. John Crawford, Prof. Amina Memon, Dr Louise Phillips, Dr Rebecca Bull, Dr Judith Hosie, Dr David Pearson, Dr Sandie Clelland, Dr Rachel Swainson).
Perception and Action
Movement and reaching planning. Disorders of perceptuo-motor control. Cortical blindness and glaucoma detection. Visual attention and spatial representation. Emotion and attention. (Dr Arash Sahraie, Dr Mark Mon-Williams, Dr Peter McGeorge, Dr David Carey, Dr Maarten Milders, Dr Philip Benson).
Social Neuroscience
Cognitive and neural underpinnings of social cognition. Neural substrates of person construal, face processing, self understanding and social memory. Facial attractiveness and face preferences. Mind-wandering. (Prof Neil Macrae, Dr Kevin Allan, Dr Alan Milne, Dr David Turk, Dr Ben Jones, Dr Lisa DeBruine, Dr Johnathan Smallwood).
Industrial Psychology
Human factors aspects of safety management and emergency response; measuring and managing safety culture/climate; incident command; occupational stress; emergency decision making; crew resource management; accident analysis (Prof R Flin, Dr K Mearns).
Health Psychology
Cognitive, emotional and behavioural processes associated with recovery from disability following a heart attack or a stroke; the interaction between people's health and the decisions, behaviour and emotions of patients and health care providers; psychological factors in the aetiology and treatment of coronary heart disease (Prof Marie Johnston, Prof Derek Johnston, Dr F. Sneihotta). | | Requirements | For entry requirements contact the Graduate School | | Funding/fees | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/registry/tuitionfees/ |
| Mental Health - (Taught Course) |
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Contemporary mental health services need an increasingly knowledgeable and flexible workforce to work across disciplinary boundaries and to incorporate users and carers into their practice areas. This course is designed to achieve this by enabling people to explore theoretical, philosophical and practice issues in relation to these rapidly changing mental health services.
Practitioners from any professional discipline working in contemporary mental health services are encouraged to apply. The course is also designed for non-professional people with experience of mental health services. These might be users and carers, or others with a vested interest in developing excellence in today's mental health services. | | Requirements | You should be a UK graduate with an honours degree with relevant content, or an international graduate with the equivalent qualification and a registered practitioner within the UK. | | Funding/fees | http://www.uwe.ac.uk/money/ |
| Tailor Made Training - (Workshop/Seminar) |
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| The Trust for the Study of Adolescence (TSA) offer training on a wide range of subjects in two major areas: Promoting the mental health and emotional well-being of young people and working with parents of teenagers. The TSA can tailor existing courses to particular requirements, or design others from scratch to the customer's specification. | | Funding/fees | The fees are based on the number of trainers per course with up to 14 participants for one trainer and 20 for two. Please contact the TSA for information on current fees. |
| Early Years Development and Infant Mental Health (ref. M9) - (Taught Course) |
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A part-time, two-year course for professionals working with infants, children under five or their families, in health or ‘children, schools and families’ settings
Who is this course for?
Professionals working with infants or pre-school age children and their families, in health or ‘children, schools and families’ settings.
| | Requirements | You must be working in a professional context with infants or pre-school age children and their families, e.g. family centre worker, midwife, health visitor, GP, paediatrician, clinical psychologist, social worker, specialist nurse, nursery teacher or nursery nurse. | | Funding/fees | http://www.tavi-port.org/fees/funding |
| Clinical Implications Of Attachment Theory - (Workshop/Seminar) |
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| The workshop was originally devised for psychotherapists, psychiatrists, art and music therapists, and clinical psychologists; but variants are available which are more specifically relevant for GPs, nurses, health visitors or social workers. The workshop is deliberately organised to encourage participants to engage in discussion of their own case material in terms of the theoretical perspective being outlined and the intermission between the two half days (usually a couple of weeks) is specifically designed to permit reflection on their ongoing casework and preparation of material for a brief presentation on the second day. The first day opens with a theoretical introduction, outlining how Attachment Theory posits a special instinct which stimulates proximity seeking to a caregiver, and detailing the developmental trajectories possible when this instinct is frustrated by a lack of sensitive responsiveness on the part of the actual carers among whom the infant chances to be born and grow up. The range of possible ‘attachment styles’ is then described, secure attachment contrasted with insecure, from the preoccupied/enmeshed to the dismissive or fearful avoidant, with particular attention paid to the dissociation experienced by those with a disorganised style, often associated with severe and enduring mental health problems. |
| Multi-Disciplinary Module in Parent-Infant Mental Health - (Short Course) |
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The course is directed at professionals working with infants and their families, who are looking to extend their knowledge and expertise in the field. The course addresses the parent-infant relationship. It draws upon techniques of direct observation of parent-infant interactions to assess normal and at-risk development, and to promote evidence-based practice.
Learning outcomes
* become informed about developmental research and clinical data on potential, capacities and pathways of development
* examine professional and personal criteria for evaluation of 'at-risk' development in infancy
* develop the technique of direct observation in relation to parent-infant interactions
* reflect on the professional use of self in work with parents and infants
* enhance intervention skills for the promotion of mental health in the infant.
The course addresses the trajectory of early development. The seminars look at current research data about the capacities of the newborn; contributions from psychoanalysis, attachment theory and infant developmental research to the understanding of early development; the parent-infant relationship and 'good enough' development; evidence-based identification of risk; working in the context of social legislation and policy and the wider professional network; intervention skills. | | Additional Information | The module is accredited for purposes of Continuing Professional Development with the Community Practitioners and Health Visitors Association and the GLPQ Consortium. | | Requirements | Candidates will be required to have a professional qualification in nursing, social work, medicine, education or psychology, and to be currently working with parents and infants. | | Funding/fees | £950. |
| Mental Health - (Workshop/Seminar) |
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This is a home study course. No matter how resourceful a person might be in coping with problems, life inevitably involves stress. Motives are not easily satisfied, obstacles need overcoming and choices made. We all develop characteristic ways of responding to these situations and the course examines these responses to frustration. It also explores concepts such as abnormality, self-knowledge and voluntary control, neuroses, psychoses and personality disorders.
Course Subjects
8 Lessons
* Physical & Social Environments
* Conflict Anxiety
* Stress Normality & Abnormality
* Defence Mechanisms
* Motives & Conflicts
* Neuroses & Psychoses
* Fears & Phobias
* Personality Disorders
* Treatment Methods. | | Additional Information | Students obtaining 70% or more marks in the final examination will be awarded the BSY Professional Certificate of Merit in Mental Health.
| | Funding/fees | £245.00 |
| Mental Health - (Research Course) |
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The Department of Mental Health has developed many research links both with Departments of the University and with other institutions. These links include collaboration with Molecular & Cell Biology, Biomedical Physics & Bioengineering, Psychology, Neuroradiology (MRI) and the Rowett Research Institute.
There is a computerised psychiatric case register which has data on all cases seen by the psychiatric services since 1962. This provides a resource for epidemiological research and provides a case-finding tool for other studies.
Research Interests:
Psychiatric Genetics, particularly the dementia's and schizophrenia; clinical and molecular genetic studies are being undertaken
Genetic Epidemiology of Alzheimer's Disease, vascular dementia and other severe mental illnesses, including schizophrenia, studies on ageing and health
Psychiatric Reactions to Trauma, including projects on the identification of prognostic indicators, the treatment of post-traumatic reactions and biological markers of such reactions
Molecular Neuropathology of Alzheimer's Disease, and in particular the therapeutic intervention of tau pathology | | Requirements | For entry requirements contact the Graduate School. | | Funding/fees | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/registry/tuitionfees/ |
| Mental Capacity and Mental Health (distance learning) - (Short Course) |
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The new Mental Capacity Act 2005 will likely come into force, as scheduled, in April 2007. Including an appreciation for the similarities and differences between this legislation (which is effective in England and Wales) and the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000, understanding the new legislative regime, and its effect on fundamental elements of medical practice, will be critically important for anyone dealing with the treatment of patients lacking the capacity to provide a valid consent for themselves.
Alongside general issues of mental health law, two particularly significant areas of relevance to the medical profession that arise from the new legislation will be explored in this module: the manner in which the new Act provides for consent to be given (or withheld) for proposed medical treatment of ‘incompetent’ patients by third parties (substitute decision-makers); and the effect that the new legal recognition of ‘advance directives’ will have on the decision making and discretionary ‘powers’ of medical practitioners. | | Future dates | Due to the ongoing demand for the Law and Medical Ethics short-courses, the programme will be run three times a year. |
| Older People and Mental Health - (Workshop/Seminar) |
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Learning outcomes - on completion of this module, participants will have met learning outcome 3.1 of the Knowledge Set for Dementia. Participants will have:
* Examined values and attitudes with regard to older people
* Some understanding of the effect of mental health conditions in old age
* Explored the role of the care worker in supporting older people with mental health conditions
* Discussed models of good care practice
Programme Includes:
Day 1
* Myths and stereotypes of old age
* Theories of ageing
* Medical problems specific to old age
* Theory and practice of person-centred care
* Mental health problems in old age - depression
Day 2
* Mental health problems in old age –- dementia
* Skills and competencies of carers
* A needs-led model for older people with mental health needs
* Case study applied to the needs-led model
* Therapeutic relationships and positive person work | | Future dates | Attendance choice: 1 day - 2 days
| | Requirements | Suitable for: Nurses, Health Care Support Workers, Care Managers, Home Carers, Social Workers, Social Care Support Workers, Occupational Therapists |
| Psychology - (Taught Course) |
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Master of Research (MRes) programmes are designed to equip students with the research skills necessary to go on to complete a PhD or to work as a researcher in commerce, industry, health or the government sector.
The programmes are suitable for individuals from a wide range of academic backgrounds, as well as professionals from industry, social or health services. The latter group, for example, might include practitioners who wish to develop or enhance their research knowledge, skills and careers.
The multi-disciplinary character of Human Sciences allows students to collaborate in leading international research in human development and ageing, sleep research, embodiment and discourse, work and health, and environmental ergonomics, influencing policy and practice around the world. | | Requirements | Minimum 2.1 in arelevant degree or equivalent. | | Funding/fees | http://www.lboro.ac.uk/admin/ar/funding/index.htm |
| Research Methods in Psychology - (Taught Course) |
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| The programme gives student's a thorough grounding in research methods in psychology. It trains student's in the fundamental aspects of quantitative and qualitative research, including research design, data collection and data analysis, and provides practical, 'handson' experience. There is also a seminar series on topical and controversial issues within psychology. The programme will appeal to people that would like to develop their career in experimental research, or to enhance your ability to apply research skills in either the public or the private sector. | | Requirements | You should normally have an undergraduate degree of at least upper second class standard in a relevant subject. | | Funding/fees | http://www.gold.ac.uk/pg/costs/ |
| Psychology - (Taught Course) |
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The Postgraduate Diploma / MSc in Psychology aims to provide graduates in disciplines other than psychology with the opportunity to obtain the Graduate Basis for Registration (GBR) with the BPS and to make progress toward a Masters qualification in Psychology.
GBR will allow you to pursue postgraduate training in applied areas of psychology associated with the Societies’ Divisions (e.g., Educational, Clinical Psychology etc). GBR is the first step toward gaining status as a Chartered Psychologist.
Modules
* Personality, Social and Developmental Psychology
* Cognitive Language and Biological Psychology
* Analysis of Quantitative Data
* Approaches to Qualitative Research and Analysis
* Pilot Dissertation
* Masters Dissertation
This is an optional module that moves your studies beyond a postgraduate diploma and into an MSc. | | Additional Information | We are seeking British Psychological Society approval for the award to provide eligibility for the Graduate Basis for Registration. | | Requirements | There are two elements to the entry requirements for this programme:
* A degree (not a pass degree) in a subject other than psychology or in psychology but which does not confer eligibility for the Graduate Basis for Registration of the British Psychological Society;
* The equivalent of at least half a year’s previous study of psychology at honours degree level. | | Funding/fees | The tuition fee for this MSc programme in 2009/10 is £3,800pa for full-time study, £1,900pa for part-time. Information for UK and EU students only. |
| Ageing and Mental Health - (Taught Course) |
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| The MSc is designed to provide a firm grounding in current concepts and research in Ageing and Mental Health. The course offers appropriately qualified health professionals and researchers working in the field of mental health of the elderly an in-depth academic knowledge of the normal and abnormal aspects of mental health in older people. It aims to develop critical skills in evaluating research and clinical practice, and to provide the theoretical basis to the concept, efficacy and procedures of the variety of clinical therapies applicable to older people. This qualification is unique as it will offer a masters degree in the mental health of older people which is multidisciplinary in its approach and provides an attractive and relevant combination of theoretical and applied knowledge and research skills. | | Requirements | A minimum of an upper second-class Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard.
The Ageing and Mental Health MSc is intended for health and social care professionals and researchers working in the field of mental health of older people. | | Funding/fees | http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/graduate-study/fees-costs |
| 16th International network for psychiatric nursing research (NPNR) conference - (Conference) |
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This year’s conference revisits the important theme of ‘collaboration’ in the pursuit of research which is created and undertaken within multiple partnerships.
Such partnerships may be with academics, with other disciplines, with clinicians or with service users – or increasingly with all of these and more! Achieving effective and equitable relationships requires all parties to be clear about values, purpose and boundaries of the collaborative work. Negotiating the principles of this collaboration above the self-interests of individuals, teams and organisations, is a constant challenge across the divides of language, geography and culture. We welcome examples of successful partnerships and their resulting outcomes but also those which illustrate the range of ‘dilemmas’ and ‘challenges’ for a contemporary appraisal of collaboration in mental health research. | | Funding/fees | Conference/Booking fees can be found at: http://www.rcn.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/303526/NPNR_CFP_2010.pdf | | Date(s) | 22/09/2010 to 23/09/2010 |
| Challenging Concepts in Mental Health - (Short Course) |
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| Mental health and mental ill health arecontested phenomena, which have given rise to complex societal responses which are often negative: the phenomena continues to challenge contemporary society. Stereotypical assumptions about mental ill health are pervasive, and this module aims to examine and deconstruct these issues critically, raising awareness to improve mental health practice and service provision. Particular attention is paid to issues of discrimination; inequalities; values; the promotion of social inclusion and the experience of service users and carers in the development of services. Current conceptions of, and approaches to, supporting users of services and carers and carers are discussed. | | Additional Information | Mode of Study: Intensive over 4 days
Assessment: By Poster Presentation – followed by a minute question and answer session. The student’s poster will offer a visual presentation of their in-depth, critical and systematic understanding of a key issue or concept in relation to contemporary mental health. | | Requirements | Prerequisites: Graduate Programme Entry Requirements and experience of mental health service provision. |
| Contemporary Perspectives and Challenges in Mental Health Practice - (Short Course) |
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| Mental health practice is a demanding and challenging arena, involving risk, conflict and meeting competing needs: it also occurs in a complex policy and legislative framework. The module aims to make accessible to students, up to the minute information on relevant theory and law and to facilitate the application of this new data and learning to professional practice and skills. A theme throughout will be reflection on practice, which will include own practice, that of multi-disciplinary teams and the influence of the organizational context. | | Additional Information | Mode of study: Extensive.
Assessment: All learning outcomes will be demonstrated in a portfolio omprising three, 2000 word structured analyses of practice. Small group sessions support students in the development of their portfolio of work. | | Requirements | PGCert Mental Health/ Mental Health; Social Work/ Psychiatric Practice. |
| Principles of Psychiatric Practice - (Short Course) |
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This 20-credit module, taught by expert senior clinicians, is specifically targeted at trainee psychiatrists and is designed as preparation for undertaking membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Through a combination of lectures, OSCE and MCQ, this module aims to enable students to increase their knowledge of the different theoretical approaches to, and understanding of, mental disorders in adults in preparation for the MRCPsych Part I. This module is held at trusts in the region on an irregular basis.
The module topics include:
• schizophrenia and delusional disorders
• bipolar disorders
• depressive disorders
• personality development and disorders
• neuroses
• stress-related disorders
• substance misuse
• organic psychiatry
Students will also explore:
• social origins of mental disorders
• cultural factors on presentation
• research evidence underpinning each disorder
• phenomenological and aetiological theories | | Additional Information | Mode of study: Intensive during semester 1.
Assessment: OSCE and MCQ (subject to approval). | | Requirements | Prerequisites: This module is targeted specifically at trainee psychiatrists, with access for other doctors who work closely with patients or clients with mental health illness and who might benefit from such a course. Doctors studying for membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists examinations will find the course particularly suitable for their study needs. Most applicants will be expected to have a minimum of two years relevant practice. |
| Practitioner with a Special Interest in Mental Health - (Taught Course) |
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This award pathway has been developed following consultation with PRIMHE, the Department of Health, Voluntary Organisations and the Royal College of General Practitioners.
This award therefore offers a new venture for postgraduate delivery of study and is primarily focused toward practitioners working in a primary and secondary mental health arena; on either a sessional, clinical, managerial basis; from a leadership and/or educational basis.
This award is focused upon an individual's personal and professional development, within from a specialised mental health perspective, thereby offering an exciting opportunity to review, reconsider and re-establish a range of diagnostic skills and assessment strategies and promote an understanding and enthusiasm for brain-mind illnesses, emotional health, mental health wellbeing and treatments of mental illnesses.
This individualistic and professional approach to skill examination therefore both supports and underpins a range of prescribed competencies, deemed essential to future practice by the Department for Health for future practice of General Practitioners with a Special Interest in Mental Health. | | Requirements | First degree or higher professional qualification in profession allied to mental health. Entry may also be possible for suitably experientially qualified students, by interview. | | Funding/fees | http://www.staffs.ac.uk/study_here/fees_and_funding/index.jsp |
| Recovery and Mental Health - (Short Course) |
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| This module is designed to critically examine the concept of recovery from the perspective of service users, carers, family members, clinical practitioners and the wider multi disciplinary team. It explores the changing perspectives, aspirations and focus of mental health care. It seeks to develop knowledge skills and expertise that will enable practitioners to work collaboratively with service users and colleagues, promoting empowerment and client autonomy. | | Additional Information | Twenty credits |
| Caring for People with Dementia - (Short Course) |
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| Recent government policies, legislation, standards and frameworks have placed the needs of people with dementia at the forefront of care priorities and strategies. Approaches of this type have been systematically evaluated to ensure that care and interventions are focused on the respect for individuality, personal choice and family support. The module has been designed to enable health and social workers to extend their knowledge and to enhance their understanding of the nature of dementia. You will be able to use a range of care strategies in your practice and extend your specialist interest in caring for older people with dementia. | | Additional Information | Assessment: A 6000 word care study using an appropriate community care framework. The topic and focus for this assignment is negotiated with the module leader. This is undertaken and applied within the student's own care setting.
| | Requirements | Target audience: The module is suitable for a multi-disciplinary audience and will be of interest to suitably experienced mental health nurses, social workers, occupational therapists, care assistants and other professionals working, or who have an interest in, caring for older people who have dementia. |
| Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Common Mental Health Problems - (Short Course) |
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| This module builds upon the Assessment and Engagement module and will introduce students to various therapeutic techniques, and to their use for clinical anxiety and depression in practice settings. Initial focus will be placed upon an understanding and appreciation of the theoretical concepts and idiosyncrasies of various disorders, together with an evaluation of research evidence to support the use of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). Relevant therapeutic techniques will be described, illustrated, examined and rehearsed. An understanding and appreciation of the appropriateness of such techniques within individual cases, as well as effective delivery, will be emphasised. You will be expected to see your training client each week, and prepare and present a clinical report each session. Additionally, you will be expected to contribute to the discussion of your colleagues' cases and to the overall work of the group. | | Additional Information | Assessment: Assessment will be by evaluation of a case study of a client treated during the module and by evaluation and by an audio-tape of a mid-treatment clinical session. Students will be expected to demonstrate at least a basic level of skill in applying CBT within a mid-treatment clinical session. On successful completion of the module it is envisaged that students will have some competence in the use of the CBT approach within their routine clinical practice but should not be considered as autonomous clinicians. | | Requirements | Target audience: Students should have successfully completed the Assessment module and have access to appropriate clients. Teaching will be through skills workshops, demonstrations, critical discussion and small group case supervision.
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| Mental Health & Therapeutic Interventions for Children & Adolescents - (Short Course) |
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The module examines the factors that influence mental health problems and disorders in children and adolescents, in the context of a culturally diverse and ethnically rich society. It also examines the difficulties that children or adolescents may experience alongside their families or carers. You will develop knowledge and skills of a variety of evidence-based therapeutic interventions, used to alleviate the child or adolescent's difficulties. The promotion of coping skills and resilience will also be addressed.
In addition, you will look at the establishment of effective therapeutic relationships and communication skills, as they are seen as an important factor in the process of any therapeutic intervention. | | Additional Information | Assessment: A 4000 word critical review of a chosen therapeutic intervention applied to a case. Students will also be assessed in their practice area by an experienced practice mentor using criteria set out in a practice assessment document.
| | Requirements | Target audience: This module is specifically designed for those professionals working in health, social and educational settings with children and young people affected by mental health problems/disorders and their families/carers.
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| International Mental Health Research - Methods & Applications - (Short Course) |
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The aim of this short course is to introduce key topics in international mental health, with a focus on developing policy driven research in developing countries. The course will focus upon the methods needed to ensure research is sensitive to cultural and health system factors. Beyond research methodology, the course will stress the need to make findings implemented in policy, and to consider the applications of intervention research. Lectures, practicals and group work will be used as teaching methods.
This training course is jointly run by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and the Institute of Psychiatry. | | Funding/fees | £120 - delegates from low-income countries
£300 - delegates from middle-income countries
£550 - delegates from high-income countries
£120 - full-time students without financial support |
| Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards - Where Are We Now? - (Conference) |
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The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) were introduced in April 2009 to provide for the lawful detention of individuals who lack capacity to consent to treatment or care requiring deprivation of liberty. Two new roles of Best Interests Assessor and Mental Health Assessor were introduced to, between them, apply the six qualifying requirements for lawful deprivation.
Deprivation of Liberty is not defined in statute and the application of qualifying requirements may prove challenging in practice. The uptake of the new scheme has fallen far short of the Government predictions. Case law following the introduction of DoLS may clarify where and to whom DoLS may apply.
This workshop aims to review the legal framework for lawful deprivation of liberty and bring delegates up to date with the latest decisions from the courts. It is also designed to deliver annual ‘further relevant training’ for DoLs Mental Health Assessors, which is required but not defined in regulations.
After you have attended this seminar you will be able to:
* demonstrate further relevant training to continue to act as a DoLS Mental Health Assessor
* appreciate the effects of recent case law and how these changes could affect your practice
* clarify where and to whom DoLS may apply. | | Funding/fees | £140 early booking rate (payment must be received by 5-Nov-10), £150 standard booking rate (payment received after 5-Nov-10). All learning materials, lunch and refreshments are included. | | Date(s) | 19/11/2010 |
| Working with People Who Self Harm - (Workshop/Seminar) |
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| Many people harm themselves in some way, by smoking, overeating, overworking, but some people harm and injure themselves in a more direct form and can be severe enough to be permanently disfiguring. Many who self harm do so as a way of surviving and coping with unbearable emotions, but then have to deal with a range of other problems from the results of the injury and a feeling that they can’t control the behaviour, to the reactions of others. The aim of this workshop is to promote better understanding of self-harming behaviours, the underlying meaning and function, and to share ways of working with people who harm themselves. This workshop is presented by Annette Morris, Accredited EMDR Practitioner, BACP Accredited Psychotherapist and Senior Counsellor/Psychotherapist at South West Yorkshire NHS Mental Health Trust. | | Funding/Fees | Medical staff
£235 early booking rate – payment must be received by 22-Sep-10
£250 standard booking rate – payments received after 22-Sep-10
Non-medical staff
£185 early booking rate – payment must be received by 22-Sep-10
£200 standard booking rate – payments received after 22-Sep-10 | | Date(s) | 06/10/2010 |
| A Practical Guide to Improving Mental Health in Primary Care - (Conference) |
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This one day conference provides delegates with the opportunity to hear from a variety of healthcare professionals on topics including;
Primary care mental health and well-being
Assessing and treating people with a mental health diagnosis in the community
Developing a mental health gateway between primary and secondary care
Improving and measuring the service users experience in primary care
Early recognition and intervention in primary care
Increasing access to employment and training for people with a mental health diagnosis
Ensuring a holistic approach: reducing stigma and social inclusion
The service user perspective
Supporting the redesign of primary care mental health services | | Funding/fees | http://www.healthcare-events.co.uk/conf/booking.php?action=programme&id=536 | | Date(s) | 03/11/2010 |
| Mental Health Congress 2010 - (Conference) |
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The Mental Health Congress has been designed to provide a flexible learning environment. Benefit from high-level plenary sessions and choose from a number streams to maximise your time at the event.
Pick and choose sessions from the following streams on the day to produce a tailor made and unique experience.
Day One
* Commissioning mental health services to world class standards
* Improving transitions and interfaces: Establishing a lifelong approach for those with long term mental illness
* Exploring what the future holds for the Increasing Access to Psychological
* Therapies (IAPT) initiative
* The patient experience and user involvement in service design.
Day Two
* Raising awareness of and reducing the stigma surrounding mental health
* Creating a robust and sophisticated debate around the issue of personalisation in mental health care
* Assessing the advances made in forensic and prison mental health
* The recovery model and effective outcome measurement in mental health
* Developing a well trained mental health workforce
* Safeguarding the future for Dual Diagnosis services.
All our sessions are CPD certified and are tailored to meet the needs of the event’s diverse audience. This congress and accompanying exhibition provides an opportunity to meet colleagues and experts from across the country. | | Funding/fees | http://www.emapconferences.co.uk/mhcongress/delegate-rates | | Date(s) | 09/11/2010 to 10/11/2010 |
| Trauma and Adult Mental Health - (Conference) |
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Childhood trauma as a result of abuse is frequently the catalyst for ongoing mental health related problems in adulthood. Statistics about trauma and adult mental health issues make shocking reading.
The impacts of trauma are far-reaching, touching every part of survivors’ lives. Social problems such as homelessness, physical manifestations such as self-harm and eating disorders and personal and emotional difficulties in forming healthy relationships are all possible outcomes. The conference will address some of the outcomes linked with childhood trauma; the pathways to recovery and possible therapeutic interventions that can be used.
Recovery is possible with survivors given support by mental health and social care professionals, therapists, voluntary organisations and carers. Male and female survivors may have different reactions and responses, and gender-specific workshops will explore the particular issues. The impact of domestic violence as a factor in childhood trauma and resulting longer-term attitudes and behaviour will also be explored as a separate issue.
Substance misuse is a particular area of concern and the expert speaker will explore the links between trauma and substance misuse in adults. The diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder will be analysed and explained – 90% of adults with dissociative identity disorder (DID) were abused as children.
A final session will revisit the issues around childhood abuse and describe ways in which early intervention can prevent the cycle repeating itself.
Aims of the conference:
* To understand the impact of childhood abuse and trauma on adults
* To describe some of the care and recovery pathways for survivors
* To raise awareness of the possible therapeutic interventions available
* To learn about gender-specific issues facing adults dealing with their childhood trauma experiences
* To understand the link between childhood trauma and substance misuse
* To learn about the dissociative identity diagnosis
* To find out how early intervention and prevention of childhood abuse should be undertaken. | | Funding/fees | £ 205.00 + VAT for Summer Sale rate - Public sector/educational/charity/NHS/local gov/voluntary orgs
£ 245.00 + VAT for Summer Sale rate - Central gov/private orgs
£ 145.00 + VAT for Summer Sale rate - Unwaged/student/small voluntary orgs
Book by 31st August 2010 to SAVE £50. | | Date(s) | 30/11/2010 |
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