The Mental Health Awareness (RQF) – Level 2 Course is designed to be studied by a broad spectrum of healthcare workers who would benefit from a greater understanding of Mental Health Awareness issues. It is equally suitable for the personal development of experienced health care workers or for those new to the industry.
The course includes topics on such issues as understanding mental health, stress, phobias, anxiety, eating disorders, post-natal depression and schizophrenia and will lead to a fully recognised RQF (Regulated Qualifications Framework) qualification in this subject. These are nationally recognised qualifications that are superseding the old NVQ framework qualifications.
On successful completion of this course, students will receive a Level 2 RQF Certificate Qualification with 13 credits.
The Mental Health Course Covers The Following Units:
Unit 1 – Understanding Mental Health
Learning Outcomes: Know what is meant by mental health and mental ill-health; Understand the impact of mental health care becoming more community based; Understand the social context of mental illness; and Understand the legal context of mental illness.
Unit 2 – Understanding Stress
Learning Outcomes: Understand the term ‘stress’; Understand possible causes of ‘stress’; Understand what stress feels like and how it can affect an individual; Understand how the demands of daily life can contribute to feelings of stress.; and Understand how stress may be managed and know some of the resources available to support the individual experiencing stress.
Unit 3 – Understanding Anxiety
Learning Outcomes: Understand the terms ‘anxiety’ and ‘panic attack’; Understand possible causes of anxiety; Understand what anxiety feels like and how it affects the individual, their friends and family; Understand that different ways of thinking and behaving can affect anxiety; Understand how anxiety may be managed and know some of the resources available to support the individual experiencing anxiety.
Unit 4 – Understanding Phobias
Learning Outcomes: Understand the term ‘phobia’; Understand the possible causes of phobia; Understand what a phobia feels like; Understand how a phobia affects the individual, their life and their friends and family; and Understand how phobias may be managed and know some of the resources available to support the individual experiencing a phobia.
Unit 5: Understanding Depression
Learning Outcomes: Understand the term ‘depression’; Understand the possible causes of depression; Understand what depression feels like; Understand how a person with psychotic depression may be affected; Understand how depression affects the individual, their life and their friends and family; Understand the demands of daily life that may contribute towards maintaining depression; and Understand how depression can be managed and know some of the resources available to support the individual experiencing depression
Unit 6: Understanding Post-Natal Depression
Learning Outcomes: Understand the term ‘post-natal depression’; Understand the causes of post-natal depression; Understand what post-natal depression feels like; Understand puerperal psychosis; Understand how post-natal depression affects the mother, the friends and family and impacts on bonding with the baby; Understand that the preparation for the birth can help reduce the risk of post-natal depression; Understand how post-natal depression may be managed and know some of the resources available to support the mother experiencing it; and Understand how puerperal psychosis may be managed.
Unit 7: Understanding Bipolar Disorder
Learning Outcomes: Understand the term ‘bipolar disorder’; Understand the causes of bipolar disorder; Understand what bipolar disorder feels like; Understand how bipolar disorder affects the individual, their life and their friends and family; Understand that demands of daily life can influence the presentation of symptoms of bipolar disorder; Understand how to recognise the symptoms of bipolar disorder to enable stability; and Understand how bipolar disorder may be managed and know some of the resources available to support the individual experiencing it.
Unit 8: Understanding Schizophrenia
Learning Outcomes: Understand the term ‘schizophrenia’; Understand how media representation of schizophrenia can create confusion about the illness; Understand the causes of schizophrenia; Understand what schizophrenia feels like; Understand how schizophrenia affects the individual, their life and their friends and family; and Understand how schizophrenia may be managed and know some of the resources available to support the individual experiencing it.
Unit 9: Understanding Dementia
Learning Outcomes: Understand the term ‘dementia’; Understand the causes of dementia; Understand what dementia feels like; Understand how dementia affects the individual, their life and their friends and family; Understand how dementia may be managed and know some of the resources available to support the individual experiencing it; and Understand factors – including own actions – which may adversely affect a person with dementia.
Unit 10 – Understanding Eating Disorders
Learning Outcomes: Understand the term ‘eating disorders’; Understand the causes of one specific eating disorder; Understand what one specific eating disorder feels like; Understand how one specific eating disorder may affect the individual, their life and their friends and family; and Understand how a specific eating disorder may be managed and know some of the resources available to support the individual experiencing it.
To find out more about Mental Health Awareness (Rqf) – Level 2 Course visit course provider website.
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