Sample topics
Cultural Awareness
Learn how broad aspects of culture influence the clinical relationship, the understanding of mental disorder and the impact of disorders on individuals, families and communities.
Mental health histories and MSE
This topic covers relevant components of a mental health history and the components of a detailed mental status examination.
Pharmacological Interventions
This topic discusses how commonly prescribed pharmacological treatments work through a common schema for classes of mental health drugs. It also covers techniques for monitoring the impact of medications and collaboration to maximise effectiveness.
Recovery
This topic defines the concept of 'recovery'. It teaches you to Identify principles that can both support and hinder the processes of individual recovery.
Risk Assessment and Management
Risk is an inevitable part of mental health practice (Holloway, 1997). This topic identifies principles and tools available to support practitioners in assessment and management of risk. We discuss different kinds of clinical risk, risk assessment, risk formulation, and risk management as well as positive risk taking. The topic highlights an innovative program designed to improve clinical risk management, and provides some brief, current information on suicide and its prevention.