Unit 1: Understanding Mental Health
- 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
- Understand the legal context of mental illness
Unit 2: Understanding Stress
- 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.
- Understand how stress may be managed and know some of the resources available to support the individual experiencing stress
Unit 3: Understanding Anxiety
- 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
- 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
- Understand how phobias may be managed and know some of the resources available to support the individual experiencing a phobia
Unit 5: Understanding Depression
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Understand how puerperal psychosis may be managed
Unit 7: Understanding Bipolar Disorder
- 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
- Understand how bipolar disorder may be managed and know some of the resources available to support the individual experiencing it
Unit 8: Understanding Schizophrenia
- 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
- Understand how schizophrenia may be managed and know some of the resources available to support the individual experiencing it
Unit 9: Understanding Dementia
- 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
- Understand factors – including own actions – which may adversely affect a person with dementia
Unit 10: Understanding Eating Disorders
- 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
- Understand how a specific eating disorder may be managed and know some of the resources available to support the individual experiencing it
Throughout this course, you may be expected to complete assignments, essays, research projects, presentations, video/audio recordings, and practical learning sessions to meet the requirements of your course. This information will be included in your study pack detailing exactly what you need to do to accomplish your goals as a student.
At the end of this course, successful learners will receive a Level 2 NCFE certificate of achievement. That means that it is independently accredited at a level of learning equivalent to Level 2 on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Accreditation by NCFE is a guarantee of quality.
You have up to a year to complete this course and we have included a suggested number of study hours below. This is usually ample time for learners, even with full-time jobs and other commitments. Don’t worry if you go over the year though, we can organise an extension to your course for a small fee, which also extends your tutor support.
The course is specially designed for study by distance learning. Throughout the course, there will be self-assessment questions, and tutor marked assignments (TMAs), to enable you to monitor your progress.
Q: Tell me about my Tutor Support?
You will have access to your personal tutor, via email, who will mark your assignments and guide you through the course to help you get ready for your examinations. In addition, you will be supplied with a comprehensive Study Guide which will help you through the study and assessment process. This is especially useful if you haven’t studied for a while.
Q: What skills are needed to enrol onto this course?
You don’t need any prior skills in the subject area to start.
Q: What is included in the cost of my course?
We provide all the specially written learning materials you require to study this course at home. The course fee also includes tutor support for 12 months.
Q: Are there any additional costs?
You will receive everything you need to complete this course within the study pack we send to you.
Q: Is there a required reading list?
No, all of the study materials are supplied within your learning pack.
Q: Do I have to sit an exam?
No, this course is assessed by coursework alone.
Q: What if I live outside the UK?
That’s fine, this course can be studied anywhere and is completed by submitting Tutor marked assignments (TMAs).
Q: What do I do if I still have questions?
Please check our FAQs section or Contact Us, we are happy to answer any questions you have.
