Mental Health, Everyone’s Business

Overview

In this online module, you will explore concepts of mental health and mental illness from biological, psychological and social perspectives.  Attention will be paid to the socioeconomic influences on mental health and the impact that health inequalities has on people’s mental health and resilience. You will cover:

• Psychological Trauma Theory
• Contemporary mental health practice
• Mental health diagnosis and interventions
• Evidence-based mental health assessment

The impact of psychological trauma on physical, mental and social well-being will be specifically explored. The module is directly aligned to the Informed Level of the Trauma Training Competency Framework (NHS Education for Scotland 2018). This will allow you to contextualise psychological trauma informed care and values-based interactions relating to your own professional role. You will examine a range of relationship-based person centred strategies used within healthcare settings or with specific population groups.  

Focus will be on local, national and international perspectives of mental health as well as vulnerable groups including those who experience health inequalities, women who experience domestic violence, older people and minority ethnic groups, who frequently experience poorer mental health outcomes.  

The module will maximise the inter-professional learning opportunities throughout out the module through online group activities, discussion fora and live synchronous interactive teaching modalities.