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Time: 10 hours
Level: Introductory
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 Introduction Resource- This unit explores a number of issues relating to mental health practice. It starts by helping you define and understand the difference between mental health and mental illness. It also explores the discrimination...
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| | 1 Defining and understanding mental health and illness
- 1.1 Introduction Resource
- Like many subjects, mental health is complex. This is partly because the language used in discussions about mental health is diverse, can mean different things to different people, and can sometimes be...
- 1.2 Boundaries between mental health and illness Resource
- What do you think it means if someone is described as ‘mentally healthy’? Think of all the different ways of describing ‘mental health’ you can and write them out on one side of a sheet of paper. For example,...
- 1.3 Models of understanding in mental health Resource
- Because mental health is such a complex area, it is important that the models of understanding which are applied to it are broader than the ‘biomedical’ one alone, which focuses simply on professional...
- 1.4 A community resource centre in action
- It is clear that the well-being of communities and the well-being of the individuals within them are intrinsically linked. The Orchard Centre is a community resource centre for people with mental health...
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| | 2 Social work skills: empowerment and advocacy
- 2 Social work skills: empowerment and advocacy Resource
- Qualified social workers are expected to have the necessary skills to empower service users to participate in assessments and decision making and also to ensure that service users have access to advocacy...
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| | 3 Stigma and discrimination in mental health
- 3.1 Understanding stigma Resource
- In the first half of Section 3, the focus is on the nature of the stigmatisation and discrimination which can be experienced by people with mental health problems. The section then turns to consider racism...
- 3.2 Racism in mental health services Resource
- Research has shown that people from particular minority ethnic groups are over-represented in some psychiatric diagnostic categories compared with others. One of the most hotly debated issues concerns...
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| | 4 The social work role in mental health services
- 4.1 Mental health specialists Resource
- Social workers are often regarded as the chief proponents of the social model of mental health. Because of the value-base of social work, they are also often seen as being in a strong position to challenge...
- 4.2 Essential shared capabilities for mental health Resource
- While professional groups will be expected to retain their distinctive roles to some extent, the demand for change is increasingly strong. Professionals are increasingly expected to focus on the range...
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- 5 Conclusion Resource
- This unit has picked up on a number of key themes relating to mental health practice. For example, you have considered the effects of discrimination that can arise when people experience some form of mental...
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