Course Contents

• What is Mental Health? - Defining Mental Health
• Common causes of Mental Health
• Some Mental Health Conditions- Schizophrenia, Psychosis, etc.

• Institutionalization Description and Labeling of Mentally Ill Patient - A brief history of mental health institutionalism

• Mental Illness and imprisonment

-          The Criminalization of mentally  ill patients

-          Services available to the mentally ill

-          Community Mental Health Services

-          Hospital Services

• Mental Capacity Act and Sectioning of Mentally Ill Offenders

• Post Release and the Role of  Support Workers

• Post Release issues  faced by Mentally Ill Offenders

Who and Which Organizations would benefit from this course?

• People who own and or working in services registered with the Care Quality Commission, Probation Service, Police, Different Community and Family Liaising Officers, Health and Social Care setting.

Who should attend?

• Front line staff, support workers community health workers, families of people with Mental Health problems, or Mentally Ill Offenders

Course Duration: 6hrs (1 day)

Delivery Mode: Presentation, Group discussion, and Exercises.