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Short Course on Mental Health

Introduction

Mental Health is one of the leading causes of ill health and disability worldwide. World Health Organisation statistics estimates that more than 450 million people are suffering from mental health disorders. In South Africa mental healthcare services have been neglected and are under-resourced, there is a lack of technical capacity and possibly a lack of concern, according to key findings of the Human Rights Commission Report on the state of mental healthcare (2019) This report followed the damning findings of the Life Esidimeni tragedy where more than 144 people died in the process of de-institutionalisation.

Learning Outcomes

On achieving this course, a learner will be able to:

Recognise symptoms of mental illness in conducting a psychiatric interview
Classify and diagnose mental disorders in adults and children
Utilise information on psychiatric drugs to effectively treat mental illnesses
Implement requirements of MHA and improve referral protocols
Manage psychiatric emergencies in compliance with the MHA
Introduce mental health promoting strategies

Who Should Enroll

All healthcare practitioners with an interest in mental health.

Course Design

This is an online course. Participants have 3 months from date of registration to complete the assessment component.

Course Content

The following modules are included in this short course:

The psychiatric interview
Symptoms and signs of psychiatric illness
Classification in psychiatry
Neurocognitive disorders
Neuropsychiatric aspects of HIV/AIDS
Schizophrenia spectrum, and other psychotic disorders
Depressive and bipolar disorders
Anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive and related disorders and trauma-and-stressor-related disorders
Personality disorders
Somatic symptoms and related disorders
Dissociative disorders
Disruptive, impulsive-control and conduct disorders
Substance-related and addictive disorders
Feeding and eating disorders
Geriatric psychiatry
Depressive, bipolar and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders in children
Psychiatric emergencies
Suicide
Prescribing psychiatric medications
The mental healthcare act
Ethics in Mental Health
Autism spectrum disorder and adolescent and child psychiatry

Assessment

Participants are assessed on the self-study component of the course through means of a multiple-choice questionnaire for which a pass mark of 70% is required.

Accreditation

Accredited according to the HPCSA’s Medical and Dental Board Guidelines for Health Care Professionals for 26 Clinical & 4 Ethical CEU’s on Level 2.

Certification

To qualify for the certificate of completion for this short course, participants should complete the self-study component and successfully pass the assessment.

Course Fee

R4 000.00 (Inclusive of all VAT and taxes where applicable)

Contact

Tel: 012 816 9000 | Fax: 086 550 3692
Email: healthscience@foundation.co.za

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Medical Practice Consulting (MPC) is a subsidiary of The Foundation for Professional Development (registered with the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) as a Private Higher Education Institution (PHEI) in terms of Section 54(1)(c) of the Act and Regulation 16(4)(a)) and a group company of The South African Medical Association (SAMA). MPC is an institutional member of the South African Institute for Health Care Managers (SAIHCM).