Assessing and Understanding Mental Health Problems  CPPD

Course Information

Course Content

This core elective module is designed for those involved in mental health services as clinicians, managers, and researchers. The module will link knowledge of condition distribution and risk factors with approaches to problem assessment and will maintain a clinical and service user informed approach, which will assist participants' abilities to contribute to the development and direction of service provision.

You will develop your understanding of the distribution and impact of mental health problems at a global, national and local as well as an individual level. You will also explore the epidemiology of mental health problems in relation to social and environmental factors, as well as examine the relationship between mental and physical health.

Module Dates:

10th, 17th, 24th, 31st May; 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th June; 5th July 2018

Eligibility

Non EEA students can only apply as part of a programme, not as a stand-alone module.

• A current professional registration with a relevant professional/statutory body or equivalent
• At least one years' relevant clinical experience as a health or social care practitioner
• A satisfactory academic reference and a satisfactory clinical reference.

English Requirements

For those students whose first language is not English, the following qualification is also required:

• IELTS: 7.0

Please note that due to changes in the UKVI's list of SELTs we are no longer able to accept TOEFL as evidence of English language for students who require a CAS as of April 2014.