Able Training / Understanding Mental Health & Mental Illness

Understanding Mental Health & Mental Illness

An in-house training course designed to increase understanding, decrease stigma and promote and provide support for those affected by mental illness

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Understanding Mental Health & Mental Illness

“Mental health” and “mental illness” are increasingly used as if they mean the same thing, but they do not. Everyone has mental health, just like everyone has health. A mental illness is a condition that affects the way people think, feel, behave, or interact with others. This full day or half day course outlines the differences and allows delegates to better understand various conditions of mental illness, with the aim to increase understanding, decrease stigma and promote support for those affected by mental health conditions.

What does this course cover?

This course covers a variety of mental health conditions and illnesses, including PTSD, Anxiety, Depression, Substance Abuse, and Eating Disorders. The aim of the course is to equip delegates with an awareness and knowledge of mental health conditions, and how they might best support and care for those suffering from mental illness.

Who is this course for?

This course is ideal for anyone who works with, or supports groups or individuals with, a mental health condition or mental illness. It is also beneficial for anyone looking to obtain additional knowledge and training in the recognition and treatment of a variety of mental health conditions. For in-depth, condition specific training learners may want to consider our awareness courses. For further information on the immediate care and support of an individual with mental illness, please see our course page on Mental Health First Aid.

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to…

State the difference between mental health and mental illness
Identify causes of mental illness
Identify myths and truths around the subject of mental health
Improve language to reduce stigma
Describe various forms of mental illness including depression, anxiety, eating disorders, personality disorders and schizophrenia
Understand terms like psychosis and neurosis
Identify links to self harming behaviour
Assess potential suicide risks
Promote positive mental health in themselves and others

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How much does it cost?

Our prices are personalised to the company, including how many delegates, and location. Please make an enquiry to get a personalised quote with no hidden costs.

Where do you cover?

We cover the whole of the UK.

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I can say with all truth that this service is class A1. We have used there Breakaway Restraint/conflict management & also E-learning courses services for many years now & everything has been delivered professionally and extremely clearly with no problems.

I have been on several training courses run by this company over the last. Each time the trainer have been really good at making the course contact interesting and interactive. This certainly helps me to remember everything. Would recommend them.

I absolutely love attending training with Able Training. The courses are professionally prepared and delivered and the trainers are of a very high standard and are very engaging and knowledgeable. Awesome!

Fantastic training , I have participated in a number of courses over the last 12 months , each course has been very interesting and helpful to my role as a foster Carer , the information is presented in a interesting way and gets each point across effectively, I would highly recommend them ! I am looking forward to more in the near future .

Able training delivered Conflict management to our staff and they all found it extremely useful, feedback included; 'I really enjoyed this course, I found the facilitator very enthusiastic and passionate about the subject. The course was highly informative and I would recommend it. Thank you Able training!

Great 'Restraint training' course at Earlham Primary School in North London. Very professional and would highly recommend to other schools. Friendly, to the point, and tailored to our requirements. Thank you.