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Foundations of Psychiatry and Mental Health Care

0–2 Hours
English
Beginner Level
CPD Accredited Certificate

$45.00

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Foundations of Psychiatry and Mental Health Care

Foundations of Psychiatry and Mental Health Care introduces the history, scope, language, assessment methods, ethical duties, and collaborative practices that underpin safe psychiatric care.

Foundations of Psychiatry and Mental Health Care introduces the history, scope, language, assessment methods, ethical duties, and collaborative practices that underpin safe psychiatric care. It moves from the biopsychosocial model and psychiatric formulation to interviewing, mental-state examination, risk assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, recovery, and continuity of care. The course is designed to help learners reason carefully while maintaining respect for autonomy, culture, dignity, and lived experience.

What You Will Learn In This Course

Explain the central concepts of establishing a sound psychiatric foundation using accurate psychiatric language.
Conduct or support structured, respectful, and culturally responsive assessment within professional scope.
Integrate symptoms, mental-state findings, physical health, development, social context, strengths, and patient preferences into a working formulation.
Recognize urgent safety concerns, uncertainty, diagnostic bias, treatment risks, and situations requiring senior or multidisciplinary escalation.
Communicate clinical reasoning clearly in handover, documentation, case discussion, psychoeducation, and shared planning.
Apply reflection, case analysis, and knowledge checks to improve safe, recovery-oriented practice.

Course Modules

10 modules
3

Module 3

Module 3: Mental-State and Physical Assessment

6 topics

Who Is This Course For?

  • Medical students, psychiatry residents, nurses, psychologists, social workers, allied health professionals, support workers, and learners preparing for supervised mental-health practice.

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