1. Mental Health awareness Presented By: Amanda Robinson

2. Programme Introduction & Ground Rules Mental illness Recognising signs Working with an individual Mental Health Act Mental Capacity Act

3. Ground Rules Confidentiality Personal Experience Respecting others opinions Personal welfare Telephones – off

4. Mental Illness Depression Bi Polar Affective Disorder (Manic Depression) Seasonal Affective Disorder Post Natal Depression Puerperal Psychosis Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Self Harm

5. Mental Illness Cont. Schizophrenia Schizoid Affective Disorder Personality Disorders (Borderline/Emotional Intensity Disorder) Phobias e.g. Social Phobia Autistic Spectrum Disorder Aspergers Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

6. Mental States Depressive state: A state of unhappiness that can be debilitating in its severity or duration. It can be a relatively short-lived response to an event (as in post natal depression or seasonal affective disorder) or a recurrent state with no obvious cause. Psychosis: Holding an understanding, perception and interpretation of reality that is not shared by others of the same culture. Neurosis: An intrusive, recurring concern that is coupled with a repeated action aimed at dispelling it e.g. OCD

7. Recognising Signs Severely Withdrawn Lack of eye contact Chaotic thought process Auditory Hallucinations - Listening to someone else Visual Hallucinations Paranoia

8. Side - Effects No guaranteed similarity from one individual to another Weight gain, dry mouth, lethargy, tremors, sexual difficulties and dysfunction constipation, dietary problems, excessive sweating Major s/e Tardive Dyskinesia and parkinsoniam conditions Procyclidine

9. Working with an Individual Ask the Client Scaling – Solution Focused Brief Therapy Stay calm Do not collude with paranoid or psychotic thinking Take suicide threats seriously

10. Disability Discrimination Act Reasonable Adjustments Application forms Interviews

11. Section 136 - Mentally Disordered Person Found in Public Places This order authorises a police officer who finds a person to be suffering from mental disorder, in a place to which the public have access, to remove him/her to a place of safety. (there is generally a local agreement in place, to define a place of safety)

12. Mental Capacity Act A presumption of capacity The right for individuals to be supported The right to make unwise decisions The best interests Least restrictive intervention

13. Resources Mental Health Foundation www.mentalhealth.org.ukwww.mentalhealth.org.uk Mind www.mind.org.ukwww.mind.org.uk Rethink www.rethink.orgwww.rethink.org The Samaritans www.samatitans.org.ukwww.samatitans.org.uk Sane 08457 678 000 (daily from 12 am- 2 am) British National Formulary BNF www.bnf.orgwww.bnf.org National Institute of Health & Clinical Excellence www.nice.org.uk www.nice.org.uk Electronic Medicines Compendium www.emc.medicines.org.uk www.emc.medicines.org.uk Depression alliance www.depressionalliance.orgwww.depressionalliance.org