Course: Non-Communicable Diseases, Emergency Care and Mental Health Part 2 - Ethiopia (Full)

Topic outline

General
- About/License Page
- Pre-test Quiz
Topic 1
Introduction to Mental Health
Topic 2
Assessing a Person with Mental Illness
- Introduction Page
- Learning Outcomes Page
- How common are mental health problems? Page
  How common are mental health problems?
- The severity of mental illnesses Page
- Priority mental health disorders Page
- When to suspect a mental health problem Page
- Common symptoms of severe mental illness Page
- What to look out for in a person with SMI Page
- Assessing the general risks from mental illness Page
  Assessing the general risks from mental illness
- The main risks in mental illness Page
- Assessing the risk of suicide and self-harm Page
  Assessing the risk of suicide and self-harm
- Questions to ask someone who has self-harmed Page
  Questions to ask someone who has self-harmed
- Asking about possible suicide when someone has a mental illness Page
- Summary Page
- Quiz
Topic 3
General Management Principles in Mental Health Care
- Introduction Page
- Learning Outcomes Page
- General approaches to people with mental health problems Page
- Listening with interest Page
- Acceptance people's beliefs Page
  Acceptance people’s beliefs
- Interest in individuals Page
- Encouraging emotional expression Page
- Recognition of the needs of people with mental health problems Page
- Reassurance Page
- Non-judgemental attitude Page
- Maintain confidentiality Page
- Management of people with mental illness Page
  Management of people with mental illness
- Identification of people with mental illness in the community Page
  Identification of people with mental illness in the community
- Care of people with emergency mental health conditions Page
- Referral Page
- Follow-up Page
- Summary Page
- Quiz
Topic 4
When Somebody has Low Mood or Depression
- Introduction Page
- Learning Outcomes Page
- What depression is and why it is important Page
  What depression is and why it is important
- How to assess a person with depression Page
  How to assess a person with depression
- What causes depression? Page
- Grief and depression Page
- Mood disorders in the postnatal period Page
  Mood disorders in the postnatal period
- What can you do when you suspect someone has depression? Page
- Determining how bad the depression is Page
- What you do next Page
- What you should know about medication Page
- What you should know about the course of depression Page
- What you should tell a person with depression Page
- Exploring why the person might have become unwell Page
- What might and might not help with the depression Page
- What happens after you refer the person Page
  What happens after you refer the person
- Be prepared to discuss whatever questions the person may have Page
- Summary Page
- Quiz
Topic 5
Psychoses
- Introduction Page
- Learning Outcomes Page
- What are psychoses? Page
- The effects of psychosis Page
- Classification of psychoses Page
- Acute psychoses Page
- Signs and symptoms of acute psychoses Page
  Signs and symptoms of acute psychoses
- Chronic psychoses Page
- Signs and symptoms of chronic psychoses Page
  Signs and symptoms of chronic psychoses
- Recurrent psychoses Page
- Signs and symptoms of recurrent psychoses Page
- Organic psychoses Page
- Signs and symptoms of acute organic psychoses Page
- Signs and symptoms of chronic organic psychoses Page
- Early recognition and identification of psychoses Page
  Early recognition and identification of psychoses
- Referral Page
  Referral
- The management of psychoses Page
- Management of acute psychoses Page
- Management of chronic psychoses Page
- Management of recurrent psychoses Page
- Management of organic psychoses Page
- Management algorithm Page
  Management algorithm
- Advice and support for patients and their families Page
- Summary Page
- Quiz
Topic 6
Substance Use Problems
Topic 7
Epilepsy and Dementia
- Introduction Page
- Learning Outcomes Page
- Epilepsy Page
- Types of seizure Page
- Features of seizures Page
  Features of seizures
- Attitudes towards epilepsy Page
  Attitudes towards epilepsy
- The causes of epilepsy Page
  The causes of epilepsy
- Emergency treatment for epilepsy Page
  Emergency treatment for epilepsy
- Drug treatment of epilepsy Page
- Reasons for referral Page
- Dementia Page
- Treatments for dementia Page
- Prevention of dementia Page
- Summary Page
- Quiz
Topic 8
Mental Health Problems in Daily Life
- Introduction Page
- Learning Outcomes Page
- Physical complaints without an identifiable medical cause Page
  Physical complaints without an identifiable medical cause
- Physical complaints without an identifiable medical cause: what can you do to help? Page
- Anxiety disorders: worries that seem too much Page
  Anxiety disorders: worries that seem too much
- Difficulty with sleep Page
- Violence, accidents and mental health Page
- Mental health problems due to life-threatening violence or accidents Page
- Intimate partner ('domestic') violence Page
  Intimate partner (‘domestic’) violence
- Summary Page
- Quiz
Topic 9
When Children Have Problems
- Introduction Page
- Learning Outcomes Page
- When children develop normally Page
  When children develop normally
- A child who develops slowly Page
- What causes intellectual disability? Page
- What can you do when you suspect ID? Page
  What can you do when you suspect ID?
- Educating parents Page
  Educating parents
- Sexual adjustment Page
- Preventing ID Page
- Enuresis Page
- How common is enuresis and what is its impact? Page
- What causes enuresis? Page
- Treatment of enuresis Page
- Child abuse Page
- What do you do if you suspect child abuse? Page
- Other childhood problems Page
- Summary Page
- Quiz
Topic 10
Prevention and Promotion Activities for Mental Health
- Introduction Page
- Learning Outcomes Page
- Raising awareness about mental health Page
- What are we trying to achieve? Page
- Mental health promotion and primary prevention Page
- Promoting a happy, healthy childhood Page
  Promoting a happy, healthy childhood
- Reducing exposure to violence Page
  Reducing exposure to violence
- Reducing alcohol and khat use Page
  Reducing alcohol and khat use
- Coping with life's problems Page
  Coping with life's problems
- Secondary prevention: screening and early treatment Page
- Screening for specific mental illnesses Page
- Getting early treatment for mental illness Page
- Suicide prevention Page
- Tertiary prevention: reducing the negative impact of mental illness Page
- Nutrition and physical health Page
- Helping people who are restrained Page
  Helping people who are restrained
- Living a normal life Page
- An awareness-raising meeting in the community Page
- Who needs to know? Page
  Who needs to know?
- How do I raise awareness within the community? Page
  How do I raise awareness within the community?
- Summary Page
- Quiz
Topic 11
Disability and Community Rehabilitation
- Introduction Page
- Learning Outcomes Page
- Models of disability Page
  Models of disability
- The charity model Page
  The charity model
- The medical model Page
- The social model Page
- The human rights model Page
- Types of impairments Page
- Mobility and physical impairments Page
- Sensory impairments Page
- Intellectual impairments Page
- Multiple impairments Page
- Appropriate and acceptable language Page
- Appropriate and inappropriate terms Page
- Communication with people who have impairments Page
- Myths and facts about disability Page
- Situation of disability in Ethiopia Page
- The twin- track approach Page
- Mainstream programmes and services Page
- Disability-specific programmes and services Page
  Disability-specific programmes and services
- Community-based rehabilitation (CBR) Page
  Community-based rehabilitation (CBR)
- UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Page
- Summary Page
- Quiz