DEMYSTIFYING MENTAL ILLNESS

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Trainer: Robyn Bradey

This 1 day workshop is aimed at demystifying mental illness for people who haven’t been trained in the area but encounter the mentally ill in their work. It aims to provide some easy to understand definitions, how to spot a mental illness and management strategies. Includes Borderline Personality Disorder, Schizophrenia, Anxiety disorders and Depression. Participants are encouraged to bring examples of difficult situations that can be work shopped by the group.

Participants will be able to:

• Understand the workings of mental illness
• Recognise mental illness
• Have a basic set of crisis management tools