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T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Authors and editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Technical Advisory Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Acknowledgements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Abbreviations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Aim and objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Structure of the manual and the course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Who are the participants? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Who is the facilitator? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Teaching methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Tips for facilitators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Preparing for the training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Evaluating the training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Including representation of people who have experienced a mental disorder . . . . . . . . 12 Useful background reading for the facilitator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 OVERVIEW OF DAYS AND SESSIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 TIMETABLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 DAY ONE - SESSION ONE: INTRODUCTION TO MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL DISORDERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Activity 1 – Introducing your other half . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Activity 2 – Community Health Workers’ ideas about mental disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 DAY ONE - SESSION TWO: MORE ABOUT MENTAL DISORDERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Activity 3 – Factors affecting mental health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Activity 4 – Symptoms of mental disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 DAY ONE - SESSION THREE: SEVERE AND COMMON MENTAL DISORDERS . . . . . . . . . . 33 Activity 5 – Severe Mental Disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Activity 6 – Common Mental Disorders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 AN INTRODUCTION TO MENTAL HEALTH 3
T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S DAY TWO - SESSION FOUR: MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID – PART ONE . . . . . . 43 Activity 7 – Revision of Day 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Activity 8 – Introduction to Mental Health First Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Activity 9 – Mental Health First Aid in Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Activity 10 – Responding to a person with unexplained physical complaints . . . . . . . . 51 DAY TWO - SESSION FIVE: MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID – PART TWO . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Activity 11 – Responding to a person experiencing excess worry and panic . . . . . . . . . 54 Activity 12 – Responding to a person who is unusually sad or thinking about suicide . . . 58 DAY TWO - SESSION SIX: MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID – PART THREE . . . . . . 63 Activity 13 – Responding to a person who is tired all the time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Activity 14 – Responding to a person with a sleeping problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Activity 15 – Responding to a person who is hearing voices, suspicious of others, or expressing unusual beliefs. . . . . . . . . . . . 67 DAY THREE - SESSION SEVEN: MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID – PART FOUR. . . . . . . . . . 70 Activity 16 – Revision of Day 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Activity 17 – Responding to someone who is engaging in harmful use of alcohol . . . . . 72 Activity 18 – Responding to a person who is threatening violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 DAY THREE - SESSION EIGHT: PRACTICE BASED SKILLS – PART ONE . . . . . . 77 Activity 19 – Introduction to counselling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Activity 20 – Counselling in action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Activity 21 – Visiting the affected person at home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 DAY THREE - SESSION NINE: PRACTICE BASED SKILLS – PART TWO . . . . . . . 85 Activity 22 – Supporting the family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Activity 23 – Referring to mental health professionals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Activity 24 – Understanding drug treatments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 4 AN INTRODUCTION TO MENTAL HEALTH
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Page 3: The development of this manual was
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2 DAY Session 5: Mental Health Firs
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“I hope they don’t ask me a que
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6. Gently hold your breath and coun
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• If the person is thinking about
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Ask each group in turn to call out
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Tiredness and fatigue may lead to o
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Poor sleeping is a common symptom o
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• • • that they have great we
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3 DAY Session 7: Mental Health Firs
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9. Describe a good way to approach
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Provide the person with information
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• • • • • • • Stay ca
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• Empathetic - this means being
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INFORMATION FOR PRESENTATION Counse
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Diagram 4. The problem treatment cy
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Step 2 Ask participants to divide i
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• What type of problems might occ
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Step 2 Give a presentation based on
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• Like medications for physical i
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• • • Nausea or vomiting Slur
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3. Name two skills required for cou
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INFORMATION FOR PRESENTATION As we
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How does stigma and discrimination
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Step 2 Invite participants to comme
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Step 2 - How does gender relate to
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4 DAY Session 12: Presentation of g
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References 1. Herrman H, Saxena S,
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Appendix A : Introducing your other
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Appendix B : Factors affecting ment
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3. Hearing voices 4. Fear 112 AN IN
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7. Heart pounding 8. Muscle tension
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11. Mood swings 12. Lack of energy
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15. Thinking about suicide 16. Poor
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19. Aggression 20. Believing others
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Appendix D: Common and Severe Menta
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Case study E Ahanti is a 25 year ol
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Appendix F : Role plays Role Play 1
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and you say they are trying to harm
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Appendix H Counselling Skills Cards
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