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UK College of Holistic Training, Creedwell House, 32 Creedwell Orchard
TAUNTON, TA4 1JY, U.K.
Email: info@ukcht.net
Tel. 01823 765277
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Total recommended period of study: approx. 3 months or less. Continuous enrolment. No time limit.
Cost: £ 225.00
A FREE textbook will be sent to UK students.
A crucial professional development course for counsellors, psychotherapists and hypnotherapists and all health workers. Includes critical background information on Big Pharma.
Method of study:
Textbook study -
Course description and syllabus
This course explains what types of psychiatric drugs may be prescribed for different mental health disorders, the risks versus benefits of the medication, and how patients cope with different drug regimes. Brief up-
Topics include:
• Brief descriptions of how drugs work
• Brief introductions to various mental health problems
• How the following conditions are managed:
• Psychoses (including schizophrenia)
• Depression
• Bipolar Disorder
• Anxiety
• Children's mental health problems
• Sleep disorders/insomnia
• Dementia and cognitive impairment
• Sexual problems
Plus additional material on:
• Dependence and withdrawal
• Side-
• Legal issues (consent, liability)
• Abuse of psychiatric drugs
• Marketing of psychiatric drugs
• Ethics and the drug industry
• Problems with drug research
Entry Criteria: Open entry.
Suitability:
This course will be of interest to counsellors, hypnotherapists, psychotherapists, complementary practitioners, volunteers and others who come into contact with people taking psychiatric drugs, as well as all those who care for mental health patients and for people who have been prescribed medication for mental health conditions. Those who study this course will be better able to understand the applications and risks of psychiatric drugs and to discuss their use with other people involved including doctors. If you are a therapy tutor/trainer, this course will give you the knowledge to incorporate a module on psychiatric drugs in your syllabus.
The course will also benefit students who are hoping to apply to university to study nursing, medicine, pharmacy, clinical psychology, social work, etc. since you will be able to talk about your knowledge at interview if relevant.
Important statement
The course is offered for educational and professional development purposes only. Only medical doctors and other qualified professionals (e.g. nurse practitioners) can diagnose, prescribe drugs and/or advise patients about their medication. Patients, carers and counsellors/therapists studying this course will be better informed to discuss psychoactive medication, to understand what the patient is taking, its possible effects and the implications for therapy, and to help patients have the confidence to consult their doctors if it is believed that further medical advice is needed concerning their diagnosis, the drugs they are taking or if there might be a drug that could help their condition. Nobody should stop taking prescribed drugs without a doctor's advice and help. Abruptly stopping or reducing dosage of a prescribed drug can be dangerous.
Qualification
Successful graduates will receive the Diploma in Psychiatric Drugs Awareness.
The course is approved by ACCPH (see societies page for explanation).
Please see our FAQs page for general information.
We reserve the right to change the syllabus and other details of any course at any time.
Course textbook:
Healy, David. Psychiatric Drugs Explained, 6th edition. Elsevier, 2016.
UK students will receive a free copy.
APPLY FOR THIS COURSE
You may start at any time of year
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