Learning Disabilities and Mental Health

Aim

The course involves objectively looking at case studies and provision of realistic solutions, as well as developing skills to recognise mental health problems in learning disabilities through effective assessments.

Course Summary

• Overview of the national policy context, highlighting what the government expects of services relating to people with mental health and learning disability issues
• General principles of the Mental Health Act
• Compulsory Admission to hospital or guardianship
• How it starts - The process of being ‘sectioned’ and the effects on patients
• During a period of detention - Treatment, leave etc
• How it ends - Who can discharge, what appeals can be made?
• After leaving hospital - Aftercare, supervised discharge
• How to recognise mental health problems within learning disability assessments. Looking at the several types of classifications than can be of use during assessments to gage levels of ability, the cause of a person’s disabilities, and the range of mental distress which can be experienced
• Linking ‘Capacity to consent.’ Determining a person’s learning disability and/or additional mental disorder that may influence his/her capacity to consent to an intervention