TQUK Level 2 Certificate in Mental Health Awareness

This TQUK Level 2 Certificate in Mental Health Awareness course assesses the following units:

Unit 1: Understanding Stress

• Understand the term ‘stress’
• Understand possible causes of stress
• Understand what stress feels like and how it can affect an individual
• Understand that demands of daily life can contribute to feelings of stress
• Understand how stress may be managed and know some of the resources available to support the individual experiencing stress

Unit 2: Understanding Anxiety

• Understand the term terms anxiety and panic attack
• Understand possible causes of anxiety
• Understand how anxiety can affect the individual and others
• Understand how different ways of thinking and behaving can affect anxiety
• Understand how anxiety may be managed

Unit 3: Understanding Bipolar Disorder

• Understand the term ‘bipolar disorder’
• Understand the causes of bipolar disorder
• Understand how bipolar disorder can affect the individual and others
• Understand how the demands of daily life can influence the presentation of symptoms of bipolar disorder
• Understand how to recognise the symptoms of bipolar disorder
• Understand how bipolar disorder may be managed

Unit 4: Understanding Dementia

• Understand the term ‘dementia’
• Understand the causes of dementia
• Understand how dementia can affect the individual and others
• Understand how dementia may be managed
• Understand factors which may adversely affect a person with dementia

Unit 5: Understanding Depression

• Understand the term ‘depression’
• Understand possible causes of depression
• Understand how depression affects the individual and others
• Understand how the demands of daily life can affect depression
• Understand how depression can be managed

Unit 6: Understanding Eating Disorders

• Understand the term ‘eating disorder’
• Understand the causes of eating disorders
• Understand how an eating disorder may affect the individual and others
• Understand how a specific eating disorder amy be managed

Unit 7: Understanding Mental Health

• Know what is meant by mental health and mental ill-health
• Understand how mental health care has changed over time
• Understand the social context of mental illness
• Understand the legal contact of mental illness

Unit 8: Understanding Phobias

• Understand the term ‘phobias’
• Understand possible causes of phobias
• Understand how a phobia can affect the individual and others
• Understand how phobias may be managed

Unit 9: Understanding Post-Natal Depression

• Understand the term ‘postnatal depression’
• Understand the causes of postnatal depression
• Understand puerperal psychosis
• Understand how postnatal depression can affect the mother and other
• Understand how preparation for the birth can help reduce the risk of postnatal depression
• Understand how postnatal depression may be managed
• Understand how puerperal psychosis may be managed

Unit 10: Understanding Schizophrenia

• Understand the term ‘schizophrenia’
• Understand how the media representations of schizophrenia can create confusion about the illness
• Understand the causes of schizophrenia
• Understand how schizophrenia can affect the individual and others
• Understand how schizophrenia may be managed

This course can be taken over a 12 month period but you can complete it as fast or as slowly as you wish

To pass this course learners must pass 10 units set by the awarding body. These are completed by navigating through the corresponding lessons and writing your answers to assignment questions. Once these have been read and marked by your personal tutor, feedback and marks are provided to students which contain helpful tips to improve work in future assignments.