PgCert Primary Mental Healthcare

Comments about PgCert Primary Mental Healthcare - At the institution - Middlesbrough - North Yorkshire

• Objectives
  The aim of this course is to develop your knowledge and skills in working within a primary care setting. It prepares you to work with patients who have common mental health problems.
• Entry requirements
  Applicants should normally have an honours degree (at least 2.2) in an appropriate related discipline
• Academic title
  PgCert Primary Mental Healthcare
• Course description
  PgCert Primary Mental Healthcare
  
  This innovative course was designed to provide a new type of healthcare worker and is aimed at graduates with a health and social care background who are employed to work in primary care.
  
  Course structure
  The focus of this course is the development of therapeutic skills, especially the use of cognitive behavioural therapy in working with patients with anxiety and mild to moderate depression. You will be given training on self-help techniques and mood management. A year-long module develops your clinical skills, allowing you to achieve capabilities within the practice area. Other modules develop your knowledge of primary care and the patient group.
  
  Careers
  Graduates will have the opportunity to work in primary care settings such as GP surgeries and community-based clinics.