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Module 7 of the Mental Health Literacy programme

Professional Help and Support

When to seek professional help, how the help-seeking pathway works in India, who does what in the mental health team, the main treatments, and your rights.

About 35 minutes, 4 lessons, 11 activities

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Professional Help and Support

About this module

Self-help is powerful, but sometimes it is not enough, and knowing how to navigate professional care is a vital part of mental health literacy. This module explains how to recognise when it is time to seek help, the pathway many people in India follow from family and traditional healers to specialists, and the roles of psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, psychiatric social workers and nurses. You will learn how medication and talking therapies work, what rehabilitation and creative arts therapies offer, what really happens at a first appointment, the vital role of families, and the services and rights available to you, from Tele-MANAS to peer support.

What you will learn

  • Recognise the duration, impairment and symptom signs that mean it is time to seek professional help
  • Describe the help-seeking pathway in India and the role of general physicians in referral
  • Distinguish the roles of psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, psychiatric social workers and psychiatric nurses
  • Explain how medication, CBT, DBT, rehabilitation and creative arts therapies help recovery
  • Describe what to expect at a first appointment and the rights protected by the Mental Healthcare Act 2017
  • Identify tele-mental health, peer support and family support as parts of recovery

Syllabus

  1. 1

    When and Where to Seek Help

    Recognising the threshold, and the help-seeking pathway in India.

    • When Is It Time to Seek Help?Reading, 2 min
    • The Help-Seeking Pathway in IndiaReading, 3 min
  2. 2

    The Team and the Treatments

    Who does what, and how treatment works.

    • The Mental Health TeamReading, 2 min
    • Medication and Talking TherapiesReading, 2 min
    • Rehabilitation, the Arts and RecoveryReading, 3 min
    • Practice Quiz: Professional HelpPractice quiz, 5 min
  3. 3

    Support Around You

    Families, first appointments, rights, tele-mental health and peer support.

    • The Role of the FamilyReading, 2 min
    • Your First AppointmentReading, 2 min
    • Rights, Tele-MANAS and Peer SupportReading, 3 min
  4. 4

    Module Wrap-up

    • Module SummaryReading, 1 min
    • Graded Quiz: Professional Help and SupportGraded quiz, 12 min

Earn your certificate

Pass the graded quiz in each of the twelve modules and the final assessment to receive a verifiable Certificate in Mental Health Literacy.

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