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Prison Health

Mental health in prison


Description

The course "Mental health in prison" prepares trainees to better identify and deal with mental health challenges among the prison population.

In particular, this training course addresses the signs and procedures of mental health issues among the inmates, suicide prevention and self-harm within the incarcerated population, special needs, including gender (the mental health of women prisoners) and age (the mental health of young offenders), among other pressing issues.


Estimated duration: 3h30 per week for 2 weeks.


Who should attend?

• Individuals and/or organisations that are responsible for prisoners

• Professionals from entities linked with/or collaborating in initiatives that promote the health of prisoners and/or prison staff


Training modality

• E-learning and self-study


Pre-requisites

• None


Certification

• Certificate of completion


Duration

Total: 7h

• e-Learning: 5h

• Self-study: 2h


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The content of this course has been developed and piloted in Belgium, Portugal, Norway, Romania and The Netherlands, under the MenACE project, co-funded by the European Commission under the ERASMUS + programme - KA2 - Strategic partnerships for adult education. The course content is free to access (except any modules with access restricted due to certification requirements). The price associated with this course refers to expert tutoring and learning management system fees.


 This course corresponds to Module II, “Mental health in prison”, of the MenACE course. 

Content
  • Contents
  • Chapter 1 - Introduction
  • Introduction
  • Exercises - Introduction
  • Chapter 2 - Special needs and challenges
  • Special needs and challenges
  • Exercises - Chapter 2
  • Chapter 3 - Supporting mental health and wellbeing in prisons
  • Supporting mental health and wellbeing in prisons
  • Exercises - Chapter 3
  • Chapter 4 - Suicide and self-harm prevention
  • Suicide and self-harm prevention
  • Exercises - Chapter 4
  • Chapter 5 - Mental health needs of young offenders
  • Mental health needs of young offenders
  • Exercises - Chapter 5
  • Chapter 6 - Mental health needs of women in prison
  • Mental health needs of women in prison
  • Exercises - Chapter 6
  • Chapter 7 - Identifying mental health problems in prisons: signs and procedures
  • Identifying mental health problems in prisons: signs and procedures
  • Exercises - Chapter 7
  • Chapter 8 - Ensuring continuity of care
  • Ensuring continuity of care
  • Exercises - Chapter 8
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed
  • Leads to a certificate with a duration: Forever
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