Mental Health Conditions

(Formerly ‘Common Mental Health Disorders’) This workshop will explore mental diagnosis and conditions, such as mood disorders, psychosis, and anxiety disorders.

Develop your confidence in how to manage persons experiencing suicidal ideation and nonsuicidal self-injurious behaviour. Explore models and frameworks in your setting.

An advanced workshop for professionals with some level of training and experience in screening and managing youth and adults with self-injurious and suicidal behaviours.

This workshop provides an overview and update of current approaches to working clinically with people with Co-Existing Mental Health and Substance Use Problems (CEP).

Gain a basic understanding of anxiety and how it particularly relates to children and how to support parents and workers.

Explore and identify personality disorders, the aetiology of personality disorders including trauma and other life impacts, and key features of each personality disorder.

Explore an overview of people diagnosed with mood disorders, such as depression and bipolar. Identify ways you can offer support and what treatment options are available.

Develop your understanding of borderline personality disorder (BPD) and learn strategies for effective support.

This workshop will provide a general introduction to the experiences and impacts of anxiety. Particular focus will be given to Phobias, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Panic Disorder and Generalised Anxiety Disorder.

This workshop will provide a general introduction to the experiences and impacts of Psychosis.

Develop your understanding of people with autism, so that you can better respond to, and support them.

Recognise the signs and symptoms of FASD, understand how it is diagnosed and learn how to adapt treatment to the different needs of those with the neurodisability.

Explore a trauma-informed, lived experience and person-centered approach to alternative states of reality (aka ‘psychosis’).

Learn about autistic experiences compared to those of people who are seen as ‘normal’ (neurotypical), from a lived experience facilitator who is autistic.

Become a certified mental health first aider

Gain an insider’s view on multiplicity (also known as Plurality) from a mental health professional with lived experience, and learn ways to provide effective support.

Explore an overview of working clinically with people with Co-Existing Mental Health and Substance Use Problems (CEP).

Understand what traumatic brain injury (TBI) is, how it affects people, strategies to support them and how to access specialist services.