Learning Outcomes

When you have studied this session, you should be able to:

• Define and use correctly all of the key words printed in bold.
• Outline the key principles of how to approach people with mental illness.
• Describe how people with a mental illness can be identified.
• Describe the emergency management of urgent mental health problems.
• Describe the referral process for people with mental health problems and how these clients should be followed up in the longer term.