This module will help prepare you for the role of the Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP), giving you the ability to appraise, and apply, relevant legislation, policy, theory and research to complex and challenging assessments.

Gain an in-depth understanding of mental health legislation and its application in practice. This module includes up-to-date and practical applications of the Mental Health Act and related legislation, with the key focus centring upon the role of the AMHP and the requirements set down by the HCPC and the statutory regulations.

This module will introduce you to the numerous approaches to understanding mental disorder and how they are utilised in practice. You will examine how approaches to mental health (disorder) have developed from large institutional approaches to the present-day community care, and you will consider the effect that historical and current policies have had within the mental health system.