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Course profile: Sexuality and Mental Health (2 days)

“Service users/Patients in moral danger!” “Not able to exercise any responsibility!” “Open to abuse!” These are terms with which we are very familiar. This training course will look at both the ethical and professional practice implications involved, and the difficulties experienced by users. Solutions to current challenges will be sought

Learning objectives:

By the end of this course learners should:
  •  Understand the need for us to maintain this area on the support agenda for service users
  •  Be able to support service users in a sensitive, responsible, respectful, legal and ethical way regarding their sexual needs.
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    Course content:

    • Definitions (Sexuality and Mental Health)
    • The range of “normal” expectations regarding sexuality
    • Sexuality as an issue in the development of Mental Health
    • Sexual abuse
    • Sexual oppression
    • Issues of discrimination (Including issues for Gay Men and Lesbians)
    • Women, Men and Sexuality
    • Women, Men, Sexuality and Mental Health
    • Institutional care and sexuality-abuse, neglect, gender roles
    • Drugs, medication and Sexuality
    • The move to the community; changing expectations
    • Difficulties experienced by users in the community
    • Conflict with the community
    • The role of residential and day care
    • Ethical and Good Practice considerations (Including confidentiality, protection, risk taking and normalisation)
    • A pro-active approach to meeting needs:
    Mixed gender settings Integration into the community
    Provision of special services Dating agencies
    Education and Sexual Health Gay Men and Lesbians
    Older service users

    Training methods:

    Presentations                 Chalk & talk                 OHP
    Handouts                       Wordstorm method   
    Large group work            Smaller group work      Pairs work

     

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