The online Mental Health Law Course will introduce you to key concepts relating to the law surrounding mental health in the UK, as well as the importance of key common law cases and what this means for the future of mental health law. Whether you are familiar with key principles already and want to find out more, you want to get started working in the legal sector specifically relating to mental health law, looking for more training, or just interested in this field of study, this course will cover a range of modules and provide multiple examples for assessment.
Course Syllabus
The Mental Health Law Course is split into the following modules:
- An introduction to Law and Mental Health
– How we define mental health
– Assessment of mental health
– The importance of mental health statistics and legislation
- Discrimination and Mental Health
– Workplace, discrimination and mental health
– Equality Act 2010 and mental health in the workplace
– Support for those with mental health in the workplace
- The Mental Health Act 1983
– Detaining someone under the Mental Health Act 1983
– Rights of a patient sectioned under the Mental Health Act 1983
– Implications of the Mental Health Act 1983
- The Mental Capacity Act 2005
– The five key principles of the MCA
– The importance of capacity and decisions under the MCA
– The role and importance of the Code of Practice
- Common Law and Mental Health
– CASE: An NHS Foundation Trust v AB
– CASE: R (B) v Ashworth Hospital Authority
– These cases and implications on mental health law within the UK
– When legal support is required
– Will mental health law change in the future?
- The history of Mental Health Law
– Early ideas surrounding mental health illness and the ways it was managed
– Reform in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
– changes in the late twentieth century and how current mental health law was formed
- The future of Mental Health Law
– Campaigns that impact changes in mental health law
– How the MHA 1983 may change in the future
– To understand other issues which could impact the future of mental health law
Assessment
To assess the learners ability and knowledge to effectively understand the topics contained within the Mental Health Law Course, the course features a number of end of module interactive quiz questions.
Additionally, at the end of the course learners will also take an online multiple choice assessment test. This online multiple choice test is marked automatically so you will receive an instant grade and know whether you have passed the course.
Certificate
On successful completion of this Mental Health Law Course. This certificate will be produced in PDF format, hard copies of the certificate will be available at an additional fee of £9.99.
Course Format
This course is delivered online through eLearning. Learners of the course will receive instant access to our interactive student learning portal, which offers 24/7 access to the Mental Health Law Course.
Course Duration
The online Mental Health Law Course requires 16 hours to complete the course in full. This is only a guide to the learning hours required and it depends on how quickly an individual can absorb the information. The learning is online so it can be spread out over multiple sessions or done in one session.
Learners will have access to this course for up to 12 months from the date of joining. There is no time limit to complete the course during this period.
Tutor Support
When you are studying a course it is always useful to know that you have the help and support of tutors that want you to succeed in your studies.
As part of the Mental Health Law Course you will receive access to our dedicated tutor support service. The academic tutors will be able to provide you with unlimited online email support to help answer any questions that you may have whilst you are studying the course.
Course Compatibility
ur Mental Health Law Course is fully compatible with PC’s, Mac’s, Laptop, Tablet and Smartphone devices.
We know that more and more people are using the web whilst they are on the move, so we have designed this Mental Health Law Course to be fully compatible across tablet and smartphone devices. You will be able to access the same content from the course, just over a 3G or 4G network whilst on the move.
