Title: Non-Communicable Diseases, Emergency Care and Mental Health Part 2 - Ethiopia (Full)

NCD HEAT Module Part 2, full content, designed for use in Ethiopia

Section 1
  About/License
  Pre-test
Section 2
  Introduction
  Learning Outcomes
  Mental health as a public health priority in Ethiopia
  Mental illness is common
  The burden of mental illness
  No health without mental health
  Mental health and poverty (Millennium Development Goal 1)
  Stigma, discrimination and abuse
  The biopsychosocial model
  Explanatory models and cultural context
  The treatment gap
  Mental healthcare in Ethiopia
  Mental healthcare and the Health Extension Service
  Summary
  Quiz
Section 3
  Introduction
  Learning Outcomes
  How common are mental health problems?
  The severity of mental illnesses
  Priority mental health disorders
  When to suspect a mental health problem
  Common symptoms of severe mental illness
  What to look out for in a person with SMI
  Assessing the general risks from mental illness
  The main risks in mental illness
  Assessing the risk of suicide and self-harm
  Questions to ask someone who has self-harmed
  Asking about possible suicide when someone has a mental illness
  Summary
  Quiz
Section 4
  Introduction
  Learning Outcomes
  General approaches to people with mental health problems
  Listening with interest
  Acceptance people's beliefs
  Interest in individuals
  Encouraging emotional expression
  Recognition of the needs of people with mental health problems
  Reassurance
  Non-judgemental attitude
  Maintain confidentiality
  Management of people with mental illness
  Identification of people with mental illness in the community
  Care of people with emergency mental health conditions
  Referral
  Follow-up
  Summary
  Quiz
Section 5
  Introduction
  Learning Outcomes
  What depression is and why it is important
  How to assess a person with depression
  What causes depression?
  Grief and depression
  Mood disorders in the postnatal period
  What can you do when you suspect someone has depression?
  Determining how bad the depression is
  What you do next
  What you should know about medication
  What you should know about the course of depression
  What you should tell a person with depression
  Exploring why the person might have become unwell
  What might and might not help with the depression
  What happens after you refer the person
  Be prepared to discuss whatever questions the person may have
  Summary
  Quiz
Section 6
  Introduction
  Learning Outcomes
  What are psychoses?
  The effects of psychosis
  Classification of psychoses
  Acute psychoses
  Signs and symptoms of acute psychoses
  Chronic psychoses
  Signs and symptoms of chronic psychoses
  Recurrent psychoses
  Signs and symptoms of recurrent psychoses
  Organic psychoses
  Signs and symptoms of acute organic psychoses
  Signs and symptoms of chronic organic psychoses
  Early recognition and identification of psychoses
  Referral
  The management of psychoses
  Management of acute psychoses
  Management of chronic psychoses
  Management of recurrent psychoses
  Management of organic psychoses
  Management algorithm
  Advice and support for patients and their families
  Summary
  Quiz
Section 7
  Introduction
  Learning Outcomes
  Substance use problems
  Why do people initiate substance use?
  How substances affect the brain
  Alcohol use
  Immediate effects of alcohol use
  Long-term complications of alcohol use
  Withdrawal effects of alcohol use
  Identification of people with drinking problems
  Management of people with alcohol-related problems
  When you should refer a person
  Other advice you can give your local community
  Tobacco use problems
  Immediate effects of tobacco use
  Long-term effects of tobacco use
  Withdrawal effects of tobacco
  Khat abuse
  Immediate effects of khat use
  Long-term effects of khat use
  Withdrawal effects of khat use
  Cannabis (hashish or marijuana)
  Immediate effects of cannabis
  Long-term effects of cannabis
  Withdrawal symptoms of cannabis
  Identification of people with tobacco, khat or cannabis use problems
  Management of people with cigarette, khat and cannabis use problems
  When to refer for these substances
  Summary
  Quiz
Section 8
  Introduction
  Learning Outcomes
  Epilepsy
  Types of seizure
  Features of seizures
  Attitudes towards epilepsy
  The causes of epilepsy
  Emergency treatment for epilepsy
  Drug treatment of epilepsy
  Reasons for referral
  Dementia
  Treatments for dementia
  Prevention of dementia
  Summary
  Quiz
Section 9
  Introduction
  Learning Outcomes
  Physical complaints without an identifiable medical cause
  Physical complaints without an identifiable medical cause: what can you do to help?
  Anxiety disorders: worries that seem too much
  Difficulty with sleep
  Violence, accidents and mental health
  Mental health problems due to life-threatening violence or accidents
  Intimate partner ('domestic') violence
  Summary
  Quiz
Section 10
  Introduction
  Learning Outcomes
  When children develop normally
  A child who develops slowly
  What causes intellectual disability?
  What can you do when you suspect ID?
  Educating parents
  Sexual adjustment
  Preventing ID
  Enuresis
  How common is enuresis and what is its impact?
  What causes enuresis?
  Treatment of enuresis
  Child abuse
  What do you do if you suspect child abuse?
  Other childhood problems
  Summary
  Quiz
Section 11
  Introduction
  Learning Outcomes
  Raising awareness about mental health
  What are we trying to achieve?
  Mental health promotion and primary prevention
  Promoting a happy, healthy childhood
  Reducing exposure to violence
  Reducing alcohol and khat use
  Coping with life's problems
  Secondary prevention: screening and early treatment
  Screening for specific mental illnesses
  Getting early treatment for mental illness
  Suicide prevention
  Tertiary prevention: reducing the negative impact of mental illness
  Nutrition and physical health
  Helping people who are restrained
  Living a normal life
  An awareness-raising meeting in the community
  Who needs to know?
  How do I raise awareness within the community?
  Summary
  Quiz
Section 12
  Introduction
  Learning Outcomes
  Models of disability
  The charity model
  The medical model
  The social model
  The human rights model
  Types of impairments
  Mobility and physical impairments
  Sensory impairments
  Intellectual impairments
  Multiple impairments
  Appropriate and acceptable language
  Appropriate and inappropriate terms
  Communication with people who have impairments
  Myths and facts about disability
  Situation of disability in Ethiopia
  The twin- track approach
  Mainstream programmes and services
  Disability-specific programmes and services
  Community-based rehabilitation (CBR)
  UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  Summary
  Quiz