BME & Mental Health
Introduction
Please note that this course can be delivered anywhere in the UK.
Young Black men are more likely to be sectioned, secluded and offered the poorest services. South Asian women are the highest risk group for suicide. Why is this?
Aims
Participants will increase their awareness of the issues experienced on a personal, community and institutional level by those from black and ethnic minority backgrounds living with mental ill health. Can practises and services be inclusive and improved in this area? This course takes a look at this and offers a way forward.
Who is this workshop for?
The workshop is suitable for anyone working or living with the problems of BME Mental Health Service Users, including mental health/social services social workers, psychotherapists and counsellors, voluntary sector workers, friends and family.
Course summary
- Statistics, facts and terminology
- Key issues
- Different cultural perceptions of mental ill health
- Stigma within different cultures
- BME experiences of mental health services
- Use of language
- Institutionalised racism and inequalities in healthcare
- Understanding equality and diversity
- Developing socially inclusive BME practises and services
- Further research
Course duration
1 day (lunch not included)
Cost
£95 – Statutory and non-statutory sectors
£60 – Voluntary sector and students
£25 – Service users and carers