Understanding Mental Health
Training Provider: SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
Course Reference: TGS-2026061826
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About This Course
This 3-day course equips participants with practical knowledge and interpersonal skills to identify, engage, and support clients experiencing a wide range of mental health issues. Participants will explore clinical symptoms, risk signs, and behavioural presentations across anxiety, mood, personality, psychotic, neurodevelopmental, and cognitive disorders. Through case-based discussions, interactive lectures, and role-play scenarios, learners will build the confidence and strategies needed to respond supportively and appropriately in real-world settings
What You'll Learn
Learning Objective 1. Describe the key clinical features, typical presentations, and functional impacts of common mental health conditions (e.g. anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, psychotic disorders, dementia).
Learning Objective 2. Explain the structure of Singapore’s mental health service system and identify appropriate referral pathways for clients with varying levels of mental health needs.
Learning Objective 3. Explain the potential personal, social, and safety risks associated with untreated or poorly managed mental health issues, including suicide risk.
Learning Objective 4. Apply appropriate engagement and Psychological First Aid–informed strategies when interacting with clients presenting with different mental health conditions.
Learning Objective 5. Conduct a basic suicide risk assessment using a structured tool (e.g. Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale screener), and interpret risk levels to inform immediate follow-up and referral actions.
Learning Objective 6. Demonstrate effective communication, boundary-setting, and de-escalation skills in simulated scenarios involving distressed or high-risk clients.
Learning Objective 2. Explain the structure of Singapore’s mental health service system and identify appropriate referral pathways for clients with varying levels of mental health needs.
Learning Objective 3. Explain the potential personal, social, and safety risks associated with untreated or poorly managed mental health issues, including suicide risk.
Learning Objective 4. Apply appropriate engagement and Psychological First Aid–informed strategies when interacting with clients presenting with different mental health conditions.
Learning Objective 5. Conduct a basic suicide risk assessment using a structured tool (e.g. Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale screener), and interpret risk levels to inform immediate follow-up and referral actions.
Learning Objective 6. Demonstrate effective communication, boundary-setting, and de-escalation skills in simulated scenarios involving distressed or high-risk clients.
Entry Requirements
Attendees should have some prior experience working directly with clients or service users in social service, healthcare, education, or community-facing roles
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