Course Description: This five day basic MHPSS training course is designed for health care professionals who engage on MHPSS service during public health emergency/disaster & humanitarian crisis/conflict to enable them identify common mental, psychological and social problems and intervene them. The course includes overview of public health emergency/disaster and its impact on MHPSS, general approaches to address MHPSS problems, basic concepts of MHPSS, psychosocial interventions, psychiatric interventions, supervision, monitoring and evaluation in emergency settings.

Course Goal: To provide participants with necessary knowledge, skill and attitude needed to provide MHPSS services for public health emergency/disaster/humanitarian crisis affected communities

Enabling objectives: By the end of the course, the participants are expected to:

• Describe public health emergency, disaster and its impact on MHPSS
• Explain mental health, mental illness, mental disorder, psychosocial, and MHPSS
• Elaborate basic psychosocial interventions during emergencies
• Apply basic principles of mental health interventions
• List common disorders during public health emergency/disaster/humanitarian
• Differentiate psychiatric medications for mental health problems in emergency settings.
• Identify reporting indicators

Training Methods

• Interactive presentations
• Reading assignment
• Role Play
• Case studies/scenario
• Group Discussion
• Quiz

Training Materials

• Basic MHPSS training package (Participant Manual, PPT & Facilitators Guide)
• LCD Projector
• Flip charts and Marker
• Laptop Computer
• Notebooks, Pens & A4 size papers

Reference materials:

• IASC guidelines on mental health and psychosocial support
• WHO Mh-GAP HIG
• DSM 5

Participant Selection criteria:

• Individuals with BA/BSc in any discipline of health science/professions (eg Nurse/midwife, health officer) and directly involved in emergency responses.

Method of Evaluation

Participant

• Formative assessment

• Self-assessment (pre-test)
• Group exercise

• Summative assessment

• Knowledge assessment (70%): Post-test questionnaire
• Participants activity (30%): Attendance & participation

Course

• Daily Evaluation by participants
• Daily trainer’s feedback evaluation
• End of Course evaluation

Trainer

• Evaluation by participants using trainer evaluation checklist.

Certification Criteria:

• Participants will be certified when they score more than 70% in the summative assessment

Trainers’ Selection Criteria

• Training material developers with facilitation skill
• Basic MHPSS ToT trained with facilitation skill
• Long term trained MHPSS professionals-MA/MSc in any field of mental health professions (Psychiatry-MD, Psychiatry Nurse, Psychology, Social work) with facilitation skill

Course Venue

• Training Hall which can accommodate 25-30 participants (Well ventilated, well illuminated) convenient for group work and audio-visual training

Course duration

• Five days

Course composition

• 25-30 participants, 5-6 trainers

• Listing ID: 5902
• Course Code: 004AAUTAHS/14/22
• CPD Unit: 15
• Course Duration: 5 Days

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