Mental Health Specialist Course in the Elder

This course in mental health in the old man offers you a specialized training in the field. Mental health can be defined as a global state of well -being. In this state, the subject is aware of all his abilities and has the necessary tools to face problems and overcome obstacles to daily life. In the field of health, it is necessary to know the importance of mental health. Thus, with this course it is intended to provide the necessary knowledge for the student to reach a specialized training in the elder's mental health.

- Know the main theories of aging, and study disciplines. - Identify the most frequent pathologies in the old man. - Analyze the role of cognitive stimulation for the old man with mental health problems.

Multidisciplinary teams or workers of geriatric institutions, private caregivers, nurses, therapists, auxiliaries, specialized centers, residences, socio -health care centers, day centers.

With the performance of the mental health course in the old man, he can develop with skill the basic functions of the geriatrics field, knowing in depth each of the geriatric syndromes that can be found and the risk factors of suffering from each disease, as well as their prevention.

This course in mental health in the elderly is aimed at geriatric institutions, as well as their multidisciplinary teams that perform their professional task, in addition to those who are interested in being part of them. Aimed at private caregivers and anyone who is interested in acquiring knowledge in the area of geriatric intervention and the scope of dependency and wish to develop their professional activity in the social services provision sector.

This training is not included in the scope of official regulated training (Infant Education, Primary Education, Secondary Education, Official Professional Training FP, Baccalaureate, University Degree, Official University Master and PhD). It is therefore a complementary and/or specialization training, aimed at acquiring certain skills, skills or aptitudes of a professional nature, being able to be barely as merit in workbags and/or opposition competitions, always within the complementary training section and/or continuous training being always essential to review the specific requirements of the public labor stock of the public labor stock market.