ROLE OF MENTAL HEALTH WORKERS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, PSYCHIATRISTS AND ORGANISATIONS

Mental health workers (Mental wellbeing)

- Maintain health records

- Review recovery plans (E.g. recommending new sleep schedule)

- Develop coping strategies

- Engage in community education programs

- Help people with mental illness find ways to manage in an uncomfortable situations

Mental health workers (Psychological devlopment)

- Help children with disorders at school

- Linking families who have children with disabilities to programs that can help them

Psychologist

Help those struggling with their mental wellbeing, looking to improve mental wellbeing, or looking for assistance with their psychological development

Psychologist (Mental wellbeing)

- diagnostic judgement

- Provide talk therapy and counselling

Psychologist (Psychological development)

- Assist in the assessment of autism

- Counselling for individuals during hard times after diagnosis

- Developing strategies for managing ADHD

- Referring individuals to medical specialists

Psychiatrist

a doctor who specialises in the diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and study of mental, behavioural, and personality disorders

Psychiatrists (Mental wellbeing)

- Diagnosing and treating mental health issues

- Prescribing medication

- Talk therapy (E.g. behavioural)

- Research for psychiatry and mental health

Psychiatrists (Psychological development)

- Diagnosis

- Management plans for developmental conditions

- Treating mental health issues

- Prescribing medication

Mental health organisation

a company or group that works to address or advocate for mental health

Characteristics of mental health organisations

- Raising awareness

- School-based early intervention programs

- Over-the-phone counselling

- Workshops