This course is aimed at qualified experienced professionals in mental health who wish to become approved mental health professionals (AMHP). You study the application of values, ethics and dilemmas, mental health and wider associated law and policy. You also examine the current research that informs knowledge about mental health conditions and treatments. We encourage you to locate and evaluate research findings relevant to your practice. Learning takes place in workshops, lectures, group and individual tasks and in practice as well as in private study. During the course you develop: autonomous decision making and assessment skills in crisis situations; the ability to work with a range of professionals to promote recovery; the ability to work in a culturally competent way with a wide range of people in distress the skills and knowledge to apply the law in a way that reflects understanding of the impact on service users and careers.