Table 1 The topics included in the 18 sessions Kognus Basic Psychiatry course and lecturers

Introduction to psychiatric disability

1. Aims and biopsychosocial outlook; What are psychiatric disability and psychiatric disorders?

• ¹Psychiatrist, PhD, psychotherapist

Autism spectrum disorder

2. What is autism spectrum disorder?

• ¹Psychiatrist, PhD, psychotherapist

3. Providing assistance to people with autism spectrum disorder in everyday life

• ²CBT trained autism counsellor

Poems on my life living with autism spectrum disorder

• Person with Asperger disorder and self-harm

4. Stress in people with autism spectrum disorder

• ³Special education teacher

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity disorders (ADHD)

5. What characterizes ADHD

• ¹Psychiatrist, PhD, psychotherapist

My life with ADHD

• Person with ADHD

Diet, health, depressive disorders and psychopharmacology

6. Healthy diet and psychiatric health

Introduction to depressive disorders; Introduction to psychopharmacology

• ⁴Psychiatrist, PhD

Intellectual disability and other subjects

7. Introduction to intellectual disability; Introduction to Nidotherapy and the Kognus Peer Consultation training course

• ¹Psychiatrist, PhD, psychotherapist; ⁴Psychiatrist, PhD; ⁵Teacher

Psychotic and bipolar disorders

8. Introduction to psychoses and bipolar disorder

• ⁴Psychiatrist, PhD disorder

Living with bipolar

• Person with bipolar disorder

Psychosis and cognition

9. Cognitive impairment in people with psychotic disorders

• ⁵Psychologist

Obsessive-compulsive disorder and chronic tic disorder

10. Obsessive compulsive disorder and tics

• ¹Psychiatrist, PhD, psychotherapist

My life with obsessive-compulsive disorder and Tourette

• Person with obsessive-compulsive disorder

Intellectual disability employment and aids for intellectual disability

11. Supported employment and cooperative jobs for people with intellectual disability

• ⁶Social worker

Living with intellectual disability

• Individuals with intellectual disability

Aids for cognitive disabilities

• ⁷Occupational therapist

Brief therapy

12. How to work with brief solution-focused therapy

• ⁸Author, autism counsellor

Cognitive behaviour therapy

13. Introduction to cognitive behaviour therapy

• ⁹Psychologist, PhD

Alcohol/substance use related disorders

14. Substance abuse; My life as a drug addict

• ³Psychiatrist, PhD

• Person with drug addiction

Challenging behaviours

15. How to work with challenging behaviours

• ³Special education teacher

Aids in interviews

16. Rating scales and structured interviews as aids

• ¹⁰Psychiatrist, PhD

Legislation and transcultural psychiatry

17. Legislation and rights for people with psychiatric disability

• ⁵Teacher

Transcultural psychiatry

• ¹¹Psychiatrist, PhD

Networking and examination

18. Networking – how to succeed

• ⁵Teacher

What networking did for me

• Person with psychiatric disability

Written examination