{"id":13114,"date":"2019-06-03T15:00:17","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T14:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ounews.co\/?p=13114"},"modified":"2019-06-03T15:00:17","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T14:00:17","slug":"mental-health-champion-honoured-by-ou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/around-ou\/university-news\/mental-health-champion-honoured-by-ou\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental health champion honoured by OU"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cholena Mountain, mental health practitioner, educator, and expert in personality disorders has been awarded an Honorary Master of the University for work in areas of special educational concern, at the Ely Cathedral graduation ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In recent years, the challenges faced by those with\npersonality disorders have become more widely recognised, and there has been a\nconcerted effort and investment into understanding and support. The National\nPersonality Disorder Knowledge and Understanding Framework (KUF) has been\ncrucial to this shift \u2013 training frontline staff to work more sensitively and\neffectively with those living with this disorder. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cholena Mountain<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Cholena has helped to transform how some of the most vulnerable and marginalised members of society are treated and supported within public services through her passionate commitment to recognising and responding to the voices and needs of service users. Her emphasis on placing their needs at the heart of the framework, has transformed both the clinical approach of her many students and the quality of care for the individuals they work with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dynamic and innovative voice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

She has provided a dynamic and innovative service user voice in the development of the KUF for over eight years. The framework was developed to meet the needs of a marginalised and stigmatised group, whose lives are often blighted by limited opportunity, societal disconnection, trauma and social injustice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2017, after years of\ncommitment at the coal face, including working in prisons, high secure\nhospitals, the independent sector and NHS services, Cholena was promoted to\nlead the core KUF programme at the national level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cholena has used her experience\nof personality disorder to manage this complex educational challenge, ensuring\nlearners develop the compassion and psychological mindedness required for\nworking with individuals with a history of trauma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Awe-inspiring energy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Her tremendous energy, organisation and industry have been awe-inspiring for those who have had the privilege of working with her, and she has won the trust and confidence of practitioners and service users alike. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Sally Boyle, Head of School, Faculty of Wellbeing,\nEducation & Language Studies, presented Cholena for her Honorary Degree,\nsaying: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt the Open University, we are incredibly proud of the training, research and professional development programmes we offer around mental health. As the largest provider of higher education in psychology, we are conducting ground breaking studies into everything from dementia to depression, and we are central to efforts to educate and equip the next generation of practitioners. <\/p>

“Through the Knowledge and Understanding Framework, Open University staff have directly observed the incredible contribution that Cholena has made to advances in education and care on personality disorders. We are delighted to celebrate her extraordinary work in this field.\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cholena Mountain, mental health practitioner, educator, and expert in personality disorders has been awarded an Honorary Master of the University for work in areas of special educational concern, at the Ely Cathedral graduation ceremony. In recent years, the challenges faced by those with personality disorders have become more widely recognised, and there has been a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13157,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[405,1092,1094,1525],"class_list":["post-13114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-university-news","tag-ceremonies","tag-hon-grad","tag-honorary-graduate","tag-news-home"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}