Training Module on the Right to Mental Health for the Security Sector • Tense facial expression or other distressed body language • Signs of intoxication or inappropriate use of dark glasses or breath mints to mask alcohol or substance abuse • Severe agitation, verbal argumentativeness or outright threats, especially to specific persons • Presence or evidence of weapons (Role-play) Purpose: To recognize and be able to handle behavioral emergencies in the workplace. Materials: Cartolina and pentel pen Time: 30 minutes Instruction: Form 5 groups consisting of 5-7 members. The group shall have members who will act as senior officer soldier, soldier, soldier’s closest friend, and co-workers. Each group will be given 5 minutes to role-play a situation wherein an employee will undergo an overwhelming experience at the workplace and will manifest actions that are considered to be a behavioral emergency. The group will show how to handle the situation. Reasons for Behavioral Emergencies: • Mental illness • Substance abuse • Other medical conditions that can cause the type of mental changes resulting a behavioral emergency include low blood sugar related to diabetes or hypoglycemia, hypoxia, a traumatic brain injury or reduced blood flow to the brain and central nervous system (CNS) infections such as meningitis • In general, all possible physical medical conditions or substance abuse explanations should be ruled out before blaming a behavioral emergency on mental illness, especially in someone who does not have a previous diagnosis or history of other symptoms Defusing a potentially dangerous situation A potential violence crisis can be thought of as occurring in several stages, each with its own set of recommendations for defusing danger. Like all protocols, do not think of these as an unvarying sequence of discrete steps but rather as general categories of response that can change course or blend into one another, depending on the person and the circumstances: During this part, you may facilitate a role playing where the participants try to re-enact the following situations and exchanges of dialogue: 37