CMH2005

Dual disabilities

(MED)

6 points + Parkville + off campus distributed learning + second semester

Synopsis: The subject deals with two major disabilities associated with mental health problems: intellectual disability and substance misuse. Topics include aetiology of intellectual disability, epidemiology of mental illness in intellectual disability, manifestations of mental illness in the intellectually disabled, management issues for the intellectually disabled, substance use, harmful use, addiction, dependence and other definitions, determinants of substance use and abuse, substance use and precipitation of mental illness, motivational intervention, models of change and harm minimisation in the area of dependency, and HIV and substance misuse.

Assessment: Study journal: 30% + Written assessment (4000 words): 70%