Trauma, culture and environment (6 points)
(MED)
Leader: Dr P LeVine
Offered:
Clayton First semester 2004 (Day)
Clayton First semester 2005 (Day)
Synopsis:
Objectives: Upon completion of this unit students will: 1. Have developed skills for rapport building across culturally diverse groups. 2. Have gained skills for assessing effects of trauma across children, adolescents, and adults, and whole communities. 3. Have a practical understanding of the culture-bound nature of the DSM-IV and ICD-9 and how communities (internationally) have adapted and replaced certain categories of diagnosis in order to make its use more responsive to context. 4. Have gained skills in debriefing and self care for their own wellbeing, given the potential for "vicarious trauma" in mental health workers. 5. Have obtained skills that facilitate constructive crisis interventions and knowledge of how to assess and handle substance abuse situations. 6. Have gained knowledge and some skills to assess individuals/groups across environments, such as inpatient settings, residential settings, urban, rural and remote settings, and so-called developed and developing countries/areas. 7. Have practiced methods that increase clients' constructive engagement (and re-engage) with her or his natural and social environments over time. 8. Have a grasp of ethical issues in cross cultural practice (for instance, assessing the norms of a test and not applying it to populations outside the norms; or assessing when to use interpreters from within or outside one's community).
Assessment: Professional journal (30%) + Case study (30%) + Group project (40%)
|
