Transcultural psychiatry (4 points)
(MED)
Leader: A/Prof Harry Minas
Offered:
Clayton First semester 2004 (Day)
Clayton First semester 2005 (Day)
Synopsis:
Objectives: On completion of this unit, students will be able to: 1. Describe the cultural diversity of Australian Society, and the mental health implications of this diversity. 2. Differentiate new ways of thinking about concepts of culture, and concept of psychiatric illness across different culturs, and to apply these concepts in day-to-day clinical work. 3. Describe the differing patterns of mental health service utilisation by different ethnic communities in Victoria, and the factors that may be responsible for these different patterns of service use such as the epidemiology of mental illness across cultures. 4. Discuss the frameworks for thinking about public mental health policy, and service design and evaluation, in relation to people from different cultural backgrounds. 5. Demonstrate skills in cross-cultural assessment and treatment of mental illness and cross-cultural diagnosis.
Assessment: Oral presentation (40%), 1500 word case report (60%)
Contact Hours: 3.5 hours per week seminars, 3 hours seminar preparation and reading. Hours for the preparation of case notes for group discussion and assessment tasks.
Prerequisites: MPM Year 1 units
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