Postgraduate - UnitCMH5003 - Concepts in mental health illness

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2012 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Offered	Clayton Second semester 2012 (Off-campus)
Coordinator(s)	TBA

Synopsis

The unit will provide a basic understanding of scientific research in mental health and the methods of evaluation of the practice. There will be topics on medical and biopsychosocial models, psychodynamic principles, cognitive-behavioural models, and role of prevention in mental health. The unit also covers the process involved in multi-disciplinary team functioning, role of other stakeholders, consumers and the function of various disciplines. There will be an emphasis on understanding the mental health care system and various service models and the subject will conclude with an integration of all topics covered in the context of community mental health service. Content includes:
Scientific Research in Mental Health.
Evaluation in mental health practice.
The medical and biopsychosocial models.
Psychodynamic thinking.
Cognitive behavioural models.
Prevention and stress- diathesis models.
Function
Understanding teams: Multidisciplinary Teamwork.
Understanding other participants in the system: perspectives from different stakeholders.
Understanding mental health care systems; model services.
The perspective of the consumer.
Summary and integration.

Outcomes

On completion of this unit the student should:

Have a basic understanding about scientific research and evaluation methods in mental health.
Have achieved sufficient knowledge base on medical and biopsychosocial models, psychodynamic models, cognitive-behavioural models and stress-diathesis models.
Have a functional understanding of multi-disciplinary teamwork and processes and critically understand the perspective of other stakeholders.
Learn and understand various mental health care systems and models of service.
Be able to integrate all concepts in the mental health practice with the systems and model of service delivery.

Assessment

Essay (60%)
Applied Learning Exercise (30%)
On-Campus Workshop/Alternative Assessment (10%)
All assessments must be passed to pass the unit

Chief examiner(s)

Mr John Julian

Off-campus attendance requirements

One day workshop