Postgraduate - UnitMPM5206 - The psychiatry of intellectual and developmental disabilities

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 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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4 points, SCA Band 3, 0.0833333 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Organisational Unit	School of Psychological Sciences
Offered	Not offered in 2015
Coordinator(s)	Dr Jenny Torr

Synopsis

Historical, philosophical, ethical, humanitarian and legal issues in the lives and care of people with intellectual/developmental disabilities; epidemiology of intellectual/developmental disabilities; intellectual/developmental disability within the family life cycle, in society and across the lifespan are covered. Psychiatric disorder in intellectual/developmental disability is also examined in detail.

Outcomes

At the conclusion of this selective candidates will be able to:

Understand, define and differentiate the terms Intellectual Disability and Developmental Disability.
Appreciate ethical, humanitarian and legal issues regarding people with intellectual/development disabilities and incorporate this understanding into psychiatric practice.
Identify biopsychosocial risk factors for psychiatric disorders in people with intellectual/developmental disabilities.
Understand and minimise the barriers to diagnosis of psychiatric disorder in people with developmental disabilities.
Appreciate the importance of identifying the cause of a developmental disability and recognise common syndromes and behavioural phenotypes.
Understand and describe how psychiatric disorders present in people with intellectual/developmental disabilities.
Differentiate and assess the causes of challenging behaviour.
Conduct a modified psychiatric assessment and formulate a diagnostic hypothesis and management plan.
Give an appraisal of various service models for delivering psychiatric services to people with intellectual/developmental disabilities.

Assessment

Satisfactory participation in either face to face or online tutorials:
a) Participation in group discussion
b) Completion of learning activities
Written assignment (1,500 words)

Hurdle: 75% attendance.

Workload requirements

The unit presented as a series of interactive seminars based upon learning modules.

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Jenny Torr