Integrated mental health care
Mr S J Elsom
6 points * Distance education * First/Second semester * Peninsula
Objectives On completion of the subject it is expected that students will be able to describe the characteristics of an efficient and cost effective comprehensive mental health service; discuss the merits of a stress-vulnerability model for intervention in mental disorders and their carers; integrate patients and carers into the clinical management of major mental disorders; teach patients and their carers effective interpersonal communication skills and problem solving methods; assist people with major mental disorders to maximise their quality of life in the community through the use of living skills training; describe the essential elements of home-based intensive care.
Synopsis The subject is based upon the Comprehensive Management of Mental Disorders (COMMEND) program developed by Professor Ian Falloon and Mr Victor Graham-Hole. The program has been redeveloped for distance education by the subject coordinator in collaboration with Professor Falloon.
Assessment Written assignment (3000 words): 70% * Computer conference exercises: 30%
Prescribed texts
Falloon I R H and Fadden G Integrated mental health care Cambridge University Press, 1993
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