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School: Nursing and Midwifery

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Contemporary Issues in Mental Health

  • Unit Code

    CMH5109

  • Year

    2016

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    20

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    Online

Description

This unit advances the student?s knowledge of mental health theory and practice. Aspects of mental health care including psychopathology, treatment modalities, models of care, medico-legal issues in care and changing trends in the provision of care in the mental health setting will be explored. Students will be expected to be self directed in examining issues relating to clinical practice in the mental health service context.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded NNS5105

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Assess resources available for the promotion of mental health with clients and families in the hospital and in the community.
  2. Critically appraise mental health theory and research as it relates to mental health practice across various practice settings and patient groups.
  3. Detail the aetiology of the different forms of mental illness and discuss the effects that mental illness has on individuals, families and Australian society.
  4. Evaluate the development and application of legislation and medico-legal issues relating to mental health and society.
  5. Evaluate therapeutic interventions and treatment modalities relevant to individuals and groups in specific practice settings.

Unit Content

  1. Changing trends in the provision of mental health care and the promotion of mental health in various settings will be discussed and evaluated.
  2. Current clinical and diagnostic descriptions of mental health and psychiatric disorders.
  3. How coding systems relating to diagnostic categories are used in current mental health service provision, including the DSM-IV-TR and the ICD-10.
  4. Medico-legal issues in care will be addressed as they are relevant to contemporary Australian mental health service provision.
  5. Models of care as utilised with the context of mental health service provision.
  6. Psychopathology, psychopharmacology and interpersonal treatment modalities as they relate to the role of the mental health clinician.
  7. The effects of mental illness on individuals and Australian society.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Students will engage and learn through a range of interactive and contemporary methods and learning modes. These include online learning, virtual and simulated environments, discussion board, interactive web cases/quizzes, and e-reading packages.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentLiterature review50%
EssayCase Study50%

Text References

  • ^ Stuart, G.W. (2009). Principles and practice of psychiatric nursing (9th ed.). St.Louis, Missouri: Elsevier.
  • Burbank, V. (2013). An ethnography of stress: The social determinants of health in Aboriginal Australia. Basingstoke, England: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • George, J. B. (Ed.). (2001). Nursing theories: The base for professional nursing practice (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall.
  • Kaplan, H. I., & Sadock, B. J. (2007). Synopsis of psychiatry: Behavioural sciences - Clinical psychiatry (10th ed.). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
  • Purdie, N., Dudgeon, P., & Walker, R. (2010). Working together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and well being principles and practice. Canberra, Australia: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.

Journal References

  • Hospital and Community Psychiatry
  • Current Opinion in Psychiatry
  • Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry
  • Community Psychiatric Nurse Journal
  • Community Mental Health Journal
  • Clinical Nursing Research
  • British Journal of Psychiatry
  • Behaviour Modification
  • Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
  • Australian and New Zealand Journal of Mental Health Nursing
  • American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
  • Issues in Mental Health Nursing
  • Journal of Advanced Nursing
  • Journal of Community Psychology
  • Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services
  • International Journal of Culture and Mental Health
  • Research in Nursing and Health

^ Mandatory reference

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Nursing and Midwifery

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Contemporary Issues in Mental Health

  • Unit Code

    CMH5109

  • Year

    2016

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    20

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    Online

Description

This unit advances the student's knowledge of mental health theory and practice. Aspects of mental health care including psychopathology, treatment modalities, models of care, medico-legal issues in care and changing trends in the provision of care in the mental health setting will be explored. Students will be expected to be self directed in examining issues relating to clinical practice in the mental health service context.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded NNS5105

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Assess resources available for the promotion of mental health with clients and families in the hospital and in the community.
  2. Critically appraise mental health theory and research as it relates to mental health practice across various practice settings and patient groups.
  3. Detail the aetiology of the different forms of mental illness and discuss the effects that mental illness has on individuals, families and Australian society.
  4. Evaluate the development and application of legislation and medico-legal issues relating to mental health and society.
  5. Evaluate therapeutic interventions and treatment modalities relevant to individuals and groups in specific practice settings.

Unit Content

  1. Changing trends in the provision of mental health care and the promotion of mental health in various settings will be discussed and evaluated.
  2. Current clinical and diagnostic descriptions of mental health and psychiatric disorders.
  3. How coding systems relating to diagnostic categories are used in current mental health service provision, including the DSM-V and the ICD-10.
  4. Medico-legal issues in care will be addressed as they are relevant to contemporary Australian mental health service provision.
  5. Models of care as utilised with the context of mental health service provision.
  6. Psychopathology, psychopharmacology and interpersonal treatment modalities as they relate to the role of the mental health clinician.
  7. The effects of mental illness on individuals and Australian society.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Students will engage and learn through a range of interactive and contemporary methods and learning modes. These include online learning, virtual and simulated environments, discussion board, interactive web cases/quizzes, and e-reading packages.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentLiterature review50%
EssayCase Study50%

Text References

  • ^ Stuart, G.W. (2009). Principles and practice of psychiatric nursing (9th ed.). St.Louis, Missouri: Elsevier.
  • Burbank, V. (2013). An ethnography of stress: The social determinants of health in Aboriginal Australia. Basingstoke, England: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • George, J. B. (Ed.). (2001). Nursing theories: The base for professional nursing practice (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall.
  • Kaplan, H. I., & Sadock, B. J. (2007). Synopsis of psychiatry: Behavioural sciences - Clinical psychiatry (10th ed.). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
  • Dudgeon, P., Milroy, H., & Walker, R. (2014). Working together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and well being principles and practice [2nd edition]. Barton: Commonwealth of Australia.

Journal References

  • Hospital and Community Psychiatry
  • Current Opinion in Psychiatry
  • Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry
  • Community Psychiatric Nurse Journal
  • Community Mental Health Journal
  • Clinical Nursing Research
  • British Journal of Psychiatry
  • Behaviour Modification
  • Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
  • Australian and New Zealand Journal of Mental Health Nursing
  • American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
  • Issues in Mental Health Nursing
  • Journal of Advanced Nursing
  • Journal of Community Psychology
  • Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services
  • International Journal of Culture and Mental Health
  • Research in Nursing and Health

^ Mandatory reference

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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