Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

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

    Interventions and Skills in Mental Health
  • Unit Code

    CMH5111
  • Year

    2015
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    Online

Description

In this unit a range of interventions that can be applied in a variety of mental health settings will be addressed. These include early intervention strategies applied to clients suffering from a variety of mental illness, health disorders and the identification of relapse in clients living in the community. Students will further explore how psychotherapy, psycho-pharmacology and family therapy can be applied to mental health clients and their families/carers.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded CMH5103

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Critically analyse strategies that can be used to minimise the impact of mental illness.
  2. Debate and apply the consequences of delayed treatment of acute mental illnesses.
  3. Debate the use and side-effects of pharmacological agents used for people experiencing mental illness.
  4. Discuss the contribution that mental health workers can make in therapeutic relationships.
  5. Select and apply the principles of various therapeutic interventions in a mental health settings including multidisciplinary approaches.
  6. Verify the theoretical and practical requirements of effective early intervention programs.

Unit Content

  1. Contemporary psycho-pharmacology.
  2. Effects of mental illness.
  3. Identifying and responding to relapse.
  4. Implementation of early intervention strategies.
  5. Overview of therapeutic interventions applied in a variety of mental health settings.
  6. The mental health clinician's role in supporting families of the mentally ill.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Students will engage with this online unit 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
AssignmentCritical Essay50%
Creative WorkIntervention Plan50%

Text References

  • 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.
  • Treatment Protocol Project. (2004). Management of mental disorders (4th ed.). NSW, Australia. World Health Organisation.
  • Meadows, G., Singh, B. & Grigg, M. (2007). Mental health in Australia (2nd ed.). Victoria, Australia: Oxford University Press.

Journal References

  • Hospital and Community Psychiatry
  • Journal of Psychosocial Nursing
  • International Journal of Social Psychiatry
  • Unity Psychiatric Nursing
  • Issues in Mental Health Nursing
  • Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
  • Australian Journal of Social Issues

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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Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

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

    Interventions and Skills in Mental Health
  • Unit Code

    CMH5111
  • Year

    2015
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    Online

Description

In this unit a range of interventions that can be applied in a variety of mental health settings will be addressed. These include early intervention strategies applied to clients suffering from a variety of mental illness, health disorders and the identification of relapse in clients living in the community. Students will further explore how psychotherapy, psycho-pharmacology and family therapy can be applied to mental health clients and their families/carers.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded CMH5103

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Critically analyse strategies that can be used to minimise the impact of mental illness.
  2. Debate and apply the consequences of delayed treatment of acute mental illnesses.
  3. Debate the use and side-effects of pharmacological agents used for people experiencing mental illness.
  4. Discuss the contribution that mental health workers can make in therapeutic relationships.
  5. Select and apply the principles of various therapeutic interventions in a mental health settings including multidisciplinary approaches.
  6. Verify the theoretical and practical requirements of effective early intervention programs.

Unit Content

  1. Contemporary psycho-pharmacology.
  2. Effects of mental illness.
  3. Identifying and responding to relapse.
  4. Implementation of early intervention strategies.
  5. Overview of therapeutic interventions applied in a variety of mental health settings.
  6. The mental health clinician's role in supporting families of the mentally ill.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Students will engage with this online unit 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
AssignmentCritical Essay50%
Creative WorkIntervention Plan50%

Text References

  • 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.
  • Treatment Protocol Project. (2004). Management of mental disorders (4th ed.). NSW, Australia. World Health Organisation.
  • Meadows, G., Singh, B. & Grigg, M. (2007). Mental health in Australia (2nd ed.). Victoria, Australia: Oxford University Press.

Journal References

  • Hospital and Community Psychiatry
  • Journal of Psychosocial Nursing
  • International Journal of Social Psychiatry
  • Unity Psychiatric Nursing
  • Issues in Mental Health Nursing
  • Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
  • Australian Journal of Social Issues

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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