| CODE | MNH3016 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Complementary 福利在线免费 in Mental Health | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 8 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Mental Health | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit will introduce the student to various complementary services that co-exist with the national health services. These complementary services support the process of rehabilitation and recovery or complement the care given within the mental health services. These include sexual health, maternal mental health, homelessness, abuse, employment and financial issues such as usury. Secondly, it will promote practice development through evidence-based and critical reflection. It is designed to cover the key issues, directions, interventions and evidence-based practice related to a holistic psychiatric rehabilitation and recovery approach. The importance of this study-unit is that without adequate knowledge of the services available, rehabilitation and recovery would not be as effective. Study-Unit Aims: To provide the student with knowledge and understanding of the various services that complement mental health care. This study-unit will highlight the need and importance of the various services such as sexual health, support for eating disorders, maternal mental health, abuse, provision of shelter, support with abuse and financial issues, as well as discuss and describe the entities who provide such valuable services. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Discuss various services available that complement mental health care; - Identify rehabilitation strategies in the provision of complementary services; - Communicate and collaborate with other health care professionals and services; - Demonstrate how complementary mental health services manifest themselves in practice; - Demonstrate the main constituents of the Recovery Model and the application of a Client Centred Care approach. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Use published research to influence care options for patients receiving mental heath care from a psychiatric nurse; - Apply theories of recovery and rehabilitation to the role of a psychiatric nurse; - Identify and liaise with various entities that are instrumental in complementing psychiatric nursing care. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Forchuk C., Csiernik R., & Jensen E. (2011) Homelessness, Housing, and Mental Health : Finding Truths - Creating Change. Brown Bear Press, Canada. - Gellhorn, S (2016) Postnatal Depression and Maternal Mental Health : A Handbook for Frontline Caregivers Working with Women with Perinatal Mental Health Difficulties Pavilion Publishing and Media Ltd. UK. - Itzin, C., Taket, A., & Barter-Godfrey, S. (2010) Domestic and Sexual Violence and Abuse : Tackling the Health and Mental Health Effects. Taylor & Francis Ltd, London, UK. - Repper, J & Perkins, R (2003) Social Inclusion and Recovery: a model for mental health practice. Bailliere Tindall. London. - Sanderson C. (2013) Counselling Skills for Working with Trauma : Healing from Child Sexual Abuse, Sexual Violence and Domestic Abuse. Jessica Kingsley Publishers. London, UK. Supplementary Readings: - Curtis, H. (2018). Sexual Health Promotion in General Practice. CRC Press. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Fieldwork | ||||||||||||
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2025/6. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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