Debates and Developments in Mental Health Care (NS0047)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : HEA-P-DDMHC

Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing is an essentially contested field (Tilley, 1997; Tilley, 2005). The capacity to practice, to think about practice and to teach about practice in this field depends on ability to recognise, analyse, and take part in debates and developments. That capacity is developed and enacted in relevant, and changing, contexts of accountability.

The course is intended to enable practitioners, educators, and managers to deepen their knowledge about - and develop their capacity for critical appraisal of - current debates and developments in the field, and current contexts of accountability; and to relate this knowledge to their practice.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : MSc Option. The course is primarily aimed at students with an interest in mental health nursing; but there is no requirement that students doing the course be mental health nurses. More generally, students with an interest in the field of mental health care can relate their interests to the case example of mental health nursing, and contribute to the course on the basis of their understanding of the field of mental health care more generally.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Nursing Studies, (School of Health in Social Science, Schedule D)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : To be arranged/Unknown

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

* To foster critical awareness of some current debates and developments in the field of mental health care, construed particularly in relation to mental health nursing.
* To contextualise these in relation to policy or legislation, and to practice or educational settings
* To enable students to develop their capacity to debate these matters
* To enhance students' capacity to evaluate critically current research and policy documents related to key debates and developments
* To develop students ability to situate and critically appraise their clinical, education or management practice in relation to narratives of development in the field

The course will provide students with opportunities, and means, to recognise, construct, and critically appraise arguments about mental health care. It will also contribute to their understanding of the role of narrative in policy, practice, and personal development.