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Undergraduate Course: Debates and Developments in Mental Health Care (NUST10006)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Health in Social Science CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaNursing Studies Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThe aim of this 20-hour course is to provide students with opportunities to consider some current debates and developments in the field of mental health care. These debates and developments will be construed particularly in relation to mental health nursing, and especially, where relevant, Community Psychiatric Nursing. Topics which may be addressed include: - frameworks for understanding mental health and illness, and implications for work in the field; - issues of knowledge, power and moral order in mental health care; - accountability for practice; - debate on 'evidence-based practice'; - multi-disciplinary care and implications for professional development; - policy on community care and implications for mental health nursing practice - disputes about the appropriate focus for work and services in the field of mental health care; - users' and carers' roles in mental health care; - culturally-appropriate mental health care; - prospects for holistic care; - the relationship between policy and research in this field.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
The student will be able to demonstrate ability to appraise critically knowlege related to a debate or development in the field of mental health care.
Assessment Information
One course paper of 4,000-5,000 words
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
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Study Abroad Not entered
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Contacts
Course organiserDr Stephen Tilley
Tel: (0131 6)50 3881
Email: S.Tilley@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Joanna Claydon
Tel: (0131 6)51 3967
Email: Jo.Claydon@ed.ac.uk
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