Availabilities:
| Location | Domestic | International |
|---|---|---|
| Online | Session 1,2 | N/A |
Unit aim
Explores aspects of Indigenous mental and spiritual care in relation to terms, definitions and diagnoses used in the area of Australia's Mental Health Services. Students will examine the social, and political issues impacting on the psychological wellbeing of Indigenous people and consider appropriate health worker responses to recognised mental illnesses, trauma, substance and physical abuse patterns within Indigenous families, communities and mainstream society.
Unit content
Topic 1: Historical Background
Topic 2: Wellbeing, Cross-cultural Perspectives
Topic 3: Classification and Assessment
Topic 4: Families, Anxiety and Stress
Topic 5: Violence and Families
Topic 6: Losin' it: Delirium, Dementia and Drugs
Topic 7: Voices and Visions
Topic 8: Getting it Together and Healing Glossary
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
Learning outcomes and graduate attributes
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | describe, from an Indigenous perspective, common disorders or states of ill health and discuss the ethics involved in working with a person with mental health problems | Ethical practice | Knowledge of a discipline | Cultural competence | ||||
| 2 | provide cross-cultural perspectives on mental health and ill health, using both Indigenous Australian and western psychiatric frameworks | Ethical practice | Knowledge of a discipline | Communication and social skills | Cultural competence | |||
| 3 | identify and describe a range of culturally safe healing approaches to assist individuals and communities towards mental, emotional, spiritual and cultural health. | Creativity | Knowledge of a discipline | Communication and social skills | Cultural competence | |||
Prescribed texts
Session 1
- No prescribed texts.
Session 2
- No prescribed texts.
Teaching and assessment
Online
| Teaching method |
| Tutorial online 2 hours (12 weeks) |
| Assessment | |
| Presentation | 50% |
| Discussion board | 30% |
| Journal | 20% |
Fee information
Domestic
Commonwealth Supported courses
For information regarding Student Contribution Amounts please visit the Student Contribution Amounts.
Commencing 2019 Commonwealth Supported only. Student contribution band: 1
Fee paying courses
For POSTGRADUATE or UNDERGRADUATE full fee paying courses please check Domestic Postgraduate Fees OR Domestic Undergraduate Fees
International
Please check the international course and fee list to determine the relevant fees.