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Unit description
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
Module 1: Introduction / Cultural Safety
Module 2: Historical Background / Healing Trauma of the Stolen Generation
Module 3: Wellbeing diverse perspectives
Module 4: Classification and Assessment / Anxiety and Stress
Module 5: Neurocognitive Disorders
Module 6: Healing Together
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.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | describe, from an Indigenous perspective, common disorders or diagnoses and discuss the ethics involved in working with a person with mental illness |
| 2 | provide cross-cultural perspectives on mental health and ill health, using both Indigenous Australian and western psychiatric frameworks |
| 3 | identify and describe a range of culturally safe healing approaches to assist individuals and communities towards mental, emotional, spiritual and cultural health. |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- describe, from an Indigenous perspective, common disorders or diagnoses and discuss the ethics involved in working with a person with mental illness
- provide cross-cultural perspectives on mental health and ill health, using both Indigenous Australian and western psychiatric frameworks
- identify and describe a range of culturally safe healing approaches to assist individuals and communities towards mental, emotional, spiritual and cultural health.
Teaching and assessment
Fee information
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