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2024 unit offering information will be available in November 2023

Unit description

Learners develop deeper knowledge of psychological approaches and models of understanding that influence consumers undertaking constructive change that supports recovery. Learners will critically deconstruct the concepts around behaviour change within the context of their professional discipline. Motivational Interviewing strategies that resonate with co-constructed change between consumer and clinician will underpin the unit.

Unit content

  • Behaviour change as a construct and theories of behaviour change
  • Influences of mental health complications on human behaviour
  • Neurophysiology and behaviour change
  • Motivation and behaviour change
  • Motivational Interviewing    

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:
1critically analyse and deconstruct behaviour change theory and its application within mental health contexts
2evaluate and critique, biological, psychological, social, neurophysiological and systematic factors that impact on behaviour and behaviour change in mental health contexts
3formulate effective individual and systemic responses to facilitate behaviour change founded on theory, empirical research and recovery principles
4apply motivational interviewing knowledge and strategies to facilitate co-constructed constructive consumer behaviour change

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. critically analyse and deconstruct behaviour change theory and its application within mental health contexts
  2. evaluate and critique, biological, psychological, social, neurophysiological and systematic factors that impact on behaviour and behaviour change in mental health contexts
  3. formulate effective individual and systemic responses to facilitate behaviour change founded on theory, empirical research and recovery principles
  4. apply motivational interviewing knowledge and strategies to facilitate co-constructed constructive consumer behaviour change

Teaching and assessment

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