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Unit description

Examines mental health and introduces students to lived experiences of mental distress and recovery. Explores mental health promotion, and strategies for effectively supporting people living with mental distress and their loved ones. Critically analyses the extent to which mental health legislation, policy and practice enables citizenship and social inclusion.

Unit content

  1. The discourse of mental health
  2. Lived experiences of mental distress and recovery
  3. Explanatory frameworks for mental distress
  4. Citizenship and social inclusion
  5. Mental health practice approaches
  6. Mental health legislation and policy
  7. The mental health sector and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
  8. Promoting mental health and wellbeing across the lifespan
  9. Mental health re-imagined

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.

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:GA1GA2GA3GA4GA5GA6GA7
1investigate the diverse lived experiences of people living with mental distress and their recovery journeys Intellectual rigour
2demonstrate an understanding of how the most common expressions of mental distress are diagnosed and analyse the diverse explanatory frameworks for mental distress Intellectual rigour
3critically analyse and reflect on mental health practice and demonstrate an understanding of how to effectively support people with lived experience of mental distress and their loved onesIntellectual rigourEthical practiceKnowledge of a discipline
4understand, navigate and critically evaluate the mental health service systemEthical practiceKnowledge of a discipline
5critically evaluate how legislation and policy influences the theoretical frameworks and practices used in mental health organisationsIntellectual rigourEthical practiceKnowledge of a discipline

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

  1. investigate the diverse lived experiences of people living with mental distress and their recovery journeys
    • GA1: Intellectual rigour
  2. demonstrate an understanding of how the most common expressions of mental distress are diagnosed and analyse the diverse explanatory frameworks for mental distress
    • GA1: Intellectual rigour
  3. critically analyse and reflect on mental health practice and demonstrate an understanding of how to effectively support people with lived experience of mental distress and their loved ones
    • GA1: Intellectual rigour
    • GA3: Ethical practice
    • GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
  4. understand, navigate and critically evaluate the mental health service system
    • GA3: Ethical practice
    • GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
  5. critically evaluate how legislation and policy influences the theoretical frameworks and practices used in mental health organisations
    • GA1: Intellectual rigour
    • GA3: Ethical practice
    • GA4: Knowledge of a discipline

Teaching and assessment

Notice

Intensive offerings may or may not be scheduled in every session. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

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Fee information

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Commencing 2020 Commonwealth Supported only. Student contribution band: 1

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