Enabling Participation: Mental health 1
60 hours
One Semester or equivalent
Hawthorn
Available to incoming Study Abroad and Exchange students
Overview
This unit enables students to choose, describe, apply and justify assessments and interventions for individuals living in the community who are experiencing occupational performance challenges as a result of mental health problems. Students will develop service provision plans that are occupation based and focus on recovery and/or adaptation.
Requisites
Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Select and apply an occupational therapy conceptual practice model to scenarios of people experiencing mental illnesses
- Select and apply professional practice models including recovery and strengths models, which will guide assessment and service provision
- Analyse person, environment and occupation factors to develop hypotheses about factors contributing to occupational issues in the context of mental illness
- Articulate professional reasoning and critique of evidence to justify a service provision plan for individuals experiencing mental illnesses
- Produce creative reports to communicate information to others using relevant literature
- Appraise qualitative research studies
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Face to Face Contact (Phasing out) Tutorial | 4.00 | 6 weeks | 24 |
| Face to Face Contact (Phasing out) Workshop | 4.00 | 6 weeks | 24 |
| Face to Face Contact (Phasing out) Seminar | 2.00 | 6 weeks | 12 |
| Specified Learning Activities (Phasing out) Various | 11.43 | 7 weeks | 80 |
| Specified Learning Activities (Phasing out) Various | 10.00 | 1 week | 10 |
| TOTAL | 150 |
Assessment
| Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assignment | Group | 20% | 1,2,3 |
| Presentation | Group | 20% | 1,2,3,4 |
| Report | Individual | 60% | 2,3,4,5,6 |
Content
- Problem Based Learning (PBL) cases: Adults with occupational performance / participation problems as a result of mental health issues including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and generalized anxiety disorder
- Mental status examination, risk assessment
- Self-management
- Recovery-oriented practice
- Appraising qualitative evidence
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.