Students will be required to address any two of the case scenarios covering the following areas:
• Acute mental health conditions and effective engagement
• Personality disorder and deliberate self-harm
• Dementia care and family interventions
• Problematic substance use and physical health
Each essay will have a limit of 2000 words (+/- 10%) and will be equally weighted (50% each)
Module Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module the student will be able to
1. Critically review key mental health conditions and contemporary interventions that demonstrate ethical and value based practice when working with mental health service users
2. Critically evaluate the influence that stigma can have on mental health recovery
3. Demonstrate critical understanding of the key service models and appreciate the principles of inter and intra professional practice
4. Demonstrate understanding of best practice when working together (with service users, carers, the family, others) to recovery.
5. Critically review the law as its applies in a mental health context (common law; Mental Capacity Act, 2005; Mental Health Act 1983, 2007)
